Tag: African

With the 2023–24 NBA Preseason in the books, it’s time to take a look at the top 25 African players in the league, ranked in order ahead of Opening Night. When considering qualifying candidates, not only did I look at guys who were born on the continent, but also included those whose ...

If we think about African American history in this country, it’s easy to see how a group of people can develop their own language. For centuries, white people enslaved African Americans and denied them access to education and literacy lessons, forcing them to learn how to communicate with e...

Move over ordinary fashion darlings! Today, we’re bowing down to the sartorial queen bee herself, Kate — a woman who embodies audacity, elegance, and enough sass to rival Beyonce. I don’t think anyone who loves fashion in the Kenyan industry, has failed to notice Kate actress. Once...

West Africa is an area rich in many customs and civilizations, each having its own distinctive manner of commemorating and marking important life events. Even while certain customs and festivals are well-known and observed, many others are kept in the local communities but are less well-known. Th...

Gannibal was born to a noble African family and was a son of a prince. His father owned many slaves and was in the business of trading slaves with the Ottoman Empire. In those days, African slaves were a big business in Europe and the Ottoman empire. At the age of eight, Gannibal’s hometown wa...

Ibarely made it passed the headline that caught my eye when my brain suddenly renamed the article from am “esteemed” Queen’s English paper: British Destructive Military Occupation Relabeled as “It’s your fault Africa you’re poor.” That’s what my brain ...

I’m a university professor at a small HWCU (Historically White College/University). We’re much more familiar with the HBCU (Historically Black College/University) title than the HWCU title, but why do we identify specific colleges and universities as HBCUs and not other colleges as HWCUs...

Back in 2013, I received a position as teachers aide for a Professor that taught at risk students effective study skills. The class was called, Study Skills-101 or something like that. Part of my duties as the teachers aide was to hang around her office during office hours in case anyone wante...

Advocates for genomic research in Africa are worried about fallout from a dispute that has roiled the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a major genome research center in Hinxton, U.K. Last year, whistleblowers privately accused Sanger of commercializing a gene chip without proper legal agreements with part...