• Wamuwi Mbao

While there is much to mourn about the passing of legendary American singer and actor Harry Belafonte, we should hold a place for his bold statement-album against apartheid South Africa.

• Sine Plambech

You know who Gary Lineker is, and perhaps the Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan. But do you know who Abiden Jafari is?

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sonja Sugira

The breathless reporting of Madonna's various doings in Africa, including when she is given credit for things she didn't even do, should stop.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The 1884 and 1885 meetings in Berlin of Euro-American powers to divide up the riches and territories of Africa are being reprised. By and for celebrities.