St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by millions, so it only makes sense that the President of the United States recognizes the holiday. However, Donald Trump tripped up once again after quoting an “Irish proverb” that turned out to be a line from a Nigerian poem. Albasheer Adam Alhassan, a Nigerian banker, wrote the…
Donald Trump already faced the backlash from the Internet and social media as he fumbled once again and quoted a poem from Nigerian poet, Albasheer Adam Alhassan. The line was supposed to be from an “Irish proverb” to honor Saint Patrick’s Day and his meeting with the Irish Prime Minister. Ireland’s PM Enda…
The 11th annual SAFTAs are over, and the awards show this year was one for the record books. According to Zama Mkosi, CEO of the National Film and Video Foundation, “The 11th SAFTAs is the beginning of a new dawn for the SAFTAs.” This year’s show was hoping to move on from some controversy…
Saint Patrick’s Day, a day filled with green beer, festivities, and love for the Irish. But did you know that Saint Patrick was a real-life hero? In fact, legend has it he battled armies of witches and druids, and banished all the snakes from Ireland—and none of that included green beer! Skip ahead to modern…
On March 14, Snoop Dogg released the video for his new song, “Lavender (Nightfall Remix).” The song is a cover of a BADBADNOTGOOD song featuring Kaytranada. In the newly released video, the whole world is full of clowns, yet still beset by the police brutality and violence that we see so much of today.…
Joni Sledge died unexpectedly this week at age 60. Joni, along with her sisters Debbie, Kim, and Kathy, founded the group Sister Sledge in 1971. Best known for their hit “We Are Family,” the group spanned many genres including disco, R&B and soul. Joni passed away in her Phoenix, Arizona home. The official cause…
Ahmad Ahmad, the former head of the Madagascar football federation, is the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Ahmad was elected by a comfortable margin at the 2017 CAF election, in which he received 34 votes out of 54.The election of Ahmad, which has made headlines around the world, is not…
Recently an African pastor, Emmanuel Momoh, of Sierra Leone found one of the largest diamonds ever unearthed. The 709 karat diamond was discovered by the pastor in the region of Kono, which is a diamond-rich area. At 709 karats, the diamond is the thirteenth largest diamond ever found. The largest diamond ever mined was…
Nji Collins Gbah, a 17-year-old student from Cameroon, is the latest winner of the Google Code-In Challenge, an annual contest that encourages young students around the world to show off their programming skills. Nji has certainly made his nation proud by becoming the first African to earn this prestigious award; moreover, he did so…
In late February 2017, news reports appeared on social media sites relaying the supposed arrest of Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene. The headline, originally published on the fake news site, te1egraph.co.uk, stated that Ms. Kunene had been arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport with two kilograms of cocaine hidden in coffee bags. The story was…
Google released its most recent transparency report last week, and the results show that the number of US government requests for user data and information has grown by more than 24 percent in the past six months alone. Between January and June of this year, Google reported that US government agencies requested information on 48,902…
The human biological processes that occur in a period of 24 hours are known as circadian rhythms; they are driven by internal clocks that are mammalian in nature but at the same time very susceptible to a host of external factors that range from physical to environmental and from cultural to socioeconomic. The collective study…
The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), is an organization related to the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent. The decade was set aside by the UN to promote the contribution of Africans in the world and also to strengthen international protection of human rights for the people of African…
Personal transportation service Uber, the poster child company of the global “gig economy,” has achieved many milestones on the African continent over the last four years, but not without significant controversy and disputes. From its corporate offices in San Francisco, Uber has established operations in eight African countries and acquired nearly two million active users…
