Ekiuwa Aire's Blog

We’ve heard of people asking why it is important to read African history books, since we’re a few weeks away from Black history month here’s why? Precolonial African history is not well shown in the media, even present-day culture and vast lands of Africa hasn’t been well shown in the media. Africa has a long history of over 180 kingdoms which has been reduced to 54 countries, over 10,000 languages that have been reduced t...

Bakongo (also known as Mkongo or Mukongo). In one of the Bantu languages, Kongo, the word “Ba” means “People” while “Kongo” according to an adventure means “Hunter” while according to others it means “Gathering” or “Mountains”. There is yet to a decisive context for it. Even the term “Congo” was a term used to refer to black people who spoke “Kikongo” in Cuba, America. The Bakongo people speak Kinkongo language which also ...

After being listed as one of the most attended music festivals of the continent, the “Lake of Stars festival” has become one of the most fascinating and anticipated events across Africa. It is an inspiring opportunity for young people who want to experience African music in its richness.

Founded in 1998 by Will Jameson, a Bri...

Angola “Virtue is stronger when united” with its official language as Portuguese houses one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa; the Bantu people. With a lot of serene spots and tourist attractions, Angola is slowly becoming an African country with increasing revenue.

Today let’s share some of those colorful events that have made a global name for it amongst other African countries;

Christmas is a season for all things cool, hot, colorful and cheerful. Although 2020 has been hard on all of us, it’s moments like this that feels a little less locked up. As some of us get to celebrate this Christmas at home we decided to share a few activities for the entire family or just for the kids.

1, Create a paper Christmas tree: This has got to be the easiest on this list, get over 48 ...

The Mbundu people are the second-largest diverse group in Angola and they make up 25% of the population. Mbundu people speak “Kimbundu” one of the Bantu languages, their culture is sometimes called “Kimbundu”.

They can be found in the North West area in Angola although they stretch out to the East from the city’s capital “Luanda”. Their language “Kimbundu” is similar to the Ovimbundu a...

Igue festival is a Benin festival originating from present-day Benin City in Nigeria, West Africa. This festival celebrates the Obas magical power. There are a lot of rules regarding being an Oba, the things people believe about how he gets his power and how to not incur his wrath. So every year theres a feast in his honour.

Tradition states that the first festival coincides with the marriage of his new wife Queen Ewere. He...

Queen Ann Njinga Mbande, the monarch of the Mbundu people, ruler of the Matamba people, daughter of Kangela and Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and their expanding slave trade in Central Africa in the 17th century.

Across continents, her fierce spirit, vision and strong will spoke for her. For 30 long years, she served as a dynamic leader. She drew up b...

African Myths are very different from the general myths because not only are they funny they also aren’t popular. Every country has those scary stories or oneliners they tell kids in a bit to scare them from doing certain things. African countries surely does not disappoint in sharing make believe stories like that, afterall their culture relays heavily on storytelling. Here are a few we found interesting;

We’ve talked about the Dahomey women warrior in one of our previous posts, today we want to share a community in East Africa that houses the last hunters or foragers of the Hadzabe tribe. The wonderful discovery of these people who have not let the 21st century and all its techy gadgets cut off so many of their practices and rites is fascinating. As of 2015, it was recorded that about 400 out of 1,300 Hadza people living in Tanzania still practice foraging.

The Hadzabe people a...