In these times of a pandemic that has kept us all mostly indoors, it would have been the best time in Africa for parents and grandparents to tell folklores to the kids. However, with the introduction of technology in our family settings, hardly do we spend time together sharing stories and their moral imports. These days, both parents and children …

The Liberia West Africa branch of Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) organization according to Washington DC-based consultancy and news website TheAfricanDream.net in the United States (US) is officially their July 2020 pick for “Heroes of COVID-19” for positive community engagement amidst the pandemic through their support of youths and children in Liberia. By this feat, YALDA …

A “learning community” and education charity based in Haggerston [in the United Kingdom (UK)] is celebrating its students with an online event. The charity ELATT runs digital skills courses English As A Second Language (ESOL) classes all over London and it’s celebrating its students and Nelson Mandela Day with a host of distinguished speakers. An organiser for the event said: …

Nairobi and Washington, D.C., are 7,500 miles apart. Last week showed that the gulf in their approaches to the pandemic is even wider. Even as President Donald Trump pressured states and local authorities to reopen schools, threatening to cut funding for those that do not, Kenya announced that it would keep physical classrooms closed until at least January 2021. Kenya’s …

Given the customs in which royalty is steeped in Africa, it is very rare to find an African King that also allows their faith and modernity to fully accompany their traditional kingship status. And yet that is what defines His Royal Majesty King Adamtey I. As though this combo was not intriguing enough, HRM King Adamtey has three doctorates and …

NEW YORK, 9 July 2020 – Members of the Marley family will reimagine the late Bob Marley’s iconic anthem One Love to support UNICEF’s work to reimagine a fairer, more just world for children whose lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuff Gong International and Amplified Music will release a new version of the seminal song on 17 July. All proceeds …

By: Joni SweetExpress // Getty Images100 iconic moments from music history Think back to the first concert you ever attended. You can probably remember the energy of the crowd yearning for the band to finally take the… Express // Getty Images 100 iconic moments from music history Think back to the first concert you ever attended. You can probably remember …

The African Centre for Women in Politics (ACWP) has described the appointment of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as “a fulfillment that has been long-awaited by women in Ghana, in Africa and the world at large.” In a press release, the group explained that, her appointment indicates the great progress women in general are making to become part of the decision …

Kanye West announced with an Independence Day tweet that he intends to run for president in 2020 – 122 days before the Nov. 3 election. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,” West, 43, wrote on Twitter. “I am running for president of the United States!”  He ended the tweet with a #2020VISION hashtag. The news was …

A group of social studies teachers in the State of Virginia in the United States created a new curriculum for students with a focus on teaching diverse perspectives, and it could be taught in the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th grades as early as this fall. Teachers from Virginia’s largest school system — Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) — …