There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.
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Water is sacred in many religious traditions, holding power that can also be dangerous.
Infrastructure projects are an enticing promise for a better future – but they can also evoke a violent colonial past.
To qualify for the World Cup, Nigeria’s football structures need to link up with schools and build diverse support.
The first speech sounds were uttered about 70,000 years ago and not hundreds of thousands of years ago as is sometimes claimed.
New survey shows poor earnings from music streaming made worse by the digital divide and a lack of policy.
Interventions against intimate partner violence may work better if they target the mechanisms that make empathic women more vulnerable.
Studies show South Africa did a lot right when it hosted the football World Cup. Qatar can do the same if it learns from South Africa.
Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years.
The activist is today the subject of songs, sculptures, an annual lecture and even a new musical.
Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
A win is possible - but only in 2026 or 2030 and only if African teams get to play more high level internationals more regularly.
The album Mr. Money With The Vibe, with its amapiano influences, is just 30 minutes long but it speaks volumes about Asake’s talents.
Hollywood undermines Africa’s struggles, creating a false impression of the continent to please western viewers.
The Drum journalist was a rare woman in a male-dominated world. Her autobiography has now been published after her death.
Le Jolof rice est originaire du Sénégal. Cette paternité a été prouvée par l'histoire et confirmée par l'Unesco. Le Sénégal doit relever plusieurs défis pour profiter de cette labellisation.
From the earliest years of Christianity, some people have been recognised as having lived exceptionally holy lives.
The beats are fresh but the performances are second rate and lacking star quality.
Ghana’s national museum has been reopened after being closed for seven years.
Africans are adopting podcasting as a way of telling their own stories. In one class in Egypt, this took a feminist turn.
Soon after it was established in 1932 Orlando became a mecca of black urban culture and liberation politics.
Instead of displaying myths, Samburu rock art reveals real-life stories and is made as a leisure activity.
BringBackOurGirls led to a global outcry, but it simplified a complex history that is best understood through survivor accounts.
Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.