Category Archives: Culture & Music

It will no more be shocking to many when they see black Africans with blue eyes after recent discoveries of such special people in various parts of the continent. They are not albinos, and do not have the typical dark brown African eyes. It wasn’t an easy experience for a black Nigerian immigrant couple inContinue reading “All you need to know about black Africans with blue eyes”

Prevalent in Cameroon and other African immigrant communities in the United Kingdom, breast ironing or flattening – also known as breast sweeping in South Africa – is taken lightly when it is clearly a harmful practice. This is the pounding and massaging of a girl’s breasts to stop them from developing. Practised mainly in WestContinue reading “After many years of harm, African girls still face cruel ‘breast ironing’ custom”

Botswana’s government has tabled a bill before parliament to amend the country’s penal code to raise the legal age of consent from 16 to 18 years. This means having sex with a person below the age of 18 with or without their consent is a criminal offense and will be termed as defilement. The MinisterContinue reading “Botswana to raise age of consent to address child defilement”

Siphesihle November used to street dance for fun in the small South African town of Zolani; little did he know that in a few years he will be the youngest member of the National Ballet of Canada. The 19-year-old got his shot at ballet when a Canadian family saw him during a school recital inContinue reading “South African Siphe November is Canada’s youngest national ballet dancer”

Two toddlers born in Ghana with blue eyes – as a result of the rare genetic disorder called Waardenburg syndrome – have turned to modelling to help raise funds for surgery to treat their hearing loss associated with the defect. A year and ten months old Rebecca Chogtaa Dumeh from northern Ghana was born withContinue reading “Blue-eyed Ghanaian toddlers turn to modelling to raise funds for ear surgery”