Author: Dennis Kahohi

Kenya’s inspiring Wangare Maathai was born on 1 April 1940. She fought against ecological degradation and neo-colonialism in Africa. Her legacy lives on through the countless…

On this day, we celebrate what would have been the 85th birthday of Kenya’s Wangari Maathai, the pioneering environmentalist and political activist. Maathai formed the Green…

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced plans for Nigeria to join its peers Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Alliance of Sahel States. April Fools!…

On 1 April, 1955, the African National Congress (ANC) urged South African parents to withdraw their children from schools in protest of the so-called Bantu Education…

Today we celebrate the birthday of the brilliant conscious poet and godfather of rap, Gil-Scott Heron (1949-2011). This brother left a permanent mark on music, poetry…

Niger is the first African country in history to eliminate river blindness! Officially known as onchocerciasis, infected black flies by rivers pass on the parasitic disease…

On 7 August 2023, Air France suspended all flights to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, shortly after an anti-imperialist coup brought President Abdourahamane Tiani to power…

In 2019, South African surgeon Mashudu Tshifularo made history by becoming the first doctor to perform a 3D-printed middle-ear transplant, successfully restoring the hearing of a…

In the 1940s, psychologists Kenneth Bancroft Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark conducted the Doll Test, a landmark study to assess the psychological impact of segregation on…

Africa is transforming. Our people have woken up. We no longer accept exploitation by our former colonisers and reject economic and political bondage. But while the…