The Bantu people are mostly found in southern, central and eastern Africa. They comprise about a third of Africa’s total population whose languages have similarities. Within these over 400 languages, some words and expressions are similar, but the people are very diverse culturally and are actually...
South Africa's Eugene Terreblanche, the founder of the supremacist group Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was killed as he slept at Villanova, his South African farm in Ventersdorp, on Friday, April 3, 2010. Terreblache was sixty nine when one 21 year old suspect and one 15 year old accomplice...
A whale lands on a yacht near Cape Town, South africa. Paloma Werner and Ralph, her companion, were sailing on July 18, 2010 near Cape Town when a 10 meter long whale breached on their boat Intrepid. The only casualty because of the incident occurred when vessel's mast snapped under the...
Nelson Mandela is one of the world’s famous figures for human rights and advocacies on equality and non-discrimination. He was the first president of Africa that was elected under a democratic system. His efforts against apartheid have been instrumental in his political career which gained him the...
Black History Month is the annual remembrance of the events and individuals in the history of African diaspora beyond their traditional homeland. The United States and Canada have celebrated Black History Month every February since its inception in 1976, with the United Kingdom recognizing Black...
Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
nbsp;Dr. Sonnet Ehlers invents female rape condom. After 40 years of practicing medicine in South Africa and treating women who lived in a country with the highest incidence of rape in the world, Dr. Ehlers devised a female rape called "Rape-aXe" condom. The device is inserted in a...
Julius Caesar is one of Rome’s greatest leaders but is considered the most intelligent and highly respected dictator of Rome. He was born in an elite family and had the privilege to study and be educated and given training. He rule Rome from 49 BCE to 44 BCE during which he transformed Rome from...
Calling a dictator crazy is like calling cat fuzzy. It's pretty much a given. Yet some dictators go above and beyond just genocide and repression, and travel so far into balls out madness that you have to give them some sort of credit. These 12 ruthless bastards not only ruled with an iron fist,...
Sorghum is a kind of cereal. In fact, it ranks among the top 5 cereal crops in the world (the other four as wheat, corn, barley and oats). Sorghum is endemic to Africa, and was first grown by the Egyptians. Though it is now found in all parts of the globe, Africa continues to be the world’s largest...
