African Heritage

About a month ago, we saw the government of Niger revoke military accords with the United States, and ordering the US withdrawal of its military personnel and drone base from Niger . Among Niger�...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/17/the-military-treaty-at-the-heart-of-nigers-breakup-with-the-us/

After almost 2 years of talking, the Zimbabwe gold-backed currency is finally upon us. Inflation is everywhere at the gas pump, at the food store, rent, prices are going up and up, affecting ever...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/12/zimbabwe-gold-backed-currency/

Le vent hurle plus fort dans les arbres (Proverbe Kikuyu – Kenya). – Un riche doit payer plus. The wind howls louder in the trees (Kikuyu proverb – Kenya). – A rich person must pay more.

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/11/proverbe-kikuyu-sur-le-riche-kikuyu-proverb-on-the-wealthy/

A few weeks ago, the son of Africa’s revered writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o: world acclaimed Kenyan writer, took to X and wrote about his father being an abusive husband, “My father Ngugi wa T...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/08/ngugi-wa-thiongo-and-domestic-violence/

“How true! Life’s problems are like trees. We see the trunk, we see the branches and the leaves. But we can’t see the roots, hidden deep down under the ground. And yet it is their shape and...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/04/quote-of-problems-by-maryse-conde/

The great Guadeloupean writer, the Grande dame of Caribbean literature, Maryse Condé has transitioned to the land of our ancestors at the age of 90. Condé’s work has touched so many throughou...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/04/02/maryse-conde-the-grande-dame-of-caribbean-literature-is-no-more/

Nit la mu jëf la du la mu wax  Un homme se mesure à ce qu’il fait et non à ce qu’il dit (Proverbe Wolof – Senegal). Vos actions définissent qui vous êtes. A man is measured by what he...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/03/28/laction-a-plus-de-poids-que-les-mots-actions-speak-louder-than-words/

Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the masses, came out of Sunday’s elections in Senegal with a strong lead. On Monday morning, ...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/03/25/senegal-presidential-elections-bassirou-diomaye-faye-is-set-to-be-the-next-president/

La force du scorpion est dans sa queue (Proverbe Peul – Niger, Mali, Cameroun, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Sénégal, Guinée, Mauritanie, Guinée Bissau, Gambie, Tchad, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Côte d...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/03/22/proverbe-sur-la-force-proverb-on-strength-2/

Over the weekend, Niger suspended military “cooperation” with the USA, with immediate effect. As one who follows the progress in the region, it comes as no surprise, after Niger had previousl...

https://afrolegends.com/2024/03/20/niger-suspends-military-cooperation-with-the-us-effective-immediately/