Category culture

Apr24

Ayesha: Ghana’s rising literary icon

Young Ayesha Harruna Attah grew up in a home where reading and writing flow through the blood. Ayesha is a biochemistry degree holder from Mount Holyoke College. She studied journalism at the Columbia University. Her parents own one of Ghana’s respected private newspapers, The Mail, where she started as a tyro.
Ayesha Harruna Attah
With a fellowship from Per Ankh Publishers and TrustAfrica, she wrote her first novel, Harmattan Rain that was nominated by the Commonwealth Writers Foundation for best first book from Africa 2010.
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Feb26

Masai

The Masai are a very famous warrior tribe in Kenya whose lives center around herding cattle. They live in small settlements of 8-15 huts per kraal. Their settlements are surrounded by a thornbush fence as an added form of protection. continue reading »

Feb18

The Women Artistic Center in Afghanistan

The violence against women in different forms has long been continuing in our country like in many other countries. The consequence of the violence in the long term has caused deprivation, limitation and oppression of Afghan women in various aspects which we are witnessing. continue reading »