When the colonisers stormed Africa, they came with little regard for the structures and systems that were already in place and imposed theirs on the locals. One of such forcefully
Africa’s role in the First World War (1914-1918) is often overlooked, even though thousands of Africans lost their lives in defence of their colonisers. Aside from the battles that
Solomon Mahlangu, a member of Umkhonto we Siwe (MK), the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was one of many victims of South Africa’s dreadful apartheid government.
At first glance, the Upemba Depression in south-east Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is merely a geographical wonder; a 200 kilometre-long marshy bowl area comprising about fifty lakes. However, beneath
There is no single standard of beauty. All over the world, across time and place, beauty standards are always evolving. Whether through cosmetic surgery, tattooing or scarification, people have developed
In the vibrant tapestry of African cultures, death is not the end, but a mere transition. Many African peoples embrace the concept of an afterlife from which ancestors act as
Virginity testing is a common practice in many African cultures, as well as in countries like India and Iran. This is because virginity is often used to determine the moral
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a pan-African revolutionary who served as the president of the Republic of Upper Volta from 1983 till his death in 1987. Exactly a year after
While tattooing has historically been a popular way of permanently marking the skin amongst people groups with lighter skin, scarification is a practice that is prevalent amongst Africans and even
Liberia is an African country with a rather unique history. Unlike its counterparts which were mostly colonised by European powers, Liberia started out as an American colony and, more interestingly,
Francis Kwame Nkrumah, or simply Kwame Nkrumah, is revered as one of the foremost heroes of anti-colonialism in Africa. In 1952, he became the first prime minister of the British
Brazil, with 19.2 million people identifying as 'preto', is the non-African country with the second-largest Black population after the US, as of 2018. However, due to centuries
