How African courts glorify colonialism with wigs and gowns

The tradition of wearing horsehair wigs, perukes, ‘a term derived from the French word perruque (weaving wig)’ and gowns by the judiciary predates the 15th Century. In the 14th Century, during...

Grace Ogot, the mother of East African literature you probably didn’t know about

Nee Grace Emily Akinyi, Grace Ogot was the first East African woman from Kenya to be published in English. Besides her work as a writer, Ogot was a professional nurse and politician among other things....

The unpleasant truths about sex dolls that are often overlooked

Sex dolls have finally come to stay, and over the past few months, there has been a craze among African men over them. These dolls which are manufactured to take the form and shape of female humans have...

Africa needs new jobs, prostitution is not one of them

Often nicknamed ‘the oldest profession’, prostitution has been an intricate part of human life, quite woven into the very fabric of society. Prostitution in Africa does not have a one-size-fits-all...

Why Africa is massaging the back of Christianity

Africa is predominantly Christian, with Sub-Saharan Africa “dominating with about 62.9%.” According to research conducted by the Pew Research Centre, “Africa is among the three places in...

The oldest man in America is this black 112-year-old WWII veteran who loves cigars

Born on May 11, 1906, Richard Arvin Overton is an American supercentenarian of 112 years. Overton has been verified as the oldest man living in America, as well as the oldest surviving war veteran having...