Africa

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (125+ words) Hear more Community Spotlight listings at 15 and 45 past nearly every hour at 97.9 WHAV. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other announcements, click on the image. As part of Essex National Heritage Area’s Trails & Sails, Buttonwoods Museum is holding…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1081+ words) • A part of the community For nearly a decade, residents of Obogoro Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have watched helplessly as the Ekoli River steadily eats into their ancestral land, homes, farmlands and public infrastructure. What…...

21+ hour, 30+ min ago   (541+ words) The Tooro Kingdom has initiated traditional palace cleansing rituals in Fort Portal ahead of the planned coronation of King Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I. The historic Karuziika Palace in Fort Portal is currently undergoing rigorous traditional cleansing rituals as the Tooro Kingdom…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (75+ words) Watch A Mysterious Discovery at Great Zimbabwe | Secrets of the Dead PBS SoCal From cultural festivals to exhibition openings, Southern California has something for everyone. Excavating a rubbish dump at Great Zimbabwe, archaeologists uncover pottery, cattle teeth, and something unexpected:…...

15+ hour, 31+ min ago   (397+ words) While at another booth, a choir sang Bengali songs In an effort to recreate the Left Bank, there were a little stalls where artists sketched portraits, even a cart selling flowers though these were plastic. someone recited poetry in French…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago   (690+ words) Zambia’s story began later, and under a corporate flag. What is now Zambia was stitched together in 1911 as Northern Rhodesia, initially run not directly by London but by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) of Cecil Rhodes. The company obtained…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1566+ words) A Resource for the Study of Democracy in Africa History in the Horn of Africa is rarely allowed to remain history. An ancient civilization becomes evidence of modern sovereignty. A medieval dynasty becomes proof of national continuity. Territory incorporated during…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (468+ words) No fewer than four communities in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State have been ravaged by a devastating flood that displaced residents, destroyed household property, shops, goods, rice mills and farmlands. The communities, where property worth millions of naira…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (102+ words) What do the names of Africa’s 54 countries actually mean? From Cameroon’s connection to shrimp and Burkina Faso’s meaning of “Land of Honest People” to names rooted in ancient kingdoms, ethnic groups and landscapes, every country name carries a story. This…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (503+ words) Professor Will Pettigrew has William Pitt, William Wilberforce and Henry Brougham against him Great play is made, as it always is in these cases, with the names of famous figures who invested in the slave trade – John Gay, Sir Godfrey…...