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Book review: ‘Mama Miti,’ by Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
When Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, her Green Belt Movement had planted 30 million trees in Africa, starting in her native Kenya. Her big-picture approach has also led to a healthy...
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Personality Of The Week: Ken Saro Wiwa
Ken Saro Wiwa (1941-1995) was a member of the Ogoni tribe of some 500,000 people, living in densely populated Ogoniland in south-eastern Nigeria. He studied at the University of Ibadan and in 1973 he...
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EVENTS: Weekend Round Up Of Events – January 15 – 17 2016
Find out what’s happening around you in our weekly round up of events. Also, find out where you can give yourself and your loved ones a treat this weekend. All invites include venue, time and date....
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TEASER: Diary of A Lagos Girl
Watch the teaser of the much anticipated movie, Diary of a Lagos Girl starring Nigerian’s beloved Liz Benson, beautiful and mischievous Linda Ejiofor, the multi talented Alexx Ekubo,OC Ukeje, Paul...
View ArticleCULTURE: South African Vegetable Biryani
The weekend is here! Try something new in your kitchen this Saturday. This delicious South African dish from Recipeland is made with rice, potatoes, green peas and hot chili peppers should be a...
View ArticleDIY: How To Make African Masks
Masks have always been a great part of the African Culture as a means of expression and representation of ourselves, our values and even our deities. Watch below a tutorial on how to make one for...
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Weekend Style: Rocking the Naija Caps
Nothing tells the story of a united Nigeria more than our integration of various fashion elements in modern-day fashion. This series explores the caps we wear today, uncovering the heritage behind...
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Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky – African Folk Stories
MANY years ago the sun and water were great friends, and both lived on the earth together. The sun very often used to visit the water, but the water never returned his visits. At last the sun asked the...
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African James Bond: Fally iPupa (MCM)
A line from one of his popular singles “Bruce”, Fally iPupa N’simba is undoubtably the number one Francophone Musician in Africa. He hails from the repulbic of Congo, a country which has blessed our...
View ArticleNew Music: Demanding – Sege Bami
The Arrival of Sege Bami is the classic saga of taking a dream and making the impossible conceivable. Sege Bami real names Olusegun Ayobami Oke is a performer, songwriter, poet, music teacher, and...
View ArticleNEW EP: COINCIDENCE FT. WOLE SOYINKA AND FELA KUTI – THIS IS NIGERIA
Coincidence is here with the release of “THIS IS NIGERIA: T.I.N.”, dubbed the best EP last year, 2015. From it spawns a banging Afro-Hop tune, “Original” Featuring Jable and legends; Wole Soyinka and...
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Top 10 Most Creative 2015 Album Arts
These album covers have been carefully handpicked as the best from 2015 for their uniqueness and the extreme creativity that went into designing each of them. They are far from the regular portrait art...
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The Beautiful Aldabra
Aldabra is the world’s second-largest coral atoll. It is situated in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. Uninhabited and extremely...
View ArticleThe Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
THERE was once a king who was very powerful. He had great influence over the wild beasts and animals. Now the tortoise was looked upon as the wisest of all beasts and men. This king had a son named...
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Bet You Didn’t Know These 16 Things About Africa?
Think you know all about Africa? Think Again! At least 10 of 16 these facts will truly shock you: The lowest point in Africa is Lake Assal which is located in central-eastern Djibouti at the western...
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Video: Stunnah Gee – Come Gimmie Some ft. Jaij Hollands
Stunnah Gee after dropping previous songs like ‘Dengeme’ which featured superstar, Davido and Baby Le has a new video to his recent released single ‘Come Gimme Some’ which features Jaij Hollands and...
View ArticleMUSIC PREMIER: OJOPAGOGO – SHOKI ARUGBO
Prolific Nollywood Actor, Ojopagogo who mostly acts as an herbalist in Yoruba movies and who has been doing pretty well in the music industry is set to start the year 2016 with a bang. He is offering...
View ArticleThe BBM Stickamania competition is in Nigeria! Enter Today
After a successful series of BBM competitions in Indonesia and South Africa,BBM Stickamania is now coming to Nigeria this January, encouraging the most creative, expressive stickers to be designed for...
View ArticleAt Gunpoint – Nick Makoha
To conclude all soldiers must die some by bullet, some by knife the sharpest cut is betrayal. Lips are their usual servants. I have herd men say We will serve you. It is a way of inventing a landscape....
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Charles Sekano – The Geometry Of Fate
Charles Sekano, the South African artist and musician, lived in Kenya from 1967 to 1997 and now lives in Pretoria, South Africa. It was in Nairobi in the 1960s, amid the very real isolation of exile...
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