Meet Ghana’s first female pilot, engineer and trainer

Patrecia Mawuli is raised in the rural village of Ghana where there is no electricity and water was fetched from sand pipes. One day, she saw a plane flying over the sky while she was cutting a tree in her village. At that point she become curious about where the...

Slave auction in Libya is ongoing

On the Calendar of the liturgy of the Catholic Church we remember and celebrates today February 8th Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who as a child was sold by her kidnappers to Arab slave traders. Josephine Bakhita was born in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur...

Creating an oral-based social media platform

The use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has grown exponentially on the African continent. In Mali, however, where the literacy rate is lower than average and oral tradition dominates, accessing such apps can prove difficult. To...

Story Out of Kenya Becomes Oscar Nominated Short Film

In December 2015, members of the terrorist group al-Shabaab stormed a bus in northeastern Kenya and demanded Christians identify themselves with the intention to kill those who did. In a show of bravery, the Muslim passengers on the bus stood beside their Christian...

Kenyan Men Redefining Masculinity

A question many people worldwide have been asking as of late has been, “Is masculinity in crisis?” Australian archeologist Peter McAllister believes so, saying, “Men are really searching for a role in modern society; the things we used to do aren’t in much...

Across Africa in Photographs, 2017

Every year the BBC compiles the best photos of the year featuring the African continent and her peoples. These beautiful pictures showcase the reality of Africa in 2017. View the year in photographs here.