Tag: africa
The Power of One in North Africa
Image by Mater Miliano from Pixabay Recent events in the North African country of Tunisia have become a harbinger of things to come when governments ... Read More
OP-ED: Counter-Insurgency and Nigeria’s War on Terror
Image by Noe Nei from Pixabay In recent weeks, the Nigerian Army has been taking the fight to the murderous Boko Haram sect in Adamawa, ... Read More
TONGUES: The Story and Slang Behind Ghana Must Go (GMG) Bags
Ghana Must Go: A Bag and a Story My name is Admassu, and I was 21 when I first touched down in Lagos. The air ... Read More
Africa’s Chinese “Fable”: 600 Years of Mixed History
An African man with a chonmage (Chinese sumo wrestler's hairstyle) and a nose-ring (Image: Unsplash) Africa’s 600-Year-Old “Chinese Fable”: What History and Mixed Heritage ... Read More
Famous Persons of African Heritage: Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia
Alexander Pushkin (Illustration) Famous African in World History: Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia’s Iconic Poet Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) is Russia’s literary giant. His masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, redefined ... Read More
Two Wrongs to get it Right? Of Freedom of Speech
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil (Image: George Becker, Pexels) A Ghanaian lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, northern Nigeria’s most prestigious public ... Read More
Africa of my Youth: Travel, Trade & Tradition in the Past
"The sap would... provide additional nutrition to the mother's milk. Those trees are all gone now." Read More