Promoting Africa
"I am a treasure, please don't sell me" More than 50% of trafficked victims are exploited sexually. Women and girls are the majority. Africa has raised an international faith-based, media driven non-profit organisation, which works at reducing human trafficking globally using media & film. MeCAHT (Media Campaigns Against Human Trafficking) operates in Nigeria, South…
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As one of the largest social media outlets in the world, Instagram is becoming the top social media outlet for Africans that love and breath art. Instagram began to take off in 2010, first only exclusively on iPhones and then eventually opening up their platform to Androids. Instagram created the ability for everyday, regular people…
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The protection of the environment is a major issue that is more and more in the spotlight. African artists and those of the diaspora, are neither silent, nor insensitive to this problem. Indeed, there is no count of the number of exhibitions and works aimed at raising awareness and mobilization. Some artists are not limited…
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"In Africa, corruption not only saps our economic strength, it is killing us (Odeh Friday). However, many citizens fight to eradicate this phenomenon, but we rarely hear about them. We recently connected with Odeh Friday, Country Director of Accountability Lab Nigeria, through which we discovered a company which contributes to the good happenings around Africa. What is…
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In the 21st century music is as influential to the mental development of young people as any other form of education or media. Every so often we hear a musician who brings traditional culture and pop culture together to influence young minds, and in 2018 that is none other than Senegalese born recording artist I$$A…
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The German government has returned to Namibia, 25 skulls of hundreds of indigenous men and women killed during the colonial era, more than a 100 years ago. A Namibian government delegation received the skulls at a church service in Berlin last Wednesday, and on Friday, the remains were taken to the Namibian capital Windhoek where a…
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During a visit to Burkina Faso in November ‘17. French president, Emmanuel Macron, declared that he’d make returning artifacts to African countries a top priority. The mentioned artifacts were looted from Africa in colonial times and are now in museums, not only in France but a vast part of Europe. His declaration followed years of…
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