Contrary to popular opinion, superstitions aren’t an African thing alone. In Western countries, people fear black cats, the Number 13 and walking under ladders. Some African superstitions worth believing because they are backed by science Ask Europeans why ships, boats and hurricanes are named after women, and you will not get a logical answer. That’s…
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“Africans Aren’t Important, If Not For Us They Will be Smelling Like Dead Rats” – White Woman Says
By Amarachi In a series of posts shared on her social media page, Tracy Zille berated Africans and labelled them as modern-day slaves who relied on the United States, China and other European nations for their products. A white woman identified as Tracy Zille took to Facebook to lambast Africans stating that we can’t produce…
Mum Reveals How Her Son is Always Bullied by Villagers because He Lives in Jungle among Wild Animals, Eats Grass and can’t Speak (photos)
A mother has revealed how her 21 year old son is always bullied by villagers because he was born with learning difficulties, can’t speak, eats grass and lives in the forest. According to the mum her son, Ellie, can’t speak and refuses to eat the food prepared for him by her instead he hunts for…
Just Like #EndSARS, Angolans Start Protests On Police Brutality
By Amarachi Scores of citizens have left their homes to the streets to protest police brutality with placards. A week after Nigerians took to the streets to protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings, Angola has followed suit. Vacancy for Authors and Aggregators on ginnyent.net Covid-19 came and upturned normal processes, forcing most to change…
West African Ancestral Cults Shows The Belief In Life After Death
By Chinelo Eze Every society has a belief in something belief in life, belief in death a belief in life after death. These beliefs are instrumental components of culture, and they influence the disposition of a community/people. These principles could be said to be a way to understanding “death” a phenomenon that has since plagued…
Blue-eyed Woman to Model ‘Aso Ofi’ at Sustainable Fashion Week New York
By Henry Iheanacho The 2020 edition of Africa Fashion Week London aimed at supporting sustainability of African designs premiers today, Tuesday September 15 at 6pm UK time. In partnership with the Kwara government through the office of state’s first lady Her Excellency, Yeye Aare Erelu, Dr. Mrs Olufolake AbdulRazaq, the Aso Ofi will enjoy…
Ugandan Businessman To Pay 10 Cows, 3 Goats To Family After Publicly Confessing To Killing Their Son
Posted by Amarachi It was gathered that Akena accidentally knocked Kanyamunyu’s car and had reportedly gone to apologise when Kanyamunyu shot him with a pistol at close range. Mathew Kanyamunyu, A businessman from Uganda has finally admitted to the family of child rights activist, Kenneth Akena Watson to killing their son, and agreed to pay…
Two Siblings Who Went Viral for Fighting over Pencil Get House Gift
By Henry Iheanacho Two Kenyan children named Teresiah Nyakinyua and James Mwangi, who were seen fighting over how many pencils and rubber they should buy, have been blessed in one of the most heart-melting ways. Ginna Crochets The kids who are siblings became an internet sensation after their viral video surfaced on social media. Shortly…
AFCON Trophy Stolen from CAF Headquarters in Egypt
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy has been stolen from the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) headquarters in Cairo. Former Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Vice-president and current ONTime Sports broadcaster, Ahmed Shobir, confirmed the Africa Cup of Nations trophy disappeared from the headquarters of the EFA. Ginna Crochets “The EFA started looking for some trophies…
Africans Bash BBC Africa Over their Article with the Headline ”Coronavirus in Africa: Could Poverty Explain Mystery of Low Death Rate?”
Some Africans on Twitter are currently bashing BBC Africa after the new site published an article with the headline ”Coronavirus in Africa: Could poverty explain mystery of low death rate?”. Ginna Crochets The headline suggests that the low death rate from COVID-19 in Africa could be as a result of the high level of poverty…
Woman Dies During Baptism after Being Grabbed by ‘Mermaids’
A 26-year-old woman iidentified as Rutendo Nhemachena has reportedly died while undergoing baptism at Manyame river in Zimbabwe. Nhemachena is believed to have been possessed by a mermaid spirit before becoming violent and jumping into the river where the leading prophet, Isaac Manyemba was cleansing men and women with his aide only identified as Mai…
10 Children Playing Football Killed by Lightning in Uganda
Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike while sheltering from a storm during a football game in northern Uganda, police said on Friday. The boys, aged 11 to 16, had been sheltering from a storm in a makeshift structure in Arua city, northwest of the capital Kampala on Thursday, police spokeswoman Josephine Angucia…
