Posted in Africa on May 4th, 2010
Africa’s first conference to discuss the specific impact of HIV and AIDS on grandmothers will begin in Swaziland on Thursday. The African Grandmothers’ Gathering aims to shed light on the plight of one of the forgotten special interest groups affected by the disease. Some of the issues to be discussed include the impact of losing [...]
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Posted in Africa on May 2nd, 2010
The Senate member and former Zamfara state Governor, Sanator Admed Yarima who recently married a thirteen year old girl from Egypt says he was not bound by the provisions of the child Rights Act, a state he governed for eight years. He said his home state did not domesticate the law and as such could [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2010
The African textile, the Adire is very popular outside its shores. This was clearly brought to fore at the impressive turn out at a recent workshop organized by the Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria. The workshop which attracted a host of foreigners from different parts of the world enabled participants to make Adire using [...]
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