As of February 2019, the total population of the world exceeded 7.71 billion, and this number continued to grow each day, according to the 2019 State of the World Population Report (SWOP).
This year’s report focused on the need for...
South Africa will be hosting 2019 edition of Mr Gay World pageant where 24 finalists will compete for this year’s crown.
The contest was initially set to be hosted in Hong Kong, but was stopped by strict socialist Chinese authorities...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria’s population has hit a new high of 201 million!
In its 2019 state of the world population report, UNFPA said Nigeria’s growth rate has been at an average of 2.6 percent from...
When American soldiers brought the modern world to remote islands in the Pacific, the cargo cults that worship John Frum were born.
After a group of indigenes saw their first plane fly over Vanuatu, a remote island in the South...
The fattening room (Nkogho) is an ancient practice in these clans – Kalabari, Efik, Ibibio – which is gradually going extinct.
The fattening room is a place where young women experiencing puberty are taken to in order to be prepared...
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart has been named in BBC’s 100 stories that shaped the world, making it into the top 5. BBC Culture asked writers around the globe to pick stories that have endured across generations and continents...
It might be a tough but worthwhile fight to see more black women on our timeline doing great things and being celebrated. With their latest cover, Vogue Magazine has started a new campaign to see more diverse black women...
Data from the International Monetary Fund shows that tourism-rich Mauritius is the wealthiest country in Africa.
With a modest population, extending towards two million, tourism, textiles, sugar, and financial services are the mainstays of the East African country’s economy.
In recent...
A report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, has ranked Nigeria the 6th miserable country in the world.
According to the report, Venezuela was listed as the most miserable country in the world,...
None of the about 5000 inhabitants of Mafi Dove, a village in southern Ghana, was born there. The village is considered to be a holy land and consequently has a myriad of customs and traditions that have been upheld...
