On May 18, every year, the global museum community comes together to celebrate the role of museums in society. For this year’s commemoration, Rwanda joined the global community to celebrate International Museum Day. it is being celebrated at the Natural Heritage Museum in Karongi district under the theme “The role of museums in sustainable development”. […]
Two Africans stood out in the 2023 Dan David Prize – Saheed Aderinto and Chao Tayiana Maina. Both scholars have done significant and recognition-worthy works in the discipline of history. Each of them is to receive a financial reward of $300,000. Nigeria’s Saheed Aderinto and Kenya’s Chao Tayiana Maina have earned additional labels that consolidate […]
Over a thousand followers assembled in the Atlantic coast town of Ouidah, a once important slave trade port, in Benin to celebrate the country’s 500-year-old traditional religion with voodoo festivities. The ritual attracted people of African descent from different parts of the world chiefly because of their shared African heritage. For them, discovering and preserving […]
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In west Africa, where popular belief suggests that only men would typically handle security concerns, Dragon Squad, an exclusively female security outfit founded in 2018, has continued to stand tall among men. According to the founder, Emem Thomas, 37, a big body type sits on top of the list of requirements for recruitment into the […]
Recently opened at Art Twenty-one, Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos is an exhibition of sculptures representing the Chibok school girls abducted in 2014 in Nigeria. The Art exhibition is the cooperative effort of French multidisciplinary artist, Prune Nourry from the Department of Fine & Applied Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University and the families […]
As a warning that the Kankurang is coming, sharp sounds of clanking machetes cut the air. Children fearfully run inside their homes as the scary being approaches, chuntering. Out of curiosity, others risk a closer look at the man dressed to represent the spiritual figure. The Kankurang is the guarantor of order and justice as […]