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Sarkodie – Ghanaian HipLife

Africa, Entertainment, Featured, LifestyleBy Staff ContributorMarch 30, 2016Leave a comment

  Hiplife is a music phenomenon that fuses high life and hip hop. This Ghanaian musical style is rapidly gaining momentum throughout West Africa and abroad– specifically in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Germany. Hiplife can be traced back to the early 1980’s with artists such as K.K. Kabobo and Gyedu Blay Ambolley.…

Jacob Zuma: Business as usual or political scandal?

Africa, Featured, NewsBy Staff ContributorMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

    Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, rose to power following his party’s victory in 2009, and was recently reelected in the 2014 elections. President Zuma is no stranger to controversy. In 2005 he was charged with rape, but was quickly acquitted. He has also battled legal allegations of racketeering and corruption. His main…

John “Bulldozer” Magufuli: Tanzanians love their new President

Africa, Featured, NewsBy Staff ContributorMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

  John Pombe Magufuli, was elected President of Tanzania on October 25, 2015. Backed by Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Tanzania’s dominant political party, Magufuli secured the election with 58% of the votes to Edward Lowassa’s 40%.   About the Bulldozer   Growing up as the son of a peasant farmer, Magufuli found it important to pursue education and…

Educating Africa: The Schools for Africa Initiative

Africa, Featured, NewsBy Staff ContributorMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

  Inspired by Nelson Mandela’s dream to help transform lives and advance society, Schools for Africa was founded in 2004 by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Hamburg Society, and UNICEF. Promoting equality for education to over 13 different African countries, this initiative has helped more than 30 million children get the proper education, schools, teachers…

Ghana’s Spoken Word Scene

Featured, LifestyleBy Staff ContributorMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

    The spoken word scene is taking root in Ghana, allowing both men and women to bond together and promote community development and self expression. If you have ever been to a spoken word performance, then you know how intense, emotional, and real those words can feel. In the early 2000’s, EhaLaKasa was leading…

Terror Attacks Threaten Kenya’s Trading Power

Africa, Kenya, NewsBy Staff ContributorMarch 29, 2016Leave a comment

  On December 17, 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya announced that the country will host the next Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. On the same day, terrorists seized a police vehicle in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu. It was never clearer than at that moment that the country was in the midst of…

Gallery 1957 – Embracing Art in Accra

FeaturedBy Staff ContributorMarch 28, 2016Leave a comment

  Marwan Zakhem, an Accra based collector and business owner, is doing what he can to expose and support the contemporary art scene in his home country. His goal is to change local and international perceptions of his country by opening Gallery1957. “I wanted to create a commercial platform for artists based here to provide increased…

Aurora James: Shoes To Die For

African Fashion, Featured, LifestyleBy Staff ContributorMarch 27, 2016Leave a comment

    Aurora James is fashion’s new IT girl, enjoying profiles in the hottest fashion magazines the world over. Her love of fashion began at an early age when she stumbled into her mother’s closet and ran her fingers over the delicate silks and satins of her vintage kimonos and tribal moccasins. A native of…

Somalia: Rise of the 21st Century Pirates

Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, USA/WorldBy Staff ContributorMarch 25, 2016Leave a comment

  Somalia was at one point one of the most beautiful and peaceful countries in Africa, prior to the civil war. After 1991, the entire landscape changed as the central government collapsed and the warlords began a battle of attrition to appropriate the resources of the country. Piracy off the coast of Somalia soon became…

Al-Shabaab in East Africa

Africa, Entertainment, Featured, Kenya, NewsBy Staff ContributorMarch 25, 2016Leave a comment

  Following the upending event of September 11th in New York City, and the ensuing global campaign against terrorism, the broader security dynamics of almost every region of the world have transformed drastically. Tactics employed by splinter groups today have taken on a new face – one dominated by intense guerrilla warfare aimed at instilling…

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