Amandla Stenberg Is Publishing A Comic For Girls Of Color
NIOBE: She Is Life hits shelves on November 4 After she started dropping politically correct truth bombs all over Twitter, we knew that Amandla Stenberg was destined for greatness. With a mission to save the world, the 16-year-old actress and advocate is now releasing her own book, in partnership with multi-platform publishing company Stranger Comics,
How Ghanaian Artist Azizaa Is Challenging Christianity’s Grip On Ghana
“How can anyone of African descent be worshiping the same tool used to uselessly murder their ancestors?” According to a 2012 Gallup International survey about religiosity and atheism, Ghana is one of the most religious countries in the world. At first glance, there is some evidence for this: when you land in Accra, you’ll notice
“The people in Africa are so simple,” he said
In a Ghana hotel I overheard a western-sounding white male utter the following to a listener on his phone: “The people in Africa are so simple, I can do whatever I like here. They never challenge me.” My body froze, and of course I said and did nothing. Not long ago I was in a
Diaspora groups to lead way on emergency aid
A new research project looks at hooking up diaspora groups with large-scale international NGOs – this is a step forward, but when will diasporan and homegrown NGOs be given the same level of funding? Why is it that so often when we talk about aid, we talk about help administered by Western NGOs and charities?
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2015 RESULTS
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2015, based on the theme of ‘A Young Commonwealth’, met with a record response. The Royal Commonwealth Society received more than 13,000 entries from over 600 schools in 49 Commonwealth countries and territories. Both the Senior and the Junior judging panels were impressed by the quality of the entries. This
Nigerian Segun Odegbami Mulling FIFA Presidency
Nigerian former footballer Segun Odegbami is considering the possibility of entering the presidential race at world football’s governing body FIFA, with a new president set to be elected early next year. According to SuperSport, the former Super Eagles player, who was the only Nigerian included in the list of CAF’s team of the century, is considering a run
WHAT NIGERIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW CORPORATE CORRUPTION ACT
Under the newly proposed bill for the Corporate Coruption Act, a Company or its Principal Officers, acting in furtherance of the Company’s purpose, is convicted of a scheduled offence involving the corruption of a Public Officer. Where the offence involves giving or taking bribe up to N1 million or more, the company will be liquidated.
Top 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Hold Your ATM Card In Your Hand While On Queue
We must really be living in a jet-age because if you might wanna know, even with you just standing on the ATM users queue waiting for your turn (with your ATM card in your hand, someone behind you might just be paying for some bills with your hard earned cash. So don’t be surprised if
WILL SMITH’S LATEST MOVIE, ‘CONCUSSION’, WILL MAKE NIGERIANS PROUD
The trailer for Will Smiths latest film ‘Concussion’ was released yesterday, and it is expected to make the NFL very angry. In the movie, Smith plays Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu, a Nigerianforensic pathologist and neuropathologist who discovered Chronic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE), a condition caused by repeated hits to the head. The movie is based on a true story. It
500 HUNDRED DAYS AND COUNTING, HAS #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS LOST ITS STING?
Prior to the 14th and 15th of April 2014, ‘Chibok’ was an obscure town in the North-eastern part of Nigeria, but terror magnified this town, placing it on a global map. Yesterday marked 500 Days since 276 girls were abducted by the terrorist sect Boko Haram from Chibok; Nigerians marked it, the world reported it.