Health risks and dangerous conditions such as malaria, pneumococcal infections, viral induced encephalopathy, and bacterial blood diseases continue to affect African populations, particularly children, across the continent. These matters also constantly keep Dr. Evelyn Gitau, a cellular immunologist from Kenya, busy in the lab and the field. Dr. Gitau believes that clinical immunity to malaria…
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…
After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, the film Mudbound has been receiving much attention, critical acclaim and plenty of Oscar buzz. In fact, there is already talk that the film may bring home at least a few awards. Some have already suggested that director Dee Rees could potentially win the award…
As one of the world’s most populous and majestic cities, Rio de Janeiro is home to over six million residents, and about a quarter of them live in favelas, low-income neighborhoods improvised from former shanty towns. The favelas are a reminder of the deep issues of inequality in Brazil; these are poor communities where Brazilian…
Millicent Nyong’o, an ambitious woman in her twenties, contested for political office in her local area in Kisumu. She lost, but keeps her zeal on. She was born and raised in Kisumu, the western-Kenya city famous for being a bastion of some of the longest serving opposition politicians. Kisumu can be rightly called the…
He hails from the gorgeous Mozambique, a land nestled on the southeast coast of Africa with striking turquoise waters, creamy white beaches and walls of coral. As a young boy, Taibo Bacar was fascinated by fabric and its many textures, the pleasant hum of a sewing machine he often heard from his seamstress mother. It was…
