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Showing posts with label Africans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africans. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2014
5 Innovations you will not Believe are coming out of Africa, Produced by Africans.
#1 of 5 Innovations you will not Believe are coming out of Africa, Produced by Africans.
1. The first one is Mubser, a wearable belt with a Bluetooth-connected headset that helps blind people to move and navigate around common obstacles such as walls, chairs and staircases in a safe and easy way.
Mubser was developed by Khaled Shady, a 22 year-old Egyptian student and a group of computer engineering students at Menoufia University, Egypt.
Friday, May 31, 2013
South Africans Chase Nigerians Out Of Their Homes
No fewer than 23 Nigerians were forced out of their homes and chased out of Port-Nolloth community by some South Africans members of the community, accusing them of dealing in drugs. According to Diliora Ndubisi, the spokesman of Nigerians, the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League in the area instigated some community members to force them out of their homes.
“All the members of the community had a meeting on Friday on the need to curb the selling and usage of drugs in the community. On Saturday a teenager committed suicide in a police custody and by Sunday some members of the community led by the ANC Youth League leader came to our houses asking us to leave the community.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Africans should’t complain about nudity in music videos, it is part of dance culture” – Dencia
Sultry singer, Dencia, has taken a clean swipe at those who condemn nudity in music videos.
Recently, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), banned seven videos including P-Square’s ‘Alingo’ and Timaya’s ‘Bom Bom’, for sexual content and Dencia feels all these is killing the dance culture, which in her opinion includes showing off cleavage, etc.
She tweeted: “Y do Africans complain about ass & boobs shaking in videos when its part of the dance culture? I’ve bin to villages where they dance naked.”
Although most of Dencia’s videos are provocative, none has ever been banned by the NBC.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Eight Most Interesting Africans Of 2012
The New Yorker recently released its top Africans of 2012 including soe of the most compelling individuals around the continent. From President of Malawi, Joyce Banda to the Occupy Nugeria group and even PSquare. Alexis Okeowo lists some of Africa’s most fascinating people doing innovative, admirable, and sometimes destructive work:
Sunday, November 25, 2012
JUNGLE JUSTICE: Four South Africans Arrested For Beating Zimbabwean To Death
Tensions are rising between Zimbabweans and locals in Zandspruit. A Zimbabwean was murdered three weeks ago in the squatter camp north of Joburg.
Now four men have been bust for the killing. Yesterday Zimbabweans living there contacted the People’s Paper to tell us: We are living in fear. We don’t feel safe anymore!
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