A mistake by personnel at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) saw the federal office list Wakanda as an official free-trade partner – the only problem being, Wakanda is fictional. The USDA later clarified that the comic book country was added in a staff test on free-trade partners, but its […]
Five of the world’s largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in Africa forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit. (Tesla, Apple Among Firms Accused of Aiding Child Labor in Africa) The legal complaint […]
On Inside the Actors Studio, Lupita Nyong’o got emotional when speaking about her first ever movie role in 2013’s 12 Years a Slave. Nyong’o won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her depiction of Patsey, a slave who is raped and brutalized by her master. And it was all […]
Not until recently did most commentators on African literary history believe that African societies had any form of writing tradition. Since the rediscovery of ancient manuscript collections, with some dating back to at least the 8th century AD, this perception has gradually lost popularity. Timbuktu University….? Just about 250,000 old […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame says it is possible that he will not be a candidate when next citizens go to the polls in 2024. The 62-year-old was attending a summit in Doha when he was asked about whether he will run for office again, Bloomberg quotes him as saying he […]
The Giza Great pyramid complex is probably the most famous and well-known of Egypt’s many ancient landmarks and includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Of the three pyramids that still stand today, the Great […]
Medical Circumcision’s Skeletons Pick up the Fourth Volume of the 1984 National Popular Review and you will find Peter Charles Remondino’s article, Questions of the day: Negro rapes and their social problems. In it, Remondino argues for “the wholesale circumcision of the Negro race as an efficient remedy in preventing […]
You heard us correctly. And we’re not talking about sacramental wine. Turns out, churches are pretty expensive to maintain. In Britain, where the population is already getting less religious, churches are being transformed from places of worship to grounds for embodiment. And unsurprisingly, not everyone is happy about it. But […]
In its relentless drive for women’s rights, Saudi Arabia has introduced a radical new law that comes into force this month. This great leap forward abolishes the requirement that restaurants must have separate entrances for men and for women. It also scraps the law that requires women to sit behind […]
When you hear stories about the Lone Ranger, you are often told about a masked Caucasian cowboy who hung out with a Native American named Tonto. In reality, the real Lone Ranger was a formerly enslaved man, Bass Reeves, who became the first Black deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi […]
