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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The National Basketball Association opened a new training centre in Saly, Senegal, on Monday November 26, where it hopes to develop a new generation of African players. The “elite training center” in Africa in Senegal will train the continent’s most promising youngsters. The center ”will be the primary training location for NBA Academy Africa prospects from…
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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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Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon, has won the award of ‘Innovator Of The Year’ offered by the Black Enterprise group during its TechConNext event last week. TechConNext 2018 The TechConNext event brought together big names from the tech industry, like Intel group’s Corporate Strategic Procurement Director, Cory Hooks and Ebay’s Diversity…
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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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Senegal win 2-1 against Poland, on Tuesday June 19, was the first victory of an African team at the 2018 Fifa World Cup, and this is thanks to their Coach Aliou Cissé. Tuesday's victory came at a time when many Africans had started losing hope of their chances in the tournament, after all their teams…
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The Ousmane Sow house, named after the Senegalese sculptor, was opened to the general public on Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Dakar, on the sidelines of the 2018 edition of Dak'Art. Located in Yoff (suburb of Dakar), the house Ousman Sow (called The Sphinx), contains various works of the artist who died in 2016 at…
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