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Feature • October 23, 2015 20:48

Shitta Bey Mosque: Visiting a historic masterpiece

Described by many – and rightly so – as a historic monument, the Shitta Bey Mosque was built in 1891 when a Sierra Leonean-born Nigerian m

Feature • October 20, 2015 22:23

Togo: Dances and a mysterious sacred stone

Bare-chested and with leaves wrapped around their necks, a small group of voodoo worshippers emerges from a dense forest in southern Togo. The oldest

Feature • October 19, 2015 21:59

Kurmi: Kano’s 600-year-old slave market now sanctuary for artifacts

Apart from being the oldest in Kano State, Kasuwar Kurmi, as it is popularly called is unarguably one of the oldest markets in the West African sub re

Feature • October 17, 2015 19:43

The chains of mental illness in West Africa

The church grounds here sprawled through a strange, dreamlike forest. More than 150 men and women were chained by the ankle to a tree or concrete bloc

Feature • October 17, 2015 19:43

‘HIV/AIDS cases worrisome in IDP camps’

Betty Olutunde is the brain behind Betnelly Charity Foundation which partners hospitals and other organisations to provide succour to Internally Displ