April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate, here’s a set of graphics that showcase some of our favorite verses of poetry by strong women poets from around the world.
Please add to our list by posting your favorite poem or poet in our comments section below. We would especially love more poems in other languages!
1. Dr. Maya Angelou (US)
A woman of many talents, Dr. Maya Angelou is well known for her work as playwright and poet. She has been a...
Culture
Music stars from all genres, all around the world have been coming together to make music for a cause for decades. Whether it’s to raise awareness for apartheid or funds for famine relief in Africa, benefit concerts and songs have rocked the hearts, minds, and ears of activists — and helped make real and lasting change.
Here are ten music collaborations that show how some of the world’s biggest artists used their voices for the humanitarian issues of their time:
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You already know that Africa isn't a country. But what else? Check out these maps and put Africa's population, income, growth, potential and more into context.
Our special guest writer of the day is Ryan, a 4th grader who lives with her Mom and Dad in San Francisco, CA. She occasionally writes on her mom’s blog Little Pickle Press. She enjoys playing soccer, hanging out with her friends, and loves to sing and dance.
Photo caption: Caught in the act! Ryan reading her book Wonder. Photo Credit: Rana DiOrio.
Wonder is a book about a boy named August who has never been to school before starting in...
South African photographer Lavonne Bosman traveled to the Transkei, a rural area on the East coast of South Africa, and chronicled her time there through her photographs.
Traveling through some of Africa’s most remote regions for months, German photographer Mario Gerth was led from the 21st century into another world. Gerth has shared a collection of intimate portraits from his trips that depict the last nomads and semi-nomads of an entire continent. His pictures are an homage to Africa and its people. They document, inform and preserve. His main goal, which he tries to achieve through his pictures and the stories that accompany them, is to...
Now that the holidays are in full swing, we thought we’d take a look at how different countries in Africa celebrate Christmas. Christianity has been on the continent since the middle of the first century, and approximately 350 million Africans are Christian. Over the years, unique holiday traditions like masquerade parties and dining al fresco have development. Here’s a roundup of the most interesting ones that we’ve found:
Ethiopia
Ethiopian depiction of the birth of Christ
If you’re spending Christmas in Ethiopia,...