In history and geography classes in primary school, the phrase Africa is the cradle of humanity was repeatedly pronounced by my teachers. I did not fully understand what it meant at the time. Today, the more I travel, the more the phase makes sense. I found representations of African stories in remote parts of various... Continue Reading →
Changing how we think and speak about Africa starts with us Africans.
It sometimes seems as if we are conditioned to focus on the negative in Africa and on the positive in the Western world. This often leads us to depreciate our own home as we compare it to the “mighty” Western world. Having traveled between Africa and the Western world, I notice that many minds tend... Continue Reading →