Njambi McGrath’s first stand-up comedy gig was a disaster. In a half-empty club in London, her audience was as ill...
Published 29 Dec, 2013 08:09am
LAGOS: Nigerian authorities have arrested a man who posed as a CNN correspondent in an effort to con politicians ...
Updated 31 Aug, 2013 07:06am
BAGA (Nigeria): The road to Baga is littered with burnt-out cars, winding through terrain that has proved fertile...
Published 11 May, 2013 08:22am
IN the 1970s, Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat music became the anti-establishment soundtrack of Africa, an anthem for those railing against the many despotic regimes that gripped the continent.
Published 20 Oct, 2012 10:01pm
LYING in Sierra Leone’s mineral-rich eastern belt, the diamond mines were once at the heart of the country’s decade-long civil war. Six hours from the capital, Freetown, burned-out houses are testament to the brutal conflict that coined the term ‘blood di
Published 13 Jun, 2012 12:20am
