Promoting Africa
Perhaps the first all black comic book hero creator, Emmy Award winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile has been spending time in West Africa working to teach kids how to "Draw from the Soul". As the creative mind behind popular cartoons like Rugrats, Wild Thornberries and Daria, Anyabwile most known for his early 90's hit comic series…
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Senegal inaugurated on December 6, the much awaited Museum of Black Civilisations, the world's largest museum of collection of black art. Since the colonial era, most of Africa's artifacts were taken and placed in western museums, ripping Africa from its cultural history, and preventing African countries from telling their own story.This is now changing, with…
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The long awaited Global Citizen Festival took place at the FNB Stadium, on Sunday in Johannesburg, to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. On December 2nd, 2018, Global Citizen brought together its largest contingency of heads of state, dignitaries, a group of the world’s most talented artists and influencers, and thousands of global citizens to celebrate…
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Ghanaian-Canadian author Esi Edugyan has won the Giller Prize again! Victoria-based author Esi Edugyan was announced last week as the winner of the $100,000 prize for her novel Washington Black. This is the second time Edugyan wins the prestigious Giller literary award. In 2011, she received the prize for her novel Half-Blood Blues. This new winning makes Edugyan the third author…
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OAFF stands for Online African Film Festival. This initiative has been started and designed by the organisation Cinewax. From the 15th November until the 15th December, you can watch African movies online, from 15 different countries. More about the Online African Film Festival For more than 3 years, the team of Cinewax has been…
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Johnson and Johnson’s Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 is here! As a result, all African innovators are invited to submit their ideas. Entries opened on Thursday November 8. The Africa Innovation Challenge is designed for the continent’s innovators to showcase new ideas. This extraordinary opportunity is in its second edition (first edition launched in November 2016) .…
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Nigerian face model Adetutu Alabi is using social media to create awareness and change the narrative of people with tribal marking in Africa. Body marking has been used for centuries in parts of Africa to indicate a person’s tribal heritage. They are usually inscribed on the body by burning or cutting of the skin during…
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