Society & Culture

10 Lies Told By Traffickers To Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Refugees and asylum seekers are among the most vulnerable people in the world today. The urgency and desperation many face while fleeing their home countries make them easy targets for traffickers, who feed them lies about the journey and...

Toughest African Countries For Girls To Get an Education

A development campaign group, ONE, has disclosed that countries in sub-Saharan Africa dominate a ranking of places unfavourable for the girl child to get an education. The Toughest Places For A Girl To Get An Education. Out of the Conflict-plagued duo of South Sudan...

Top 10 Deadliest Mass Shootings In U.S. History

What was going through the mind of the people on this list while they were carrying out their evil acts we may never know. But one thing we do know for sure is that there are a lot of...

How Christianity Was Used to Exploit Africans

​Some of the missionaries worked hand in hand with the colonial administrators in advancing the subjugation of Africans, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Karl Marx and Friedriech Engels were very sentimental about the role of religion in how it influenced the...

The Problems And Legacies Created By Colonialism For Africa

Colonialism left many problems and a bad legacy for Africa and such problems still have to be addressed for Africa to move forward in all aspects. ​ ​Some of the problems that African countries experience up to this day - especially...

South African Circumcision Rite: A Dangerous Route to Adulthood

The photo above shows an accessory worn by traditional Xhosa initiate Fezikhaya Tselane, 20 years old, during a traditional initiation process, in a rural hut in the Coffee Bay area in Umtata, South Africa. The ritual is revered and...

10 Peculiar Things That Rich And Poor People Use Entirely Differently

There is a very big difference between rich people and poor people in not just my country Nigeria but around the world in general -Thanks to inequality. from the way they both (poor and rich) go about their lives,...

3 African Sites Added to UNESCO’s ‘World Heritage’ List

​ The World Heritage Committee has announced the addition of three major African cultural sites on UNESCO’s “ World Heritage List ,” with Eritrea and Angola making their first entries to the list. The committee, which made the announcement Saturday, is...

10 Surprising Things Nigeria Doesn’t Lead The Rest of Africa In

​When it comes down to taking the lead in Africa, it’s not surprising to learn that Nigeria leads the rest of Africa in a lot of ways. What’s surprising though are the various ways in which Nigeria does not lead...

Top 7 Reasons Why Africa Is Still Poor And May Remain Poor

The discourse on poverty in Africa is very confusing: Although Africa is rising, poverty still curtails the continent’s growth efforts. As a continent, Africa needs to address the negligence of sound economic policies. Corruption, selfish personal interests, thirst for...
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William Joseph Simmons: The Preacher Who Leveraged Christianity to Revive the Ku Klux Klan in 1915

When people think of the Ku Klux Klan, they often imagine hooded mobs and night riders from the era...
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