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I was a black child raised in a white supremacist cult.
When Jerald Walker was a boy, his school principal called him into…
That’s me, Mum! The Nigerian author who wrote a book about her children … and joined a publishing revolution
When Tonye Faloughi-Ekezie decided to write her first book it was for…
Michael Kiwanuka on God, fatherhood and his secret to great art
It the start of the summer, Michael Kiwanuka played at Glastonbury. A warm-up show…
‘Bipolar, colour and me’ – an artist’s spreadsheet of emotion
One day when struggling to get to grips with a spreadsheet to…
‘I thought I would die with my six children’ – dam collapse survivor
Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still…
Banana wine brings sweet taste of success to Malawi farmers
A small-scale farmer in northern Malawi, Emily Nkhana used to discard over-ripe…
How does Ethiopia remember Haile Selassie?
Haile Selassie, Ethiopia's former emperor, was dethroned 50 years ago. The king,…
How friends became foes in Africa’s diamond state
Ian Khama’s well-mannered voice barely disguises the anger that he feels. In…
Ugandan children’s choir shares ‘remarkable’ tales
A "remarkable" Ugandan children's choir hopes going on tour will raise awareness…
The 96-year-old who defied a ban on female genital cutting
Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West…
