Sports
17 March 2025
South Sudanese Sprinter Gout Gout Runs Fastest 200 Meters Time in the World This Year
Even skeptics are beginning to compare the 17-year-old sensation, Gout Gout, to Usain Bolt.
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News
26 November 2024
Barbra Banda Named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2024
This award caps off an extraordinary year for the Zambian captain who made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the first women's soccer player to score three hat-tricks in the tournament.
Music
25 January 2021
South Africa Mourns Passing of Jazz Legend Jonas Gwangwa
South Africans are paying tribute to Oscar-nominated Jonas Gwangwa following the jazz artist's passing this past weekend.
Film + TV
26 October 2020
10 African Films That Deal With Protest Culture & History
African countries have a long history of protests and demonstrations against forces of oppression, and this has been represented significantly in cinema.
Music
10 August 2020
How the Creator of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ Finally Got His Due In ‘Black Is King’
Thanks to Beyoncé, Solomon Linda's famous song finally made its Disney debut—81 years after it was written.
Film + TV
11 May 2020
Women Tell the Story of Ethiopia’s Red Terror In This New Documentary from Tamara Dawit
Finding Sally weaves history and mystery together in the quest to find a missing aunt.
Arts + Culture
05 May 2020
Photographing Fela: Bernard Matussiere On His Iconic Images of Fela Kuti and the Kalakuta Queens
The French photographer speaks to OkayAfrica about what it was like to capture the Nigerian legend in his interior life and on tour.
Fashion + Beauty
21 April 2020
How Fashion Historian Teleica Kirkland Is Transforming What We Know About Clothing From the African Diaspora
The founder of the Costume Institute of the African Diaspora is preserving Black history in a field where it's been erased.
News
31 March 2020
Egypt Lights Up the Great Pyramid of Giza With 'Stay Home, Stay Safe' Message
One of the world's 'Great Wonders' was used to show a message of solidarity to healthcare workers fighting coronavirus.
Arts + Culture
02 March 2020
In 'Aba Women Riot' Nigerian Artist, Fred Martins, Reinterprets a Groundbreaking Moment In African History
In a new series of prints, the artist celebrates 'the women who lend their voices and stood strong against the oppression of Africans.'
Arts + Culture
20 February 2020
A Stolen 18th Century Ethiopian Crown Has Been Returned from The Netherlands
The crown had been hidden in a Dutch apartment for 20 years.
Arts + Culture
14 February 2020
The Met's New Exhibition Celebrates the Rich Artistic History of the Sahel Region
'Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara' is an enxtensive look into the artistic past of the West African region.
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