Did You Know ~ Africa

Blue Nile Falls Ethiopia

Liberia and Ethiopia also known in Europe as Abyssinia are the only two African countries to have never been under a colonial power.The rest of the continent was colonized by European imperial powers in the nineteenth century “scramble for Africa".

Did You Know ~ Africa

Ancient Greeks and Romans originally used the term “Africa” to apply only to the northern region of the continent. In Latin, the word Africa means “sunny,” and the word Aphrike in Greek means “without cold. 

Big Brother Says Knock Em Out!!!

Big brother Africa has evicted Hannington Kutessa, a contestant on the show for punching another female contestant. Hannington assaulted Lerato Sengadi on the show aired on Tuesday September the 14th on M-Net after a heated argument. While the behavior is unacceptable, the incident definitely creates an opportunity to address the age-old belief that African men have the right to hit women. 

MOBO AWARDS 2010

15 African artists have been nominated for the Mobo Best African awards, the category is voted for by the public and the 10 artist with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated will the top 5 will be the official nominees for the award. 


K’Naan (Somalia)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa)
JJC (Nigeria)
Banky W. (Nigeria)
Concha Buika 
(Equatorial Guinea) 
Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia)
 Wanlov the Kubolor (Ghana)
Angélique Kidjo(Benin)
M3NSA (Ghana)
Yuri Da Cunha (Angola)
Tinny (Ghana)
Waldemar Bastos (Angola)
Staff Benda Bilili (Congo-Kinshasa)
BLK JKS (South Africa)


Go online to http://www.mobo.com/voting/2010/best-african-act-0 to vote for your favourite.