GREAT Scholarships offers scholarships from UK universities, across a variety of subjects for students from 18 countries. Each scholarship is worth a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year taught postgraduate course. Each scholarship is jointly funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions. As part of the programme, all GREAT scholars will be invited to a welcome event in the first semester and a networking event in the second semester. Applications for the 2022-23 academic year are open. Find your country 1. Bangladesh There are eight…
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It’s incredible how sceptical people can be whether it ever gets cold in southern Africa. In a land famous for sundowners, deserts and lions lounging in the sunshine, it’s no wonder that the narrative always focuses on soaring temperatures. By Kim Barnett READ: 5 essentials to pack for a 4×4 trip in Kruger However, we know that chilly winter months in Africa’s Eden provide opportunities for fantastic game viewing, snuggling under plush duvets and giant mugs of hot chocolate around a roaring campfire. So, check out our top ten must-do winter activities and start planning your next getaway. Hiking the…
Issued on: 17/09/2022 – 18:16 Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday named a new prime minister – a position he abolished in 2019 and reinstated last year – after July’s tense legislative elections. A presidential decree named Amadou Ba, a former foreign minister, as the new premier of the divided country, five days after the return of parliament which was marked by a series of incidents and carried out under heavy security.Ba has served under Sall as finance minister between 2013 and 2019 before becoming foreign minister in 2019 until 2020.Sall promised to appoint a figure from the winning party…
The Africa-America Institute Announces Details for its 38th Annual Awards Gala The Africa-America Institute (AAI) – the premier U.S.-based international organization connecting Africa to America through education, training and dialogue – announced details for its 38th Annual Awards Gala celebrating the vast contributions of Africa and its worldwide diaspora. Returning to an in-person format, the Awards Gala will take place at the upscale Cipriani 42nd St. in New York City, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 6 P.M. Launched in 1984, the AAI Awards Gala is the most anticipated African-centered event convened in New York City. Held during the week of…
The Garifuna people, descendants of Carib, Arawak and West Africa have always fought for their place, cultural identity and heritage since the 1800s against colonial rule and discrimination. They fought to survive when the slave ship transporting them got wrecked at sea. When they settled at St. Vincent in the Caribbean, they faced persecution and were eventually drove away by the British forces, but, they prevailed. They even pushed forcefully to have their culture accepted at their present settlement in Belize. The Garifuna people had to stand up for themselves in Belize because even though they were accepted in the…
Two of Nigeria’s top athletes, sprint hurdler, Tobi Amusan and long jumper, Ese Brume, have promised to use their position as brand ambassadors for Premium Trust Bank to encourage more athletes to seek greatness. Amusan and Brume had superlative performances at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in the United States and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. On Wednesday in Lagos, the duo were unveiled as brand ambassadors by one of Nigeria’s newest financial institutions, Premium Trust bank. Speaking with The Guardian at the ceremony, Brume stated that as an ambassador, she would do her best to show love…
A generation ago, Arab divorcees tended to be objects of scorn. “No virginity, no dowry,” sniffed Adel Imam, Egypt’s leading actor, in “Halfout”, a film in the 1980s. Today they are often heroines, confronting bastions of patriarchy in courtroom, mosque and marital bed. A big hit across the Arab world last Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting (and feasting on television), was “Fatin Amal Harbi”, an Egyptian soap opera about a mother escaping from her abusive ex-husband. “Pop culture had more impact than decades of fighting for our rights,” says a female Palestinian campaigner.Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio…
NAIROBI — When the children of Kenya’s most famous freedom fighter learned about the death of Queen Elizabeth II, they mourned for England and for the queen’s family. The death of a parent is never easy, the Kimathi children know. “It is a lot for their country,” said Elizabeth Kimathi, 66. “We feel sorry for them and for the royal family.”But the Kimathis were reflecting on a darker part of the queen’s legacy.They were thinking about how shortly after Elizabeth Windsor ascended to the throne, the British fought a year-long war to crush the rebellion led in part by their…
Millions of words have been written about Queen Elizabeth II since her death on September 8th at the age of 96. Her role as Head of the Commonwealth has been of special interest to the 56 countries that form the Commonwealth, not least those in Africa, most of which were at one time part of the British Empire and so directly subject to Her Majesty. However her death has sparked mixed feelings across Africa, reported Deutsche Welle (9/9), among others, with glowing tributes from many African leaders, but also criticism of the monarch and her country’s colonial legacy. Britain’s longest-serving monarch made several trips to Africa…
Ismail Einashe visits two designers who give various interpretations of contemporary Kenyan fashion in a BBC series of letters from African journalists.Two tailors are using sewing machines to join, hem, and create gorgeous, patterned bags on a cloudy afternoon in the capital of Kenya. Totes created from old jeans are hung on the walls of the workshop.Suave Studios, which is bustling with tailoring activity in downtown Nairobi, is housed on the second story of a lovely white and blue-painted structure.Suave Studios, a company founded in 2013 by Mohamed Awale, has become recognized as one of the most interesting names in…