During West Africa’s prolific era of portrait photography in the 1900s, Mama Casset emerged as one of Senegal’s pioneering figures. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When portrait photography first started to emerge from French West Africa in the early 1900s, it was almost exclusively Europeans who operated the cameras. Native subjects were prized for their exotic settings, unusual […]
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Journalists cautiously celebrate press freedom in Ethiopia | Al Jazeera
As journalists welcome efforts to support press freedom in Ethiopia, draft law against hate speech causes concerns.
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Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female president | BBC News
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president.
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The 40-year-old “prophetic” novel that predicted the troubles of modern-day Zimbabwe | Quartz Africa
If Dambudzo Marechera had not existed, Zimbabwe would have invented him.
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Thousands of children are imprisoned across Africa. They need justice | The Guardian
Young people are all but invisible in the justice system, facing ill treatment at the hands of those who should be protecting them.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Is Dead at 81; Fought Apartheid | The New York Times
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose hallowed place in the pantheon of South Africa’s liberators was eroded by scandal over corruption, kidnapping, murder and the implosion of her fabled marriage to Nelson Mandela, died early Monday in Johannesburg. She was 81.
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Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth | Al Jazeera
If African countries are to benefit from foreign investment, they must be allowed to – even helped to – legally regulate that investment and the corporations that often bring it.
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Mogadishu truck bomb: 500 casualties in Somalia’s worst terrorist attack | The Guardian
Somali president declares three days of national mourning after deadliest ever attack blamed on militant group al-Shabaab
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What Does Resistance Look Like In The Face Of Extremism | Literary Hub
Alexis Okeowo On The Complex Ethics of Fighting Extremism In Africa.
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Nigeria’s Population to Surpass America’s by 2050, New Report Shows – Atlanta Black Star
Nigeria’s population is growing so fast, it’s slated to become the third-largest country in the world, according to a new population prospects report by the United Nations.
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