Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz breaks Davido’s YouTube Africa record within 8 hours

Tanzanian Bongo Flava sensation Naseeb Abdul, alias Diamond Platnumz, has been making waves both internationally and on the continent and his new song, ‘Waah’, featuring Congolese music icon Koffi Olomide adds to the already existing buzz around the artiste. The latest hit song gained over one million views within 8 hours of its release, breaking the record held by Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Davido.

5 things you should know about British-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page, star of Netflix’s new hit series Bridgerton

Almost everyone is swooning over actor Regé-Jean Page’s romance with Phoebe Dynevor in the Shondaland-produced Netflix series, Bridgerton. Based on the bestselling novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton arrived on Christmas Day and follows two high-society families in Regency-era London.

The three rebel queens of the Virgin Islands who led a fierce revolt against Danish rule in 1878

Denmark was a colonial power in the Caribbean from 1672 until 1917. In the Danish West Indies, chattel slavery was practised from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when the governor issued an emancipation proclamation. Still, the Danish government went on to make rules that kept people enslaved by contracts for another two years.

Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, the last queen of Senegal who fought off the French, Arabs and Moors

Located in what is now Senegal and parts of Mauritania, the Waalo kingdom was one of the strongest and oldest kingdoms in Senegal existing since the 11th century. Before the invasion of the Arabs, the people practised the matrilineal system which gave women equal rights and privileges as men.

Do you want to go to this snake massage parlor in Egypt? [Video]

Why would anyone want to visit a specialist who is massaging people with snakes? According to the spa owner Sawat Sedki, snake massages offer both “physical and emotional” benefits to patrons if they are willing to overcome their fears and submit to the serpentine healing. Sedki is a snake massage therapist in his spa in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt.