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Mobile cinema businesses became wildly popular in Ghana in the 1980s and 1990s. As a way to attract viewers, proprietors commissioned local artists to paint film posters with creative license. Twitter user @Retr0Joe started a thread of some of his favorite posters. The collection went viral over the weekend. A thread of African Movie […]
A Kenyan pastor murdered his wife then killed himself in front of his congregation, police tell CNN. Eyewitnesses say that the assistant pastor of Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, Kenya, Elijah Misiko, left his seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, in the pulpit on Sunday. He then stabbed her with one of the knives […]
Kanye West has dedicated a lot of his energy recently to his Sunday Service concert series, and in 2020 he reportedly has big plans. After releasing the first Sunday Service album, Jesus Is Born, on Christmas, TMZ reports that Ye wants to take the gospel event across the world. He’s already played with Sunday Service at […]
The Atlantic has released newly obtained audio of an October 1971 conversation between Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon where the former used racist language to describe African delegates at the United Nations. Reagan, who was governor of California at the time of their conversation, was upset that members of the Tanzanian delegation started to dance in […]
Daily Paper goes the extra mile in showcasing their artistic flair with their new Spring/Summer ’19 editorial. With every season we are treated to visual treatments from Daily Paper that continually demonstrate the Amsterdam-based streetwear label isn’t here to play games, injecting a strong narrative thread into each lookbook and editorial. For SS19, the brand […]
More than 150 people are dead after an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Nairobi crashed on Sunday, according to multiple reports. The incident happened less than six minutes after the Boeing 737 Max-8 took off from the country’s capital, Addis Ababa. Also, the pilot “reported difficulties” with the plane and requested to return to Addis Ababa […]
The NBA announced on Saturday that they will be starting a new basketball league in Africa. The Basketball Africa League will be a joint effort between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) with a planned launch in 2020. The 12 teams on the continent will represent Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and […]
Lil Jon knows the value of education. And the importance of giving back. On Tuesday, AOL confirmed the 47-year-old rapper has opened the doors to Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School in eastern Ghana. The effort was part of Jon’s ongoing support of Pencils for Promise, a “for-purpose” organization that builds schools in developing countries like Guatemala, Laos, Nicaragua, and […]
Police are looking for a vandal who scribbled a racist slur on New York City’s African Burial Ground monument. The Lower Manhattan monument marks the spot where as many as 15,000 Africans were buried between 1690 and 1794. The grounds were used because Africans, both enslaved and freed, weren’t allowed to be buried in cemeteries. […]
A lioness killed her longtime mate at the Indianapolis Zoo earlier this week. Zoo officials learned of the incident when they heard an “usual amount of roaring” coming from the lion enclosure on Monday morning. When they went to check on the noise, they found lioness Zuri holding the male lion Nyack by the neck. […]
