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SA rapper mourns daughter, 9, killed in car crash
South African rapper Shebeshxt is mourning the death of his nine-year-old daughter…
Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma for young Nigerians
Nigerian graduate Olotu Olanrewaju is facing a choice between remaining in the…
Ghana chef accused of faking Guinness World Records award
A Ghanaian chef who claimed to have broken the world record for…
Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land
Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa stares vacantly out of his one remaining eye as…
I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it
When I was 25, I was working in real estate in New York. I…
I heard people sneer at me – and my mummy guilt turned to anger
When I took my daughter to work I was criticised, just as…
I woke up from a Covid coma with newborn twins
In March 2020, I was healthy and enjoying being 24 weeks pregnant…
I survived a plane crash without a scratch
I didn’t hear the others screaming. I felt as if I was…
The politics of street food: the South African chef championing Zulu cuisine
For Mmabatho Molefe, whose Cape Town restaurant reinvents ‘peasant dishes’, cooking is…
Uganda school attack: I covered myself in blood to hide
Student Julius Isingoma has told the BBC how he miraculously survived a…