Nigeria: Nok has more wonders yet for the world!
Nok terracotta artwork dating back to 1500 BC, which was discovered in modern-day central Nigeria in the 1940s by a British archaeologist, is now famous …
W.E.B. Du Bois – The father of modern Pan-Africanism?
As 2013 comes to a close, we remember Dr William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (better known as W.E.B. Du Bois), the father of modern pan-Africanism …
Britain: Divided by race, united in war
They came – they saw – and together they conquered. Twice within the last hundred years in the two world wars, whose centenary and 75th …
Jailing American minorities
Below are the ugly statistics showing the racial disparities in incarceration in the USA, which disproportionately affects African-Americans.
Still not easy being an African-American
African-Americans constitute 13% of the US population but 40% of its prison inmates. Experts attribute this alarming situation to racial discrimination perpetrated by America’s criminal …
The driver who fell asleep at the wheel
During the Second World War (1939-1945) many young men from Asiakwa, my home town, “ran away” to join the army. They didn’t actually “run away” …
Hannah Tetteh: ‘Our focus is on Africa’
Hannah Tetteh is arguably one of Africa’s most articulate and effective ministers, the new crop of forward-thinking and progressive leaders that, it is said, will …
‘How do you write on death when you haven’t experienced it?’ Nelson Mandela to his son-in-law
Dr Kwame Amuah, Nelson Mandela’s eldest son-in-law, the husband of his eldest surviving child Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, is a man of many parts who comes from …
The battle to succeed Sata gets bloody
Zambia’s ruling party, the Patriotic Front (PF), is at war with itself over who should succeed President Michael Sata in 2016. While it was an …
Kenya celebrates! 50 years of hard work pays off
Kenya celebrates 50 years of independence this month (December). On the podium to lead the celebrations will be President Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of the …