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Black Twitter's Reactions to the Royal Wedding are Priceless
The Royal Wedding happened this morning at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle solidified their union with a grand ceremony surrounded by friends,...
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Clemantine Wamariya's 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads' Is a Story Of Survival &...
Clemantine Wamariya is the textbook definition of a "survivor"—but don't call her one. The activist and writer spent much of her formative years in refugee camps across the continent after fleeing...
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Black to the Future II: Afrofuturism Should Be Put Into Practice as Much as...
"I'll love you when there's space, and time." —Janelle Monae, Dirty ComputerRecently, I've been immersing myself in Afrofuturist ideas, culture and art more than ever, a not-so-secret, long-term act...
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5 Books by African Writers You Need To Read This Summer
It's summer now, the days are finally longer and its warm enough to enjoy some reading outside. Here is a list of books by African writers that have recently come out this May and June, just in time...
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Who Should Win the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing?
The winner for this year's Caine Prize for African Writing will be announced tonight. The five shortlisted stories were chosen out of a total of 133 entries and the winner to be decided by a panel of...
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In Photos: The Ooni of Ife Visits Brazil
This August, OkayAfrica shines a light on the connections between Africa and the Latin-American world. Whether it's the music, politics or intellectual traditions, Africans have long been at the...
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These Young Zambian Women Share Their Experiences with Culture Shock After...
Your 20s are the time of exploration, and finding of self. In this journey however, many will attest that neither school nor parents actually prepare you for the world of adulting. For young adults...
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8 African Restaurants You Need to Visit in São Paulo
São Paulo is the African capital of Brazil. This title used to be reserved for Salvador, Bahia Brazil's blackest and most culturally African city. But in 2008, thousands of Africans began to move to...
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Always Wanted to Give a TED Talk? Here's How You Can Become a TED Fellow
We've likely all watched in awe as an impossibly bright thinker delivers an unforgettable TED Talk. It's no secret that TED speakers are amongst the most compelling, and innovative in the wold. For...
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This Ghanaian-Australian Music, Fashion and Beauty Influencer is the...
Lillian Ahenkan aka FlexMami refers to herself as "your favourite slashie." Born in Australia to parents who emigrated from Ghana, FlexMami describes herself as "the ultimate multidisciplinary...
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On Behalf of My Unborn Son: Thank You African Male Artists
First things first: I'm not pregnant. But, like many people, I contemplate the world I'll be bringing my children into whenever they so choose to arrive. I don't know who or what their father will be....
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Blac Chyna Launching Her Collab Line with Dencia of 'Whitenicious' Revives...
Blac Chyna has announced that she's heading to Lagos in about a week to launch her product in collaboration with Cameroonian singer Dencia—Whitenicious x Blac Chyna Diamond Illuminating &...
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Burna Boy Won 2018
The first time I saw Burna Boy's "Like to Party" video I was shook. The artist looks knowingly at the screen as he sings the words "you see my dark shades on like I can't see you, but you no say me...
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The Best African Memes of 2018
Meme culture has become a mainstay on these internet streets. It's essentially an alternate form of communicating, of commentary and of simple laughter. 2018 had its fair share of highs and lows, and...
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How to Break Your African Parents’ Hearts
By the time you finish reading this essay, my father will have called me at least four times in 10 minutes and my mother will have sent me one of her guilt-tripping texts, demanding to know why I...
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Aspiration is a Beautiful, Expensively-Packaged Scam
This essay is part of OkayAfrica's SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa's best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.I was still a lifestyle journalist when I...
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A Climate Conversation In Africa, Without Africans
It’s 8 p.m. in drought-stricken Kenya as meteorologist and climate change activist Mana Omar and I attempt to conduct a Google Meet interview while she visits her childhood home in Kajiado County. The...
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Netflix Releases Trailer for 'Young, Famous & African' Season 2
Netflix has finally unveiled the highly anticipated trailer for the second season of their original series, Young, African & Rich. Much to the delight of its worldwide fanbase, the streaming...
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Guinness World Record Officially Crowns Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci
Guinness World Records has finally crowned Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci for her record-breaking cook-a-thon, hosted last month. The 27-year-old chef now holds the title for the longest cooking marathon by...
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"We Lek We Salone:” The Black Americans Finding Home in Sierra Leone
It is December 2022, and dozens of African-Americans in green, white and blue attire sit under a tent on the grounds of the Sierra Leonean Presidential Palace complex waiting to receive their Sierra...
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