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  The global hit, “We are the World,” made music history when it was first recorded in 1985 as a charity single written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones. The record sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and featured 45 prominent artists billed as USA for Africa. The groundbreaking […]

Cameroonian photographer Mario Epanya has spent much of his free time shooting a fictional magazine. That’s right. Epanya went all out in his campaign to make “Vogue Africa” a reality. Vogue is currently published in 18 countries and one region, but Africa has never been selected to play home to the mag. In order to […]

Serena Willaims has opened in another secondary school in Africa with the foundation Build African Schools. RELATED STORIES Serena Williams Wins Fourth Wimbledon Title Serena Williams Named Female Athlete Of The Year http://cdn1.newsone.com/external/js/gallery/587905//

Africa  1500 – 1860 juju (from the African Hausa language) – an object used as a fetish, a charm or an amulet in West Africa, or the supernatural power ascribed to such an object. Africa is the second largest continent on Earth.  Africans account for over 12% of the world’s population, are distributed among 54 […]

Via CNN.com: Scientists may have discovered a new branch on your family tree. A team of researchers working in South Africa has unearthed what they believe are the remains of a previously unknown species predating modern humans. They recently discovered a couple of partial skeletons — an adult female and a juvenile male — that […]

// Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan swore-in his new cabinet Tuesday, handing the powerful oil ministry to a woman for the first time and putting a Goldman Sachs banker in charge of finance. Jonathan sacked the entire cabinet on March 17 as he moved to assert his authority in the African oil giant after replacing ailing President […]