In advance of their new album dropping this summer, TLC has released their track “Way Back” featuring Snoop Dogg. The single has a fun groove and sounds like classic TLC. Both the lyrics and the music are delightfully nostalgic. Anyone who spent the 90s jamming to TLC will happily step back in time with the…
British actor Daniel Kaluuya is fresh from starring in the recent number one movie Get Out as Chris Washington, a photographer who visits his girlfriend’s family with horrifying results. While Americans may not recognize Kaluuya, he is well known to British audiences, having starred as Posh Kenneth on the Britsh television show Skins. He…
Drivers and pedestrians in California could soon share the road with stylish Lexus sports utility vehicles driven solely by technology developed by the company behind the legendary iPhone and Macintosh computers. In mid-April, the Department of Motor Vehicles in California approved a request by Apple to test three luxury hybrid SUVs equipped with self-driving technology…
We all know her to outrun, outhit, outplay, out-hustle and outwin in the game of tennis because Serena Williams is truly an unstoppable force. Now, the champion is embarking on one of the biggest new experiences in her life. It still centers around “love,” but this time, it’s away from the court. The finest women’s professional tennis…
If anyone knows how to party, it’s South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Zuma reportedly celebrated his 75th birthday in high style. However, many citizens used this occasion as a call to protest against the controversial leader. While Zuma spent the morning of his birthday meeting with various ministers, his official birthday celebration was scheduled for…
It’s official: Facebook just upped the competition in Kenya with their low-cost solution to WiFi services. The social media giant, partnering with Surf, has already launched similar services in Uganda, Nigeria, and India, making Kenya the fourth region to get access to cheap and accessible Internet services. The service has been live for over a…
She is Vogue‘s spring star, gracing not one, not two, but three international covers of the famous fashion magazine; meet cover girl Adwoa Aboah, the stunning Ghanaian-British model. When it comes to the competitive modeling world, there are some faces with exquisite bone structure you just cannot forget. Adwoa Aboah is that young woman, and it’s no…
The prevailing attitude in Hollywood and around the world has long been that to make a successful film, you need a big budget. Ugandan filmmaker and director Isaac Nabwana is proving that is just not true. Nabwana combined his passion for cinema with a determined attitude to bootstrap his way to success. He has built…
The Neem Foundation program focuses on helping the former captives of Boko Haram. This terrorist group, widely known for its mass kidnappings—most sensationally the 2014 kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian school girls—uses various violent means to fuel its terrorist organizations, as well as spread its zealous ideology. Some kidnapped girls have even been forced…
Ever since the fall of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the former Libya strongman who was toppled and killed during the Arab Spring uprisings a few years ago, the North African nation has suffered deep political instability and chaos. One of the most harrowing issues plaguing Libya has been the arrival of the Islamic State terrorist organization, often…
Did you know we are in the midst of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent? On the 23rd of December 2013, the UN General Assembly decided on resolution 68/237, proclaiming a decade dedicated to people of African descent. The period runs from 2015 to 2024, promoting the themes of recognition, justice,…
Soprano Measha Brueggergosman’s voice has been described as stunning, rich, thrilling, and vivacious. The New Brunswick, Canada native has traveled the world performing opera and art song and, as CBC describes, she is “widely hailed as one of the great sopranos of the 21st century.” From Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, the world…
Nigeria gained her independence on October 1, 1960 from Great Britain and will be celebrating 57 years of independence this weekend. The country was granted independence under a constitution with parliamentary government provision and a level of self-rule for the country’s three regions. Nigeria, however, became a federal republic after gaining full independence from…
Champeta: Music and Liberation Through music, we become uplifted beyond the scope of everyday problems, often entering a different world, if only for a while. Music transcends the boundaries of time and place, and that is what champeta has been able to do. Champeta is a fusion, what can be understood as the love child of Colombian…
