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Africa Is a Mess, Colonialism Should Not Have Ended – British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinemail

Prof Patrick Lumumba is expected to touch on the issue of leadership when he delivers his lecture on Pan Africanism during the COVID19 crisis Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinemail

In this episode Zeinab Badawi travels to several countries and looks at the early spread of Islam in Africa and how many Africans practice to this day a mystic, Sufi form of the religion. She shows how not only Islam but Arab culture came to influence a large part of the continent, particularly in the…

The continent’s wealthiest businessman talks about job creation, success, and the opportunities Africa provides. Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinemail

You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The White House is pushing ahead with its focus…

Kwame Nkrumah was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana), and shepherded the country in its struggle for independence from Great Britain. He went on to be named life president of both the nation and his party until the army and police in Ghana seized power in 1966 and he found…