Latest articles on African Culture

A playlist for pan-African integration

Africa Babatunde Fagbayibo - 10 Jan 2020

‘Music is the weapon of the future,’ said Fela Kuti. If so, Africa’s leaders need to arm themselves —and these are the songs they should start with

Motherhood’s vexing seclusion

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Feb 2018

Being kept under virtual house arrest with your newborn is definitely not fun

Doek on Fleek: The women cheering on more women to wrap themselves in success

Article Raeesa Pather - 18 Jul 2016

The doek as a vehicle to promote women's issues.

Five internet gems to make you feel old and uncool

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Jun 2016

These websites are a style inspiration and aesthetically on point.

Urban klevas should respect rural rituals

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2015

Returning home to attend a traditional burial reminds urbanite Johnny Masilela of the richness of rural culture.

Hold hands in friendship – and be proud to be an African

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Dec 2014

The pervasive onslaught of Western culture means that the sight of men or women walking hand in hand is an increasingly uncommon one.

Medicine wedded to African humanism

Article Glen Ncube - 8 Oct 2014

A colonial-era doctor’s lengthy study of Shona culture offers potent lessons for medical students.

Africa to get its own web encyclopedia

Africa Amy Fallon - 5 Jun 2014

The online encyclopedia will serve as a repository for the continent's rich traditions, crafts and culture.

When the chips are downed

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jul 2010

It seems it's okay for a lot of urban and peri-urban black people to eat badly in the name of culture., writes <b>Milisuthando Bongela</b>.

The second wife’s wedding

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2009

With marriage rates on the decline in the black community, those women who desperately want to tie the knot will "not be the one".

If only Ngugi wa Thiong’o knew

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Oct 2008

Did Ngugi wa Thiong'o read Harold Robbins? Did he know what kind of mind-blowing sex you could have in LA with cocaine rubbed on your genitals?

Sudan’s lesson in patience

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Sep 2008

Yazeed Kamaldien documents how communal life in Sudan transformed him.

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