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Cameroon’s new literary generation is asserting itself globally

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ROUGHLY 11 years ago, Olivier Felix Mpele Mvoutou started to introduce a new writing system, with the ambition to save…

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PRIVATE jets filled up the runway of the airport in the northern Nigerian city of Kano as members of Nigeria’s…

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THE bushmeat trade – meat from wild animals – continues to soar, mainly in unregulated and illegal markets worldwide. Ghana…

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Pygmies of Africa refuse to give up on ancient lifestyle

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RESIDING in the forest areas of Central and West Africa and known as the shortest people in the world, Pygmies…

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KENYAN photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s journey into photography began at 14, when her father taught her and her sisters how to…

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Mandela’s tailor on mission to boost African fashion

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IVORIAN-BURKINABE tailor Pathe’O (pictured) can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to…

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Through fashion, Rwandan-born designer champions African unity

By Editorial StaffMay 26, 202100

RWANDAN-BORN fashion designer and visual artist Eli Gold left his home when he was 13 as his country was wracked…

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British fashion brand Timbuktu accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ for trademarking ‘Yoruba’

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A BRITISH clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the West African Yoruba people several years…

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