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Why East Africans Dominate Long Distance Running
East African runners, especially Kenyans and Ethiopians have dominated long distance athletics over the past few decades. Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele holds...
Culture & SocietyHabeeb KoladeAugust 23, 2016 -
Under the influence of … Bob Marley, the timeless music man
In the new weekly series from The Conversation, “Under the influence”, they ask experts to share what they believe are the most influential...
Arts & EntertainmentThe CrierAugust 13, 2016 -
Ensuring Environmental Sustainability in Africa
Africa’s population is growing at the fastest rate in the world and so has its economy. With increasing use of technology...
HealthEghosa IgunAugust 2, 2016 -
15 Interesting Facts About The Serengeti
Serengeti comes from the Maasai chat “Siring” acceptation “Endless Plain”, which absolutely is what it means: hundreds of kilometers of collapsed...
Culture & SocietyThe CrierJuly 29, 2016 -
Pictures of the highly colourful and eye-catching culture of the Ndebele tribe
Ndebele, also called Ndebele of Zimbabwe, or Ndebele Proper, formerly Matabele, Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Zimbabwe who now live primarily around...
Culture & SocietyThe CrierJuly 26, 2016 -
Studying Africa by numbers can be misleading. What can be done about it?
In November 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced new and revised gross domestic product (GDP) estimates. As a result, the estimated size...
Business & EntrepreneurshipThe CrierJuly 21, 2016 -
From Uganda slum to Disney heroine, African chess champion inspires girls battling poverty
The true story of a teenager from a Ugandan slum who transformed her life from corn seller to international chess player...
Culture & SocietyThe CrierJuly 18, 2016 -
Congolese Rocket Project: The Scientist turning rats to astronauts
Launched from a farm land far away from the city life, old Ovaltine cans served as building materials for the rocket...
TechnologyHope ObamwonyiJuly 11, 2016 -
I’m an Afropolitan. Here’s what that means
I was born in Nairobi, Kenya. I moved to Minnesota at 17, went to college in St. Cloud, and spent the...
Culture & SocietyKari W MugoJuly 7, 2016 -
Sobukwe’s Pan-African dream: an elusive idea that refuses to die
Is Africa really for Africans? American commissioner to Africa and abolitionist Martin Delany asked this question a century and a half...
Culture & SocietyThe CrierJune 27, 2016