-By Dele Momodu French President, Emmanuel Macron, will visit the African Shrine next week to soak-in Afrobeat music, as he prepares to open the new-look Alliance Francaise facility in Lagos. Macron is expected to touch down in Abuja on Tuesday and after a brief visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Villa, would head to […]
-By Jackie Bischof It can be difficult to comprehend how easily Africa has been erased from world history. One powerful example is its involvement in World War I, which has been virtually forgotten, despite the fact that an estimated 2 million Africans were pulled into the conflict as soldiers, workers, and personnel both in Europe
– By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu In Togo, the electricity access rate is 28% , far below the West African average of 40%. Both rural and urban households struggle not only with access but with low voltage when it is available. It has to rely on Ghana, its neighbor to the west, to supply some of its power. However, the Togolese
Welcome to our show! 3NNY3 EZ! (Translated: Its Not Easy) is a series shot in New York and parts of Ghana. It tells the story of a list of Ghanaian characters in New York and their associations back home. Every week is a mixture of hilarity and a token message. This series is also running
In one of the most shocking reports on the ill-treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers, the International Organization for Migration has confirmed that thousands of African migrants are being left to die in blistering desert heat after being deported by the government of Algeria and dumped in the Sahara. A new investigation by the Associated Press
At 232 square kilometers, the Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana’s Eastern Region is home to rare flora and fauna including two butterfly species not found anywhere else in the world – Mylothris atewa and Anthene helpsi – and a rediscovered West African White-naped Managbey monkey classified as ‘endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The reserve is
Representatives of Rastafari organizations in over ten African countries have elected Ghana’s Ahuma Bosco Ocansey aka Daddy Bosco as the first chairman of the Rastafari Continental Council (R.C.C ) at the recent meeting in Capetown, South Africa. The conference also elected the representative from Tanzania, Ras Makonnen as deputy chairman. According to the facilitator of
By Afrikaba Ronnie – Agona Swedru Rufftown record has been noticed of grooming young talents to take our music industry to a higher heights. We obviously know the late hitmaker Ebony Reigns got to the limelight through Rufftown Records and its associates. After the sudden demise of the Queen of Dancehall, Bullet, CEO of Rufftown
WATCH TRAILER [Please LIKE our Facebook Page] 3nny3 Ez! tracks the Ghanaian existence in the Big Apple (New York). Shot in New York and several locations in Ghana, this new TV series combines hilarity with a quest to portray the reality of life where the grass is supposed to be greener. “We don’t seek to
A migrant from Mali who scrambled up the side of a building to save a 4 year old child dangling from a fifth floor balcony was thanked this week by President Emmanuel Macron and offered citizenship. Mamoudou Gassama had been living without papers in France when the incident took place. “You have become an example
