Gunbri
The gunbri is a plucked string instrument from North Africa. It is constructed from a single, carved piece of wood with a goatskin stretched over. It may have been an ancestor of the banjo.
Beautiful Afrique: Happy Independence Day, Republic of the Congo
Following a series of riots and unrest, the Belgians realised they could not maintain control of such a vast country. The Congo was granted its independence on June 30, 1960, adopting the name “Republic of the Congo” (République du Congo).
Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese independence…
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This Is Africa: African Facts: Education facts about Diasporan African immigrants in the US
African immigrants to the U.S. are more highly educated than any other native-born ethnic group including white Americans. Some 48.9 percent of all African immigrants hold a college diploma. This is more than double the rate of native-born white Americans, and nearly four times the rate of…
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Daily Dispatches: Nairobi is an innovative exploration through photojournalism of a fast-evolving 21st-century African city, unfolding day by day in real time. We will spend each day of April searching out stories from all corners of Kenya’s capital, stories which will paint a compelling, informative and surprising portrait of the city, and the lives lived by those who call it home.
By Brendan Bannon and Mike Pflanz in Nairobi, Kenya





