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The island paradise held prisoner by heroin
Some 10% of the local population in the tropical island nation of…
Pharrell Williams: ‘Life without music would be like a human being without sense’
The singer and producer on his devotion to De La Soul, his…
‘People were going crazy’ – how the Super Eagles took the world by storm
A new documentary looks at what Nigeria’s success in the 1990s meant…
Libya’s first female deminers must deal with more than bombs
The first women to clear dangerous explosives in Libya are part of…
The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade…
The Cameroonian migrants stranded on an island they had not heard of
How did more than 600 Cameroonians come to find themselves stranded on…
‘My father ruled through pain’: Colin Grant on the stories behind I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be
As a child he knew both love and violence; as an adult,…
Rapper Tobe Nwigwe: ‘Every day I wake up and say, “What a life”’
The Nigerian American artist talks about his Grammy nomination, the importance of…
The Lioness running a ‘safe place’ for Kenya’s young female athletes
One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe…
Arthur Ashe: How the former Australian Open champion impacted Nigerian tennis
In February 1976, Arthur Ashe - three-time Grand Slam singles champion, including…
