Stories from Afrika

Globally, several Indigenous communities are being displaced from their lands to make way for carbon capture and forest conservation projects. These initiatives, often presented as climate solutions, have led to land grabs and violations of Indigenous rights in various regions. Here are some indigenous peoples across the globe going through various forms of evictions: * […]

The issue of GMOs and the war against indigenous seeds are major issues that we need to pay more attention to. We cannot keep allowing GMOs and toxic agrochemicals to take over our food systems and by that destroy the health of our people. What we are dealing with is more serious than just seed […]

The African story is deep, historical, and present and it is the story of our future. But while we look at ancient African cities destroyed by Europeans, we must not lose sight of the fact that in as much as those days were reflections of how great Africa was, we have a duty now to […]

It does not make any sense for any government to make laws that inhibits its farmers from sharing indigenous seeds amongst themselves, just so they promote patented seeds from foreign seed companies. It is immoral and evil. In Africa, indigenous seeds represents culture, the people’s way of life, a rich tradition that has been handed […]

As an African, have you ever heard the statement that Africans were illiterate before Europeans came here? Or that there were no reading and writing systems before the arrival of the white man to the shores of Africa? I bet you might have heard that. So, the question is, were ancient Africans illiterate? Were there […]

If you grew up in Africa, one of the stories about Europeans that you must have been told as kids was the various places that the Europeans discovered in Africa. And of such stories is the story of Mungo Park, the young Scottish doctor and explorer who we were told discovered the River Niger. But […]