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Africa in every frame. 🎨Today’s Best Photo of the Day captures the heartbeat of a continent — full of rhythm, color, and...
12/08/2025

Africa in every frame. 🎨
Today’s Best Photo of the Day captures the heartbeat of a continent — full of rhythm, color, and soul. 💛
Can you feel the vibe? ✨

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📸 Portrait of a Mundari man — keeper of tradition and sound of the savanna.The Mundari people of South Sudan are renowne...
12/04/2025

📸 Portrait of a Mundari man — keeper of tradition and sound of the savanna.

The Mundari people of South Sudan are renowned cattle herders whose lives revolve around their herds — symbols of wealth, pride, and identity. 🐄

In this portrait, the man holds a cow horn, a traditional instrument used to call and gather the cattle. The deep, resonant sound echoes across the plains — a signal of unity and the rhythm of daily life in the Mundari community. 🎺

Their connection to their cattle is sacred; they use ash from cow dung to protect their skin from insects and the sun, turning their camps into landscapes of silver and earth tones. ✨

The Mundari remind us of a timeless bond between humans, animals, and the land — a harmony rooted in Africa’s enduring pastoral

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12/03/2025

The hairstyles of the Mumuila women of southern Angola are among the most striking markers of their heritage. Their thick, cylindrical locks—known as nontombi—are crafted using a blend of red clay, butter, and natural herbs.

The signature red tone comes from ochre mixed with animal fat, a traditional mixture that not only enhances beauty but also shields the scalp from the harsh sun and insects. Each hairstyle carries meaning:
• Young girls wear shorter, simpler nontombi.
• Adult women adorn their heads with fuller, more intricate styles.

Beads, shells, and plant fibers are often woven into the hair, transforming it into a living record of identity, womanhood, and connection to the Mumuila community.

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One photo. A thousand stories. 📸Our Best Photo of the Day transports you straight to the heart of Africa — raw, real, an...
12/02/2025

One photo. A thousand stories. 📸
Our Best Photo of the Day transports you straight to the heart of Africa — raw, real, and radiant. 💫

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Hausa Woman’s scarifications, Nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤️😍. Are you in favor of continuing this practice?___________________Embraced b...
11/30/2025

Hausa Woman’s scarifications, Nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤️😍. Are you in favor of continuing this practice?
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Embraced by many cultures and traditions, facial scarification in West Africa served as an identity technique for ethnic groups, families, and individuals, but also to express beauty; scarring was thought to enhance appearance. The procedure was also performed on girls to mark milestones in their lives:
puberty, marriage, etc.
Besides being appealing to touch as well as to look at, these marks also proved to men that women could withstand the pain of childbirth, thus making their wives
more attractive to men.

The Hausas and Yoruba used facial marks in Nigeria to establish their lineage as a way to identify themselves, as well as to establish their spiritual connection.

The Hausa marks are generally called Zani and are categorized in different patterns which include the bille, a side stroke, kalangu, a side tattoo, pashin goshi, a straight stroke on the side, yam ba(i)ki which are lines of three to nine at the side of the mouth, among others.
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Every movement tells a story. 🌿Our Best Photo of the Day captures the rhythm of Africa — alive, soulful, and endlessly i...
11/29/2025

Every movement tells a story. 🌿
Our Best Photo of the Day captures the rhythm of Africa — alive, soulful, and endlessly inspiring. 💫

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11/29/2025

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Guinea-Bissau is in crisis. The president has been removed from power, the military has suspended all state institutions...
11/29/2025

Guinea-Bissau is in crisis. The president has been removed from power, the military has suspended all state institutions, and a general now leads the transitional government. The nation faces heightened political uncertainty as citizens and the international community watch closely.
What does this coup say about governance and democracy in Africa?

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F U L A N I G I R L 👁🦋🤎____________The Fulani people, also called Fulbe (pl. Pullo) or Peul, are well known for the deli...
11/29/2025

F U L A N I G I R L 👁🦋🤎
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The Fulani people, also called Fulbe (pl. Pullo) or Peul, are well known for the delicate decoration of utilitarian objects such as milk bowls that reflect their nomadic and pastoral lifestyle. The history of the Fulani in West Africa begins in the fifth century A.D.

Islamized early on and traveling constantly, they did not develop a tradition of figural, sculpted art. The complex nature of art among this large and long-established group in West Africa is widely recognized but still understudied.

Fulani people were among the first Africans to convert to Islam. Between the eighth and the fourteenth century, Fulbe-speaking people of Takrur had produced
a class of Muslim clerics, the Torodbe, who would take on proselytizing activities across the entire western Sudan. Between the eleventh and the seventeenth
century, the Fulbe gradually extended their grazing territory from over much of the West African savanna up to Borno. They usually took no part in the political life of the surrounding entities, and were sometimes subjected to heavy taxes.

To resist taxation and military conscription or acquire more grazing land, Fulani waged religious wars in the nineteenth century. From these jihads, or holy wars, Muslim theocracies emerged, for instance, the Sokoto caliphate, which became, under the leadership of Usman dan Fodio (‘Uthman ibn Fudi), the largest single West African state of the nineteenth century.

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11/29/2025

Ghanaian cuisine is a celebration of starchy staples like fufu, kokonte, banku, and emotuo 🥘✨. These hearty dishes are always paired with flavorful soups or stews and a protein of choice — from goat, beef, and chicken to fish, snails, or lamb. Every bite tells the story of Ghana’s rich culinary heritage and vibrant flavors. 🇬🇭

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The attitudes of many people in the world is greatly influenced by the media. How Africa, Africans and African Immigrants are portrayed in these mediums often stereotypes and reinforces perceptions of aid, disease and war.

When Belle Niba first came to the United States as a teenager, she struggled with the story that was being told about where she was from. Africa was always this dark place with endless wars, disease, poverty and strife. Her country of origin, Cameroon didn’t stray too far from the stereotype but the mainstream narrative was one sided and omitted stories of resilience, hard work, determination and success. The stories of ordinary Africans doing extraordinary things.

That’s when she decided to take matters into her own hands and fill the void. She created African Vibes, a general interest lifestyle publication, to counter the negative stereotypes about Africa and Africans perpetrated by mainstream media.

The publication reaches across the borders of national origin to engage bi-cultural individuals who have a desire to stay connected to Africa through stories that are hopeful, inspiring, educational and motivating.