Mandela: From Apartheid comes lyrics of Protest
ONE of the legacies that apartheid gave to Africa is the canon known to the literary world today as protest literature or literature of pains. This was an imaginative response...
So what, exactly, is it that makes Nelson Mandela so special?
Why Mandela? NICOSIA 3 (AFP) – So what, exactly, is it that makes Nelson Mandela so special? Apart from the fact that he emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons...
Nelson Mandela Dead: Former South African President Dies At 95
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who served 27 years in prison for anti-apartheid activities and led his continent into a new era, has died at age 95. South African...
Hague court judges reject Kenyatta’s bid to stop trial
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges rejected Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to halt his trial on crimes against humanity, saying his accusations that prosecution witnesses colluded to mislead the court were...
Nigerians must go zimbabwe’s government insists
Zimbabwean authorities say they have given foreign shop-owners, mostly Chinese and Nigerian nationals, an ultimatum to shut down their businesses by 1 January 2014, hand them over to Zimbabweans or...
African State Of Angola Bans Islam, All Mosques To Be Destroyed
AFRICANGLOBE – By popular demand, Angolan authorities have taken pre-emptive action and decided to ban the Muslim religion, which they consider a cult, NOT a religion. They see what Muslims...
Nigeria: 20,000 drivers’ licences ready for collection in Lagos
Lagos – Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatnde Fashola has visited the drivers’ licence Facility at Ojodu to complete his driver’s license process, directing all the agencies concerned to publicise the...
Dangerous desert migrations
When a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikkena, embarked on the dangerous path of squeezing himself into the tyre compartment of Arik aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in...
Homo Africanus (The African Man) By Onwutalobi Anthony-Claret
Scientific techniques ranging from fossil identification, radio-carbon dating and analysis of DNA - the genetic blueprint passed down from one generation to the next – all support the notion that...
National Dialogue: S’East Leaders Meet in Enugu, Set up Committees on Igbo’s Position
Less than a week after the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, presented a paper representing Igbo position to the Senator Femi Okunroumu-led Presidential Advisory Committee on the proposed national...