Jerusalema: How did a simple South African gospel dance song become a global hit?

When South African record producer and artiste Master KG says global reception to his song Jerusalema has been nothing short of a “dream come true”, it is a very believable sentiment. On Tuesday, Shazam, the audiovisual identification app, announced that Jerusalema had become the most sought song by users of the app.

A Jamaican spent 9 yrs in Bahamas jail despite never being convicted of crime. He now seeks $27m

A Jamaican national who was falsely imprisoned for more than nine years in The Bahamas is in a legal battle with the government, asking to be awarded $27 million in damages.

Islands apart: Why does Barbuda want to split from Antigua?

One of the world’s favorite holiday destinations, the twin-island country of Antigua and Barbuda may no longer be one nation if Barbudans have their way in an upcoming parliamentary resolution on Thursday, September 17. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has already described the calls by the Barbuda Council, the local administration in the other half of the country, as “treasonous threats” that will fail.

James Forten, the wealthy sail maker who used his money to buy freedom for slaves

James Forten was in his teens when he joined others at Independence Square in July 1776 for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. To a young Forten, the declaration document applied to all Americans, not only whites and so when the Revolutionary War began, a 14-year-old Forten volunteered on privateering ships which attacked British merchant vessels, said biographer Julie Winch.

Did you know Africa’s iconic plastic bag is named after xenophobic tensions between Ghana and Nigeria?

This plastic bag, used over the continent and beyond, is known as Ghana Must Go after tensions in 1983 that saw Nigeria expelling Ghanaian immigrants.The special Ghana-Nigeria relationship birthed the name of the most famous woven nylon carrier bag on the continent, Ghana Must Go, but the story behind this is a rather ugly one that belies present amity between the two nations.