At 6 years old, South African DJ Arch Jnr has already attained global fame and to top it all off, he flew to the United States where he competed in the champions edition of America’s Got Talent show and impressed the judges. DJ Arch Jnr, real name Oratile Hlongwane, got the thousands of people inContinue reading “The world’s youngest DJ from South Africa wows America’s Got Talent judges [Video]”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Italy accuses France of fuelling migration by continuously colonizing Africa
Italian deputy prime minister who is also labour and economy minister, Luigi di Maio, has accused France of fuelling migration by continuously colonizing dozens of African countries leaving them impoverished. He made the remark during a visit to central Italy at the weekend after France criticised Italy for not allowing rescue boats carrying migrants inContinue reading “Italy accuses France of fuelling migration by continuously colonizing Africa”
Bridget “Biddy” Mason sued her slave master in a freedom suit in 1856 and won
Mississippi-born slave Bridget “Biddy” Mason filed a suit in a Los Angeles court on January 19, 1856, against her master to secure her freedom and that of her extended family. Biddy, as she was called, was born a slave in Mississippi in 1818 and was owned by slave masters in Georgia and South Carolina before she was returnedContinue reading “Bridget “Biddy” Mason sued her slave master in a freedom suit in 1856 and won”
Celebrating Komla Dumor, the iconic journalist Africa will never stop missing
It’s been five years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor, who died on January 18, 2014, at the age of 41. The revered Ghanaian broadcaster suffered a cardiac arrest in London where he was working as the pioneer presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News programme, Focus on Africa,Continue reading “Celebrating Komla Dumor, the iconic journalist Africa will never stop missing”
The chilling details of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and how he was dissolved in acid
Since January 17, 1961, no one has been held accountable for the brutal murder of Congo’s independence leader and first prime minister Patrice Lumumba who was shot dead with two of his ministers, Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. However, all fingers point to multinational perpetrators who sanctioned the elimination of one of Africa’s bravest politiciansContinue reading “The chilling details of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and how he was dissolved in acid”
Ismail Akwei 