DW s African Roots project: Making Africa s history tangible African Roots is celebrating 50 portraits of significant figures in African history. Narrated with African voices, they serve as the basis for debates on the web, radio, or historical sites.
A reverent mood prevails within the walls of Cape Coast Castle that fortress on the Ghanaian coast from which European traders and colonial powers once shipped hundreds of thousands of slaves across the Atlantic. Before the eyes of schoolgirl Gloria Ekweagu, the fortress with its dark dungeons conjures up images of torture, of people screaming. I actually felt the pain they were feeling, Ekweagu says in conversation with three other students, a historian, and DW moderator Isaac Kaledzi. If we want to teach the history of slavery, we have to take people to historical places, says history professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng.
12.05.21 )
DW s African Roots series portrays 50 personalities from African history. Narrated in African voices, they serve as the basis for audience debates in social media, on the radio, or at historical sites.
The now-completed 50-part series of portraits of African historical figures is the centerpiece of the multimedia project, a collaboration between DW, the Gerda Henkel Foundation and the Nigerian animation company the Comic Republic. The series personalizes the continent s history and makes it tangible. Together, the short stories create a comprehensive picture of Africa s diverse history. The series is published in six languages and is aimed mainly at a young audience.
Tswang- tswang-tswang, le bone ngwana o tshwana le lecoloured.â This loosely translates to,
âbehold, she is as beautiful as a mulattoâ.
This perennial wedding favorite is always guaranteed to get guests off their seats to join the bride and groom in their wedding step routines.
But there is a backstory to the song that is not very merry. It is the product of the internalization of racialized beauty standards, and the continuation of a long history in which black women have been subjected to incessant messages about European ideals of beauty through music, family, peers, partners, the media, and larger society.
RMB banks on e-Commerce
Monday, 10 May 2021
On an annual basis, trillions of US dollars exchange hands electronically through various e-ecommerce platforms. These transactions mostly happen between buyers and sellers who are often thousands of miles apart.
For decades, banks have been at the forefront of ensuring both clients and sellers get the best form of services available, no matter the distance that separates them. In Botswana, Rand Merchant Bank Botswana has found it fitting to be part of this all-important payment platform called e-Commerce. RMB is a division of Botswana Stock Exchange listed lender, First National Bank Botswana. The latter is a subsidiary of FNB, a JSE listed banking giant.
10th May 2021
Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) has labelled leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Duma Boko a dictator and accused him of suspending the coalitionâs constitution in order to run a one man show.
BCP Youth League President Thabologo Furniture told Sunday Standard that Boko is undermining attempts to hold a UDC elective congress to vote for a new leadership ahead of the 2024 general elections.
“We have long taken a decision as the youth league that UDC needs to be democratised such that we can hold an elective congress. The leader of the UDC has decided to suspend the constitution for reasons known to himself. He continues with his dictatorship within the UDC,” said Furniture.