Amuna Wagner

5 days ago | okayafrica.com | Amuna Wagner

In the Arabic-speaking world, Marwan Moussa needs no introduction. The Egyptian German rapper and producer has dominated the rap scene for years, rising to fame for his hard-hitting bars and effortless flow. A man who enjoys bragadociousness and does it well, Moussa is the third most-streamed Arab rapper of all time and has received three All Africa Music Awards. After losing his mother to illness in October 2023, Moussa did not listen to music for six months.

1 week ago | okayafrica.com | Amuna Wagner

Sudan's bid to sue the United Arab Emirates (UAE), alleging that the UAE is providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with weapons that are being used to commit genocide in Darfur, has been dismissed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On Monday, May 5, the United Nations' top court in The Hague announced that it "manifestly lacked" the authority to continue the proceedings.

2 weeks ago | okayafrica.com | Amuna Wagner

"In the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), there's this gigantic statue of Ramses II. It's the largest standing statue of an ancient Egyptian king on Earth, and it's on a base surrounded by water in the shape of a pyramid," Ibrahim Morgan tells OkayAfrica. He chuckles. "Many guests are mesmerized and drawn by the statue's beauty, so they don't focus. They keep walking towards it and end up falling into the water."Morgan is an Egyptologist and tour guide with 29 years of experience.

3 weeks ago | okayafrica.com | Amuna Wagner

Ever since the age of the pharaohs, the beginning of spring has smelled like fermented fish in Egypt. Annually around Easter, the nauseating odor of feseekh wafts through the streets of cities like Alexandria and Cairo, as well as rural villages, announcing the arrival of the ancient Egyptian spring festival Sham El-Nessim.

3 weeks ago | okayafrica.com | Amuna Wagner

Every Friday during the holidays in Sudan, Hana Baba and her cousins would gather around their uncle Albagir Gaafar. He is the keeper of their family's folktales, which he learned from his grandmother Fatna. "We'd all sit on the floor after sunset and have our little tea with milk in our hands and just wait for the show," Baba tells OkayAfrica. "The show didn't involve video or television.