Karla Ashley

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Living in The Gambia as a Jamaican has been the wildest experience of my life

My name is Karla. I am a Jamaican from the parish of…

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The Cameroonian basketball player who is the hope of Philadelphia 76ers

Joel Embiid has already created a piece of NBA history this season,…

 Sulaiman Folarin Sulaiman Folarin

They think it’s about being cursed – Retired Colonel raising awareness about Parkinson’s in Africa

 A retired army colonel with Parkinson's has resumed a solo trip through…

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I kept an excel sheet of all the times my poetry book was rejected

I decided very early on that I wasn’t self-publishing the book. It…

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Raymond Malinga: Ugandan filmmaker hoping to change Africa’s narrative with Disney deal

Ugandan film producer Raymond Malinga, whose work will feature in an upcoming…

Elias Biryabarema Elias Biryabarema

It’s the friendship that put us together – Sauti Sol on staying relevant after 15 years

Sauti Sol are one of Africa's most successful bands. The Kenyan outfit…

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Black Blues Brothers: From meeting at a charity to performing for the Queen and Pope

A group of five Kenyan acrobats, Black Blues Brothers, have performed their…

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My journey with HIV has been good, bad and ugly

I began advocating in 2015. I was born with HIV and I…

Doreen Moraa Moracha Doreen Moraa Moracha

I needed to do something like that in my own country – Mastermind of South Sudan’s first comedy festival 

Since 2018, South Sudanese comedian Akau Jambo dreamt about his country hosting…

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My phone went absolutely crazy – DJ Black Coffee after winning Grammy

South African DJ Black Coffee has always decried the pigeon-holing of African…

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