Addis Ababa, May 8, 2026 —Prominent Ghanaian YouTuber and pan-African content creator Wode Maya has urged Africans to take control of the continent’s narrative, saying they are the “real ambassadors” ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In recent months, Larry Madowo, CNN’s Africa correspondent, has reported on a troubling trend: young men from countries ...
“At the beginning, I thought we were digging a deep hole for ourselves, as people feel so passionately about this character,” says Angus Gibson, the director and co-creator of South Africa’s ...
AFA copy 39088019752575 gift from Janet Stanley. Part I. THE "DISCOVERY" OF AFRICA -- The Crackling Surface -- Black King, Golden Scepter -- Rethinking Exploration -- Enter the Aviz -- Islands in the ...
The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...
THE Vice Chancellor, University, Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has urged African academics to tell their stories, saying they are the only ones that can do so better. He gave the charge during ...
A growing middle class is increasingly mobile — and changing African ideas about leisure, travel and even the continent itself. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. A couple of years ago at a ...
The report, produced in partnership with Parrot Analytics, finds that African and diasporan content is already traveling widely across global markets, with demand outstripping supply in non-English ...
Every year on May 25, Africa Day commemorates the founding of the African Union, formerly known as the Organisation of African Unity. It is a moment to celebrate African leadership, culture, and ...
Over the past decade, China has become a major destination for African students, traders, and entrepreneurs. Cities like Guangzhou, Yiwu, Beijing, and Shanghai host thriving African communities drawn ...
Articles. Return to West Africa / Abioseh Nicol -- Requiem for Sophiatown / Can Themba -- Ibos as they are / Onyenaekeya Udeagu -- The widows of the reserves / Phyllis Ntantala -- Why I ran away / ...
The troubling scenes unfolding in South Africa, where fellow Africans are being harassed, beatened, threatened and told to “go back home,” are unsettling to every conscience across this continent. As ...