keeping educated

From worrying child labour operations in Ivory Coast and Ghana to scarily high femicide rates in South Africa and displacement numbers in Cameroon hitting the roof, Africa is currently going through extremely unfortunate times. Three countries that you may have seen trending on your social media feeds recently are most likely the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Nigeria and so those are the three countries that I would like to try and talk to you about before addressing other issues in Africa that are also very important to write about. If all we can do to help is to just keep ourselves educated and share awareness then just like I've said before... that is more than enough.   Congo (#whatshappeningincongo) Congo has one of the World's largest reserves of Coltan, which happens to be an important mineral for things such as aerospace engineering, the making of electronic devices and the innovation of technology in general. In almost a dystopian manner, the people of Con...

October, in the United Kingdom, marks Black History Month. This is a month that allows us to reflect and look back at the events and people that played an important part in getting black people to where we are now.Not only is it a month to reflect on our past and consider how to move forward even stronger but it is also a time to share our rich history with anyone interested like you, the person reading this.  First of all, The origin of Black History Month.  Black History Month started off in the U.S in the 1920s but not officially till 1976. It started off as ‘Negro History Week’ and was introduced after African – Americans: Carter G Woodson and Jesse E Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. This organisation was dedicated to promoting good things done by African – Americans in the past. Whilst celebrated in February to align with the birthdays of Abraham Lincon and Frederick Douglas, the United Kingdom started to celebrate it also in 1987....