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Discovering Nigeria’s stylish headgears

There is a popular African saying that "an attire is not complete until it is topped with a headgear". In West African nation Nigeria, headgears popularly known as "Gele" are synonymous with every...

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Powers that be in religious Accra

Ghana is a highly religious country, you can find churches and prayer camps everywhere. Some of these churches and prayer camps provoke quite some debate. People pay for worshiping and redemption. Not...

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SA swimwear designer for Spain to show

South African swimwear designer Dax Martin is one of 11 international designers to be invited to the Gran Canaria Moda Cálida show in Las Palmas, Spain, at the end of June. Martin is well known for his...

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Tony Hawk gives to SA children

Dozens of children from KwaZulu-Natal will have the thrill of experiencing skateboarding for the first time, after Laureus World Sports Academy Member and US skateboard legend Tony Hawk presented a...

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Ghanaian nominated for LA Music Awards

Ghanaian Hip-Hop artist Be Black (Bismark Asare) has been nominated for the International Artist of the Year nod at the 2010 Los Angeles Music Awards. Earlier this year, Be Black was in the US to...

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Somali star poet dies

Famous Somali poet Abshir Noor Farah popularly known as Ba'adle has died in the Somalia capital city, Mogadishu. He died peacefully at home after an ailment over the past days, relatives and family...

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Nigerian wins Big Brother All Stars

The Nigerian candidate in the Big Brother All Stars Uti came out top after 91 days in the Big Brother House in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the grand finale on Sunday, Uti made the difference amongst...

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Nigeria: BBA winner Uti gets president's nod

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military ruler Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida joined teeming Nigerians to congratulate Uti Nwachukwu, winner of the 2010 edition of Big Brother Africa All...

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Ghana: Young artiste Scizo hits big

It is true that hip life artiste Scizo does not have albums upon albums to his credit but the fact is he has created a lot of impact on the music scene with the release of the '1 Stone' track, on which...

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Ghanaian actor Majid Michel tops all

Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel took nod for 'Best Actor' at the 2010 ZAFAA Awards held in London. He won the award for his role in 'Silent Scandal', written and produced by Vivienne Ejike. He was...

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Photo series: Traditions of Swaziland

Swaziland has been a monarchy since the Nguni people entered the territory, where they lived under the leadership of Dlamini I. The country and people of Swaziland derive their name from a later King,...

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R Kelly joins emerging African group

Rockstar4000 and Sony Music Worldwide have announced the signing of international mega-star R. Kelly to the ONE8 music super group, ending weeks of anticipation across the globe. The star-studded...

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Nigerian artist turns art into furniture

A Nigerian artist Gerald Chukwuma is exploring the world and creativity of arts by applying arts into the making of furniture with African and contemporary designs. “Cars are getting finer because of...

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PROFILE: Bassiouny – Unsung Egyptian hero

Several families and love ones are counting their losses following the revolt that swept through northern African country of Egypt recently. It led to the resignation of the antagonist president Hosni...

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DISCOP: African TV content in high demand

With over 400 TV channels, 50 pay-TV platforms, 300 million mobile and 70 million Internet users, delivering video content to 700 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa has recently grown at a...

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Miss World visits Kenya

The Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills is set to visit eastern African country of Kenya in July, according to local press. The 19-year-old's visit on July 8 has been confirmed by Natasha Metto, the...

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TANZANIA: 35, 000 condoms to be distributed at agric show

Thirty-five thousand condoms will be distributed at the International Agriculture Show in Tanzania from August 1, according to officials. The birth and sexually transmitted disease control product will...

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ZAMBIA: Former prostitute now a role model

Having slept with hundreds of men, exposed to drugs, Beatrice Chanda's life was condemned to nothing. The possibility of her living a normal marriage life after so many years in prostitution, to anyone...

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SOMALIA: Music icon K'Naan returns home at last

Somali prominent musician, Keynan Abdi Warsame, paid a visit on Sunday to the bullet and starvation-ridden capital, Mogadishu, of his motherland country of Somalia for the first time ever in two...

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ZAMBIA: Tembo's rags to riches story

Spending nights in the cold, braving drugs in the streets, begging and stealing for survival did not deter Tobias Tembo from becoming a graduate he is today. Tembo's life stands as a true story of rags...

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