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In September 2020, the Minister for Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, recommended an audit of offensive naming, symbols and structures, such as statues, street names, public spaces, etc. Mthethwa said it was unfair that when it comes to apartheid and colonial symbols still dominating the landscape, South Africa’s black majority population remains an ethnic minority. It was a long process …

The invention of a secondary school student named Simon Petrus got Namibia’s social media abuzz for the right reasons. Simon Petrus created a mobile phone that works with radio frequencies, no sim card nor airtime credit required. Calls can be made to anyone, anywhere, without interruptions, as long as they are done in an area with radiofrequency. The invention, which …

Radio France Internationale French MPs have approved the return of looted historical artefacts to Benin and Senegal, completing the legislative process needed to give back the objects. Benin will receive 26 artefacts taken from the Palace of Behanzin in the late 19th century, including a royal throne, which are currently exhibited at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris. Senegal …

The discovery of the first batch of coffins was confirmed by Egyptian antiquities officials last month, when archaeologists found 13 of the containers in a newly discovered 11 meter deep (36 feet) well. On October 3, 2020, archaeologists discovered dozens of ancient coffins in a massive necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt’s tourism and antiques ministry said. Khalid el-Anany said at …

The pandemic of coronavirus might have had a major leftward effect on the world economy. But that did not prevent Akon, a musicist and business mogul, from continuing to plan to build a futuristic pan-African city in his homeland, Senegal. The Locked Up singer, who spent the greatest part of his childhood in West Africa, announces in an interview with …

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who inspired millions with roles as Black Panther, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall, has died at age 43 after a four year battle with colon cancer, his family says. Chadwick Boseman made some of the biggest movies of our time while battling cancer. Unbelievable. Amazing strength. At least he was with family when he passed, surrounded by …

Chief Nyamwana is the only white who is a traditional leader of Lunda tribe of Mwinilunga District in Zambia. In the 17th century Lunda, under its ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav and the capital of Musumba, formed the Lunda (Balunda, Luunda), which is now the democratic Republic of Congo along the Kalanyi River. From there they extended widely over …

According to a Food and Agriculture Administration (FAO) report, “South Sudan’s livestock population is estimated at 12 million cattle, 20 million sheep and 25 million goats according to the National Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Industry, making it a world leader in terms of animal wealth per capita”. In 2018, South Sudan had an estimated population of 10.98 million people. …

A photo series was displayed at the Hubei Provincial Museum to show the relationship between man and nature which was captured during a photographer and businessman’s visit to Africa during in the past decades. “This is Africa” exhibition included traditional elephant, cheetah and sunset shots around the savannah, but makes one significant misstep. A segment titled “One’s heart looks” shows …

A Caucasian Genetics Professor explains how Africans and people of African descent are “pure humans” with no traces of Neanderthal DNA. In the meantime, people of Caucasian and Asian descent have evident traces of Neanderthal DNA. https://youtu.be/FJUb32Jsya4 This video was widely shared byTrudreadz, but according to other scientists research, human spread out from Africa. One of the evidences is a …