African Ancestral Shoe Game – What was their Footwear Like?
When you think of shoes, what comes to mind? Let’s make a list, shall we? Support, stability, comfort, protection from non-optimal environments, support and visual…
South African Actor, Nomzamo Mbatha, on the Power of Proximity
Actress Nomzamo Mbatha is without a doubt globally flying the South African flag high at least in the film industry. When she took a decision to…
Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting seems to be arousing the interest of many people on their journey to wellbeing and fitness. In 2019, intermittent fasting was among the…
modern Izicolo
Most Fascinating and Stylish Types of African Traditional Clothing: The Izicolo (Isicholo)
In Africa, distinct hairstyles and headgear make a notably huge part of most of the communities’ traditional style. They are indicators of one’s social, religious,…
Wole Soyinka
Writer’s Profile: Wole Soyinka
Known to many as Wole Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, academic, activist and critic. Wole was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria…
Portrait of author Nadine Gordimer. (Photo by James Keyser//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Writer’s Profile: Nadine Gordimer
Born on 20th November 1923, Nadine Gordimer was a South African novelist, short story writer and political and moral activist. The first woman to receive…
Chinua Achebe
Writer’s Profile: Chinua Achebe
Born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on 16th November 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria, the late famed writer is acclaimed for his impersonal depictions of the psychosocial mystification…
The Most Fascinating and Stylish Types of African Traditional Clothing: Umushanana (Mushanana)
The Umushanana has to be the one of most graceful garments you’ll ever come across. Traditionally, in the precolonial era, this garment was designed in…
African Body Paint Artistes
5 Outstanding African Body Paint Artists
My introduction to body art was the face painting sessions I would be taken for as a child, then later in the West African movies…
Tattoo Artists and Artistry in Africa
Tattoo artistry - the art of body markings, body painting and tattooing - is an age old practice that has been done in Africa for…
5 Notable African Contemporary Visual Artists (Storytellers)
Visual artists and photographer are more than creativities; they freeze moments, they are a lot about storytelling, sparking emotion and communicating points of view. For…
The Future of African Architecture
The Future of African Architecture
Architecture in Africa takes on many different but interesting forms. From mud huts, tin houses, stone buildings as well as Tuscan inspired buildings, glass usage…
Writer’s Profile: Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Born James Ngugi Thiong’o on 5th January 1938, in Limuru, Kenya, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is hands down one of Africa’s most legendary literary giants. When…
6 of Africa’s Most Enchanting Traditional Dances
Universally, dance is a union of aesthetic and logic. It is purely a way of enjoyment as much as it is a non-verbal form of…
The Symbolism of Elaborate Beaded Jewelry in Traditional Africa
Beads, beads and more beads. This is the first place my head goes to when I think African jewelry. Although their use is very prominent…
African DJs
5 Top African DJs Making Waves
Do you love music as much as we do? Well, if you have been wondering who some of the best DJ's in Africa are and…
