Sadio Mané finished second in the 2022 Ballon d’Or, only ranking behind unstoppable Karim Benzema.…
Category: Best of Africa
Five Women Who Came Before Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, the ‘first lady of civil rights,’ Rosa Parks, refused an order…
Meet the African Nominees for Women’s and Men’s World Athlete of the Year awards
World Athletics published on Thursday (Oct 13) the list of nominees for Women’s and Men’s…
Remembering Camara Laye, Author Of ‘The African Child’
Camara Laye, an African author, was born on January 1, 1928 in Kouroussa, Guinea, then…
Profiling Abdoulaye Diao, The Oil Tycoon Behind Senegal’s First National Private Bank
Abdoulaye Diao was born in Thies, which is located 70 kilometers east of Dakar. Abdoulaye’s…
Nigerian Writer, Onyeka Nwelue To Join University of Cambridge’s Centre of African Studies As Visiting Scholar
Nigerian writer, filmmaker, publisher and bookseller, Onyeka Nwelue, will serve as a visiting scholar at…
Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie Receives Highest Honour Award Of Harvard
Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has received the highest honour of Harvard University, the W.…
Top 10 Richest Musicians In Africa 2022 And Their Net Worth
Recently, African musicians have been making the symbol of excellence and wealth, considered opulent, affluential,…
Profiling Alexa Canady, The First African American To Become A Neurosurgeon
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady broke gender and colour barriers by becoming the first American woman…
Youssou N’Dour Is Africa’s Richest Musician 2022 With A Net Worth Of $145M
According to Forbes, Youssou N’Dour is the richest African musician in the world in 2022,…