Preserving a ‘Poor Man’s Sport’
Recently, I became quite interested in a sport called dambe. It’s a martial art derived from the Hausa people of West Africa. It’s akin to boxing, or kickboxing, actually, […]
Category Archives: Poverty
Portraits: Former slaves in America
January 31st marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. To commemorate the occasion, new photos have been released showing some of the men and women […]
Niger Delta’s retired militants warn of new violence
Five years after ceasefire, Niger Delta’s retired militants warn of new violence Young combatants who handed their guns over to the government in 2009 say oil-soaked corruption and […]
Fighting Slavery in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based anti-slavery activist group recently released its 2014 Global Slavery Index, detailing the status of 167 countries with regard to each country’s […]
Nigeria Beyond the Headlines
Nigeria Beyond the Headlines: Population, Health, Natural Resources, and Governance “Nigeria is a country of marginalized people. Every group you talk to, from the Ijaws to the Hausas, will tell you they are […]
The Gaze On Black Bodies
For her exhibition “Archival Impulse & Poverty Pornography”, Ayana V Jackson turns to the archives to touch on the representation of black bodies. The flyers pasted around the cobbled streets […]
Study finds growth not helping Africa’s poor
Survey says African countries have failed to reduce poverty despite economic growth experienced over the past decade. Improved economic growth over the past decade in Africa has failed to reduce […]
Multinational Corporations: The New Colonisers in Africa
Before the end of the first colonialism African nations were properties of their colonial masters who did what they could to rape the continent of whatever resource they deem good […]
PRESS 1 IF YOU DID NOT EAT YESTERDAY
How can aid groups track data on food security in huge country with hardly any functioning infrastructure like the Democratic Republic of Congo? The World Food Program has launched a pilot project […]
Afrocentric Confessions 