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Aaron Leaf
Aaron is OkayAfrica and Okayplayer's Director of Editorial Operations. He's worked as a writer and editor at magazines and digital publications for more than 15 years. He's passionate about building community-minded media organizations focused on culture and politics. Check out aaronleaf.com for more information.
Stories by Aaron Leaf
News
30 April 2019
Interview: How Climate Change is Bringing Deadly Cyclones to East Africa
Cyclones Idai and Kenneth are a taste of what's to come, warns Sudanese climate expert Abubakr Salih Babiker.
6 years ago
News
12 April 2019
Watch Ilhan Omar on Stephen Colbert: 'I'm as American as Everyone Else Is'
The first-term American congresswomen from Minnesota talks about the xenophobic attacks against her
6 years ago
News
08 April 2019
Kofi Kingston Is the First African-Born Wrestler to Win a WWE Championship
Ghana's own has made history at WrestleMania 35 and people are admitting to crying.
6 years ago
News
16 January 2019
Kenyans Are Furious at the New York Times for Posting Photos of Terrorist Victims
After the the deadly attack on Tuesday, many are accusing the American newspaper of having a double standard on which dead bodies they allow into the paper
6 years ago
News
15 January 2019
Kenyans Rally Online As Nairobi Hit By Violent Attack
Kenyans are focused on a terrorist attack in Nairobi's upscale Westlands area that recalls the deadly 2013 Westgate Mall Siege
6 years ago
Popular
23 October 2018
A White Couple Staged Their Wedding Photos as a Congolese Kidnapping—People Aren't Having It
A white woman in a wedding dress on top of a volcano wearing blood diamonds. These people actually did this.
7 years ago
News
18 September 2018
South Africa Legalizes Marijuana—Smokers Rejoice
The country's constitutional court announced today that dagga AKA ganja AKA weed AKA canibus can now be legally consumed in private places in South Africa.
7 years ago
Popular
22 August 2018
South African Companies Hunker Down for Racist Video Storm
At least two Nike Store locations close after online commenters connect Adam Catzavelos, creator of the racist video, to the company.
7 years ago
Popular
14 August 2018
Ilhan Omar is Running for Congress and the Alt Right is Trying to Sabotage Her
The first Somali-American legislator had her event with Rashida Tlaib interrupted by anti-Muslim activists including the Laura Loomer.
7 years ago
Latest
10 August 2018
'Kwele' by James BKS is the First Single from Idris Elba's New Label 7 Wallace
Check out the new song featuring Allan Kingdom and Manu Dibango
7 years ago
News
17 July 2018
Watch: Barack Obama's Speech at Nelson Mandela's Centenary Celebration
We collected some of the best social media posts about Barack Obama's first major speech since leaving the presidency.
7 years ago
Latest
21 June 2018
Censored For Supporting Palestinian Rights, 'Young Fathers' Now Invited Back to German Music Festival
The band was disinvited from the Ruhrtriennale festival after refusing to distance themselves from the "boycott, divestment and sanctions" movement, or BDS.
News
09 April 2018
Staff at Liberia's Biggest Newspaper Arrested
Many worry that the 'FrontPage Africa' closure and arrest of its staff could be a sign of things to come under a George Weah government.
News Brief
20 March 2018
"Suitcases of Cash": Sarkozy in Police Custody for Gaddafi Deal
It's the latest piece of a scandal that once again gives us a look into the system of criminal dealings between French and African elites.
News
01 February 2018
All 955 South African Miners Have Been Rescued
But the question remains, how could something as commonplace as a power outage imperil the lives of almost 1000 people?
Politics
28 December 2017
George Weah Will be the Next President of Liberia
The football superstar has won the runoff election and will be sworn in next month.
Politics
18 December 2017
And the Next President of South Africa Will Be...
The ANC has chosen their new leader—a person who is almost certain to become South Africa's next president.
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