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Education

Global Teacher Prize winner champions STEM

—Peter Tabichi, a Catholic Franciscan brother and winner of the Global Teacher Prize

By Zipporah Musau
Culture and Education

Bigger than Africa: Tales of the Yoruba people

Conversations with filmmaker Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye

By Kingsley Ighobor
Culture and Education

Black-eyed peas: A taste of Africa in the Americas

From akara to acarajé: Culinary traditions that bind Africa and its diaspora

By Franck Kuwonu
Culture

Africa Watch: Morocco tourism gains momentum

By Hugo Bourhis
Culture

Peace through jazz music

The trumpet is a ‘cool’ instrument to unite people

By Franck Kuwonu
Culture and Education

African music on a round trip —from Cotonou to Cuba and back

Caribbean influence leaves its mark as popular Afro rhythms develop

By Franck Kuwonu
Culture and Education

Preparing Africa’s graduates for today’s jobs

Experts call for modernising school curricula to match a rapidly changing labour market

By Raphael Obonyo
Culture and Education

Easing fears and promoting gender equality in Chad’s girls-only classrooms

By UN News
Combating violence

“The conflict must end”: Fighting threatens to drive up hunger in South Sudan’s lean season

By IRIN News
Education

Private schools gain a foothold in Africa

Experts wary over corporate takeover of education in sub-Saharan Africa

By Lisa Vives