Latest Features News
I was shot five times because I looked like the man sleeping with his girlfriend
Everything was grey. I could hear my friend Priscilla screaming and voices…
‘I hated my voice’ – Nigerian music producer and artiste, Cobhams Asuquo
We all have things we dislike about our bodies, but how often…
I hid my HIV status from my husband for seven years – Pastor Lucy Nyawira
When people realise they have HIV, the first thing they do is…
The mystery behind my mixed-race – Hiram Johnson’s uncomfortable story
As a former policeman, Hiram Johnson’s knack for investigations led him to…
First Black woman CEO in the Fortune 500 – Ursula Burns
When you come from the kind of background one Ursula Burns has,…
Bougobali and “The Dancer Thieves” behind bars in Burkina Faso
The pain, anger and sorrow that resulted from the death of his…
Meet Diébédo Francis Kéré: First African to win the highest honour in architecture
Being the first Black man and most especially, the first African to…
Susan Kigula: The prisoner challenging Uganda’s death penalty
This is a story of a woman whose life well-planned life was…
Dancing through racism – Britain’s first black ballerina
When she began pursuing a dance career, she was told there was…
Showcasing culture through music – Malawi’s Tay Grin
Thirty-seven-year-old Malawian hip-hop artist, Limbani Kalilani, better known by his stage name, Tay…
