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In Senegal, sheep are man’s best friend
It is the day of reckoning for reality television star Hamza, a large white ram that is among 15 contestants hoping to be crowned Senegal’s…
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In Pictures: 2010 World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures Press Conference
The 2010 World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures NYC press conference at the Grand Hyatt on September 24, 2010 in New York City.
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Nigerian academics seek to elevate humble Pidgin
It may share many of its words and basic grammar with English, but a perplexed look descends across the face of most newcomers to Nigeria…
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157 Popular Igbo Names and Their Meaning
Most Igbo names have symbolic meanings and are grammatically constructed; that is, they constitute a complete expression.They usually reflects the immediate circumstance after a child is born…
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Ghana, Land of Powerful Traditional Herbalists and Herbs
In recent times reports in the media has given a wrong impression about the way some herbalists in Ghana and for that matter Africa have…
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Sunday beach in the spotlight A one-stop shop for naughty behaviour
It is summer time, during this period; our young people usually flock to the beaches particularly on Sundays to ‘enjoy themselves’. This phenomenon, often called…
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Opinion: Ghana-man At Crossroads
There are a number of reasons why Ghanaians travel abroad. The major ones are as follows: to seek for jobs or political asylum, in persuit…
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Money can buy you happiness — but only of one kind: study
Money, it turns out, really can by you happiness or at least one form of it, according to the biggest study to examine the relationship…
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Initiation rite revived in 16 villages in Senegal
KAODIOUL, Senegal — Sixteen villages have revived an initiation rite in which ethnic Diola men from Senegal’s Casamance are sent into a “sacred forest” to…
