6:39:26 PM Wed, February 22nd 2012

CULTURE

pooltable

Photo of the Week: Making a pool ta..

kilele felas queens

Photo of the week: Fela’s Queens

Fela’s Queens Photos by Bernard Matussière “On 18 February 1978 he married the entire female entourage of his band in a ceremony conducted by a
crates7

Giant Coca-Cola crates raise awaren..

Coca-Cola’s CSR teams must be working extra hard to beef up their recycling “street” cred. The company has commissioned giant monuments made entirely of Coca-Cola crates to
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New species of ancient crocodile di..

A new species of prehistoric crocodile nicknamed “Shieldcroc” due to a thick-skinned shield on its head has been discovered in Morocco. Co-researcher and assistant professor of anatomy,
hatsonbike

Photo of the Week: A travelling hat..

A travelling hat salesman riding his bicycle carrying his goods. Kampala, Uganda. Photographed by gipukan (rob gipman)
photo87

Photo of the Week: Chicken Boda Bod..

Photograph by gipukan (rob gipman)
Flag_of_Ghana

♥ 33 ♥ Things Ghanaian Parents ..

What is incredibly unique about this is that it transcends Ghana. Those “sayings” from parents are just as common in West Africa and other parts
OBA JOSEPH ADEKOLA OGUNOYE - Olowo of Owo, Nigeria

Photos: Kings of Africa (Portraits ..

After 3 resourceful years (between 1988-1991) Daniel Lainé, managed to to use his contacts and charm to open the doors that made it possible to take
FBSchool

Photo of the Week: Facebook Primary..

I can understand the thinking behind a school named “Defeat Corruption” but one named after Facebook? What next? Google, Yahoo, twitter? Submitted by Alex, Lagos
GANVI_~1

Ganvié the 500 year old lake City ..

Ganvié, in the Republic of Benin, is the largest collection of lake dwellings in Africa. It has a population of 20,000 people with fish farming
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30 sec read: The African man (a tru..

This is a charming story that will surely brighten your day. It was culled from the great Paulo Coelho’s blog and it is one that
Photo of the Week: Practicing the Cello

Photo of the Week: Practicing the Cello

rhree roads

Colonial Films Catalogue – 60..

This is one to keep for regular viewing. The “Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire” website has put together information on 6000 films shot during
villagedignatory

Photo of the Week: Village dignitar..

3bute – An online anthology devoted to the question of African modernity

3bute – An online anthology d..

Once in a blue moon you come across a piece of the African blogosphere or web space that you can’t help but tell others about. This is
James Town - Ghana

Africa from Above

With almost 1300 photos and every country in Africa represented, Africa from Above is a Flickr group dedicated to images collected of views of the African landscape
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