Kenya: Women Nominees to Break Glass Ceiling
Brian Ngugi of AllAfrica.com is reporting that Kenya's nominees for cabinet secretary positions include an unprecedented number of women. Six out of 18 nominees are women,...
Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu: Q.U.E.E.N.
In honor of Mother's Day, check out a new track and video by trailblazing performers Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu. The Burton Wire dedicates...
Somalia: Popular 80s Music Gets Re-released
Members of the Somali 80's dance band Dur-Dur Band, now living in Columbus, Ohio, recently agreed to an interview at a local radio station...
Akosua Report: Martin R. Delany
"Your masters who lived in opulence, kept you to hard work by some contemptible being called overseer-who chastised and beat you whenever he pleased-while...
Young Guru Talks Music: ‘Era of the Engineer’
The digital age has led many people to think it only takes a MacBook and GarageBand to make quality sound recordings.
Young Guru says there’s...
Young Guru Talks Music: 'Era of the Engineer'
The digital age has led many people to think it only takes a MacBook and GarageBand to make quality sound recordings.
Young Guru says there’s...
S.A.: Video of Frail Mandela Causes Outrage
Nick Thompson and Ken Norgaard of CNN are reporting that a video making the rounds featuring a frail and disconnected former president Nelson Mandela...
Uganda: Conference Addresses Role of Media in Climate Change
Kizito Sikuka, in a Southern African News Feature on AllAfrica.com, is reporting that the first Eastern and Southern African Climate Change Media Conference, held...
Akosua Report: Richard Wright
“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send...
Akosua Report: William Dawson
"Politics with me is a full- time business, it is not a hobby to be worked on in leisure hours, it’s a job –...
