Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
International News: They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria’s forests
Yesterday, 287 children were kidnapped by motorcycle-riding gunmen outside their school in Kaduna state, Nigeria. This is the largest school kidnapping case since 2014.
Read MoreNo Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
People of Middle Eastern and North African descent are usually counted as “white” by the U.S. government, though most do not identify that way.
Read MoreU.S. museum returns artifacts to Ghana that were looted 150 years ago by British forces
A museum at UCLA is the latest to return artifacts stolen from Africa to their rightful owners, this time to Ghana.
Read MoreSilicon Valley African Film Festival
The Silicon Valley African Film Festival promotes an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Aptly themed “Africa through the African lens”, the film festival celebrates the vast richness of the African Continent through the lenses of Africa’s seasoned and emerging filmmakers and, crucially, provides audiences with exquisite lenses to the real Africa.
Read MoreHow 4 Countries Are Preparing to Bring Stolen Treasures Home
Countries who have stolen precious artifacts from nations they once colonized are preparing to return the materials to their original homes.
Read MoreMiss Trans Africa’s Long Wait for Freedom
South African beauty queen, Chedino Martin, shares the obstacles she had to overcome to make it to the top.
Read MoreKamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present
The vice president reflected on the past and the United States’ connection with Africa during an international visit.
Read MoreHow Theodore Roosevelt and American Democracy was Influenced by Buganda: The Real Wakanda
President Theodore Roosevelt’s perspectives changed after his inspired visit to the East African kingdom of Buganda. His “support for the aspirations of Black people would […] grow until the end of his life in 1919.”
Read MoreUnearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System: African History, by Africans
BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers. Proof that a centuries-old writing system was thriving in many African countries.
Read MoreUnearthing a Long-Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans
While going through his father’s possessions, Fallou Ngom discovered writings that revealed the unique development of a Black language.
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