News, Commentary & Social Media from African Perspective



Africans Unite in Harlem!

The sad tale of African disunity at home and the diaspora isn’t a new one. We have often heard Africans quote the motto’s of Pan African ism with one breathe and then quote ideas of hatred and disunity with the other. It is quite sad particularly when this distrust is taken into the diaspora and [...]

Lopez Lomong Former ‘Lost Boy from Sudan’ Carries US Flag as Beijing Olympics Opens

Sundabese-born Lomong carries American flag the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics opens in Beijing, China. title=

Rag Tag: Love isn’t Black and White


Adaora Nwandu, a Nigerian-British Screen writer opens up about her controversial movie Rag Tag. A movie that puts an alternative spin on the question of love and sexuality.

Spirituality: The Just Shall Live by Faith 2

HARVEST OF FAITHFULNESS. Evangelist Adekunbi Akin-Taylor.
FACT 1 – OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL
Jeremiah in Lamentations sings “…Great is thy faithfulness” – Lamentations 3:23. Do you believe that God is faithful? Well I hope so for ever since the creation of the heavens and earth, and especially since God’s promise to Abraham (in Genesis 17), even until [...]

Going ‘Tribal’ on Africans

Going tribal, Massai warrior of East Africa
When people use or hear the word “tribe” they think of Africa. They see a bunch of lunatics dancing around the fire, naked, possibly engaged in cannibalistic activities. It sounds repulsive, doesn’t it? Yet that’s how it is.

Spirituality: The Just Shall Live by Faith 1

HARVEST OF FAITHFULNESS by Evangelist Adekunbi Akin-Taylor.
Greetings to the body of Christ. Today I write to declare the unfailing love that our Lord God has for us all. It is God that lays upon our heart good things and good thoughts. Him whom the Father loves He corrects, for God does not want the death [...]

A Muzungu’s Take on a Recovering Kenya


A ‘Canadian-Africanist’, the Muzungu, returns to Kenya after five years…and quickly discover a lot has changed. Photo: Mombassa at night. The second largest city in Kenya, off the Indian Ocean.

Sexuality vs. Spirituality: Can Nigerian Gay Church Stand? [video]

The first gay church in Nigeria opens its doors to gay members in Lagos.
House of Rainbow Mission Statement: House Of Rainbow is committed to basic Christian Gospel, that the love of God is freely available to all people, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Statement of Vision: We are on [...]

Waiting for Alexander

No one would be surprised to learn that children, the most essential ingredients for most people of a happy, stable existence are expensive.
I was two weeks late being born. The trees on Unter-den-Linden in Berlin back in 1959 were gently scattering their blossoms across the wide pavements in the shade of buildings still [...]

Only in Nigeria: States Spent 35M Naira Over Yar’Adua’s Birthday

The Daily Trust reports how some state governors spent some $300,000 USD publishing congratulatory messages for the Nigerian president on his birthday. But they got the date wrong!
Over N35 million taxpayers’ money was spent by state governors, ministers and lawmakers sponsoring advert messages congratulating President Umaru Musa Yar’adua on his 57th birthday in national [...]