Taking Da Vinci to the Oppressed

Mandela inspired art.

We

Terrorists Killed Poet Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor, one of Africa's leading poets, was among the dead in the Kenyan Mall terrorist attack. The mournful dirge of Awoonor's "Song of Sorrow," which I read in high school in Cameroon, is now to be song for him. Let us praise him for singing the sorrows of many and helping us sing his own.

Kenyan President Speaks on Mall Attack

The New York Times, Mass Shootings, and Dead Bodies

The New York Times has reported many mass shootings in the United States but hardly have there been pictures of dead bodies on the front page of The New York Times. However, when it comes to mass shooting in an African country, the New York Times flashes pictures of dead bodies on its front page. Does good taste escape the editors of The New York Times when it comes to African bodies?

Nigerian Wins Miss Muslim World

Sister Angelique - A Nun Fit for the Nobel

Watch the inspirational story of the work of Sister Angelique Namaika here. Read more about her from the BBC here.

 

A Perspective on Mental Health in Chad

A psychiatrist diagnoses the mental health of Chad.