At 91, Don King still longs for the spotlight. But it is shining elsewhere
The contrasting fortunes of the flamboyant promoter and his fellow boxing dealmaker,…
I swam down Ghana’s Volta River for 40 days to show the true cost of cheap clothes
Secondhand clothing waste from Europe is choking the waterways of the west…
‘People thought they knew the story’: the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli
A revealing new documentary takes an inside look at the most infamous…
Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics
Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31…
Why a Namibian artist records his music in the dark
Lazarus Shiimi, or Gazza as he’s more popularly known, is one of…
I don’t want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads
Tamara Magwashu was bullied at school as her family was not rich…
Venice Biennale: The woman behind the whirlwind festival
Lesley Lokko has spent the last two years planning the world's biggest…
Obituary: Tina Turner
Rock’n’roll singer whose comeback after her turbulent early career made her one…
The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children
Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an…
Gay Ugandan asks ‘Where will I go?’ as secret shelters under threat
Uganda's parliament last week passed one of the world's toughest laws against…
