Kenya Currency History: Why 20 shillings is famously called pound (mbao)
It is 1949. Kenya is under British colonial rule. Among the notes in circulations is the twenty East African shilling, an equivalent of one pound.
Never in a million years would someone have predicted that the name "Pound"....
African Nationalities including Burkinabe 🌍
Happy Father's Day to all the dads!
How do you call someone from Madagascar?
Madagasian? Wrong ❌
Below is a list of all African nationalities.
Algeria - Algerian
Angola - Angolan
Benin - Beninese
50 interesting facts about African countries, the home of the oldest dress in the world.
Did you know that the West African Franc (WAF) is the currency of eight independent states in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo?
How about the fact that the most widely sp....
The power of a name 💪🏿
Muraho friends!
When Sipho was born, her parents could not decide on a name, and so she remained nameless for two weeks. They eventually got so desperate that the mum started to call the numbers in her phonebook to ask them what....
🌭 Time to eat: Best African recipees you need to try
Hey 👋🏿
I hope you're surviving another work week.
Here are some interesting traditional African dishes that you should try out at home:
✅ Mtura, the Kenyan blood sausage delicacy.
✅ Seswaa recipe from Bot....
Coming to age ceremonies
Hello 👋🏿
Rites of passage among African communities are critical to individual and community development. They mark the passing from one phase of life to the next.
In this episode, I will share:
✅ A journey int....
Story Story
In the previous issue, I shared three African mythological stories explaining death's origin. As promised, we also published four more stories on the Lughayangu platform. You can find the complete series here.
Today, I will be sh....