After less than two scandalous weeks on the job, the Communications Director handpicked by besieged United States President Donald Trump has been abruptly removed from his post. Anthony Scaramucci, a billionaire Wall Street investment banker, raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill as a profane and outspoken man who loved the spotlight and boasted of his brash…
The violent and untimely death of Chris Msando, Director of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ICT Department, has sent shockwaves throughout Kenya and around the world. With the upcoming elections, Kenyan citizens are still coming to grips with what yet another death means for the fragile state of politics in the country. Msando was reported…
Iomikoe Johnson was 25 when she noticed a small spot of white skin under her arm. She worried it might be skin cancer, but then she noticed patches of white popping up elsewhere on her body. Johnson has vitiligo, a condition that may eventually turn her skin completely white. Though the condition once had her…
At age 23, Suzanne Silantoi Lengewa of Nairobi is a recent Kenyatta University graduate who is working in her first job. She enjoys her work as a communications officer for the Centre for Behaviour Change Communications, but Lengewa has her sights set on her next job: she is hoping to win the seat of…
On Michelle Obama’s recent visit to Denver, the former first lady made an inspiring speech in front of an audience of 8,500. Though the speech itself was not recorded, the Denver Post reported that Obama’s speech contained poignant comments about her experiences as the first black woman in the Oval Office. Her message was largely…
Shortly after the United States government announced a fresh round of sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation, the Kremlin responded with an order to sharply reduce the breadth of American diplomatic presence in Moscow. According to a dispatch published by Russia Today, an online news publication funded by the Kremlin, the American Embassy has been…
A new film starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, and newcomer Tiffany Haddish is killing it at the box office and getting critical acclaim to boot. There haven’t been many R-rated comedies starring black female leads, in part because some in Hollywood believe that is not a path towards big financial wins. Girls…
The whiskey industry in Tennessee is currently undergoing an unprecedented boom, and as part of this, the spotlight finally is being shone on the role that slaves played in helping the state to originally become such a prominent whiskey producer. Specifically, the recent launch of the Nearest Green Foundation is dedicated to honoring the work…
Three African nations were included in the top medal chart of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, which took place in the Bahamas from July 18th to the 23rd. South Africa, Kenya, and Zambia finished among the top 15 nations that hauled a significant medal count. In fact, throughout the history of the Games, Kenyan and South…
For those who think drama is a lost art, the transcendent work of Chicago playwright Ike Holter will prove them wrong. Holter’s writing, which often depicts real community issues like public education and gay rights, earned him the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Drama in 2017. While Holter is known as a Chicago playwright, he was…
President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania has been praised as the type of African leader that his country has desperately needed in the 21st century. Since taking office in November 2015, President Magufuli has been executing on an agenda that has largely consisted of shooting from the hip; his targets have included international mining companies,…
2017 has been an eventful year for Tanzanian-born Bongo artist Nasibu Abdul Juma, better known as Diamond Platnumz. He started the year on a high, releasing “Marry You” featuring Ne-Yo. The melodious blend of Ne-Yo’s R&B and Diamond’s African style got many of us dancing to this tune for months. The video did incredibly…
Sexual harassment has been a major issue in the news as of late in America. Time magazine has even named the #MeToo movement as its ‘Person of the Year’ for 2017. But is sexual harassment as prevalent elsewhere in the world? Sadly, yes. Sexual harassment is a truly global phenomenon. There is often a close connection between the prevalence…
When you struggle to find something that meets your own needs, one solution is to create it for yourself. That was the impetus for DeShuna Spencer when she started KweliTV. She told The Root that she was discouraged when looking for something to watch on cable. “I was frustrated because there was not a space…
