VIDEO: The politics of African hair

Artist William Kentridge shines a light on South African politics in his latest exhibition.

>A story is told in the 2012 Kevin MacDonald documentary Marley of a not-so-well-known love affair between Pascaline Bongo, daughter of the first Gabonese President Omar Bongo, and the late Jamaican music legend Bob Marley.

How hair has got Africa's women all tangled up

The just concluded elections in Britain and the recent political turmoil in Burundi are eye openers to me and hopefully to many others as well.

Valley Fontaine, BBC London journalist and editor of www.valleyfontaine.com, breaks down the four main styles available to women with afro hair.

Ethiopian artist Ephrem Solomon draws on his heritage, which is also Eritrean, to critique government politics across Africa. Now for the first time he is showing his work in London.

A little more than 16 years have passed like so much water under the bridge since the founder of Tanzanian nationalism and iconic Satte President, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-99), perforce went to his maker on Octobeer 14, 1999 – leaving Tanzanians distressed, forlorn and near-distraught.

Japokuwa Wizkid alishathibitisha kupitia Twitter kuwa amefanya collabo na staa wa R&B Chris Brown wa Marekani, staa huyo wa Nigeria amezungumzia collabo hiyo alipofanya mahojiano na DJ Abrantee wa Capital Xtra ya Uingereza Jumamosi iliyopita. Wizkid ambae amekua na urafiki na Breezy toka walipokutana na kutumbuiza pamoja Nigeria na Ghana miaka miwili iliyopita, amesema hivi […]

Why some African women are moving away from hair relaxants