The Guinean parliament has pleased many women in the French-speaking West African country by modifying a revised civil code that requires men who wish to marry extra wives to do so only after getting the approval of their first wives. Passed last week and awaiting promulgation by the president, the revised civil code which prescribesContinue reading “Guinean lawmakers give first wives civil rights to approve polygamous marriages”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Changing the African narrative a photo at a time, Adnan Mohamed captures the beautiful Somaliland
A dnan Abdo Mohamed is a visual storyteller who has published two photo essays and his work is recognized and published by popular local and international media including CNN’s African Voices, Horndiplomat and Le Monde magazine. The story of Africa and its culture can only be found among its people who live the beautiful moments shared. The image ofContinue reading “Changing the African narrative a photo at a time, Adnan Mohamed captures the beautiful Somaliland”
Meet the six famous polygamist leaders Africa has ever had
Until colonization and the introduction of Christianity by white missionaries in Africa, polygamy, the custom of marrying more than one spouse, was prevalent and culturally accepted by a majority of the tribes in the continent. There are two kinds of polygamy: polygyny and polyandry. The latter is the least popular custom which is when one woman marriesContinue reading “Meet the six famous polygamist leaders Africa has ever had”
Bob Marley died in 1981 but earns $23m a year after a 3-decade legal battle over his estate
eggae icon Robert Nesta Bob Marley did not die a poor man and his family escaped destitution, thanks to the wealth he left behind from his years of musical dexterity which shot him to global acclaim as one of the best musicians of all time. Born on this day, February 6, 1945, Bob Marley livedContinue reading “Bob Marley died in 1981 but earns $23m a year after a 3-decade legal battle over his estate”
Somaliland’s oldest statesman who became chief way before Elizabeth II was enthroned has died at 122
The self-declared state of Somaliland mourns its oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe, who died on Friday at the Hargeisa International Hospital at the age of 122. Haji Warabe was a member of Somaliland’s Upper of House of Parliament (Guurti) and was regarded as a symbol of peaceContinue reading “Somaliland’s oldest statesman who became chief way before Elizabeth II was enthroned has died at 122”
Ismail Akwei 