Category Archives: Culture & Music

Over 37,000 people have signed a petition to get Walt Disney to reverse the trademark of the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata” which means “No Worries” or “No Problem”. Hakuna Matata was registered since 2003 in the United States after the release of the 1994 film, The Lion King, which made the phrase popular.  Disney’s recentContinue reading “Africans join fight to take back Swahili phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Disney”

Many African countries have banned skin bleaching products but the laws are not enforced as many skin whitening creams and soaps flood the markets in countries such as Ghana, Togo, South Africa, Mali and Cote d’Ivoire. The products containing harmful chemicals such as mercury, cortisone and hydroquinone have been linked to skin cancer, high bloodContinue reading “As Africa loses fight against skin bleaching, Rwanda deploys police to enforce laws”

The colonisation of Africa by European nations did not only rid Africa of its people and dignity but also traditional and cultural symbols and artefacts which have been kept in European museums like trophies. Calls have been made by African empires whose artefacts were stolen to be returned. Chief among them was the Benin EmpireContinue reading “This is what a Nigerian traditional ruler told Prince Charles about stolen artefacts by Britain”

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has on several occasions disclosed plans by his government to make Spanish Jamaica’s second language as against the widely used Jamaican native language of Patois. Holness has explained that his motive of making Spanish an official language is to make bilateral cooperation with Spain even stronger as the two countriesContinue reading “Jamaica turns back on Patois and plans to make Spanish an official language”

She is an American engineer, physician and a former NASA astronaut who went into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor on September 12, 1992. Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, and she loved to dance and science. She grew up in Chicago and began dancing at the age of 11. SheContinue reading “The life and journey of Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space”