This week's featured stories
Publiciti Magazine announces inaugural ‘Experience Africa’ for 2025
Publiciti Magazine has proudly announced ‘Experience Africa,’ a unique cultural event that celebrates the rich heritage and diversity of Africa, on April 19 at the Metropolitan State College in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. The inaugural event aims to bridge the gap between African culture and the African diaspora community in Atlanta.
At the heart of Experience Africa is the ‘Aso Ebi,’ a traditional African concept of uniform clothing that symbolizes unity, solidarity, and community. Guests are invited to customize or sew their own Aso Ebi in their choice style, as long as it adheres to the uniform colour and fabric theme.
Akwasi Frimpong wants more African athletes in winter sports
Ghana`s first skeleton Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, is making his fifth Olympic appearance at the World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, this year, before ending his career after the 2026 Games. He wants to motivate and help more Africans participate in winter sports.
Frimpong made history in 2018 when he and Nigerian Simidele Adeagbo became the first African skeleton racers to compete in an Olympics. In 2020, he became the first skeleton athlete from Africa to win an elite skeleton race sanctioned by the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in Park City, Utah.
Parables Studios & Mountype publish “28th The Crossroad” illustrated book
Parables Animation Studios and Mountype Publishers have released the illustrated book of “28th The Crossroad,” based on an animation film of the same name set in Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) in February 1948. The film and now the book recreates the events leading to the crossroad shooting of 2nd World War veterans in Osu, Accra.
28th The Crossroads is a beautifully illustrated book inspired by Parables’ acclaimed feature-length animated film of the same name. The film, which premiered in 2022 at the silverbird cinemas, vividly retold the pivotal 1948 event where three army veterans were shot at the crossroads in Accra - an incident that sparked Ghana’s fight for independence.
New study demonstrates benefits of prolonged fasting
New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting.
The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond weight loss, but also show that any potentially health-altering changes appear to occur only after three days without food. The study, published in Nature Metabolism, advances our understanding of what’s happening across the body after prolonged periods without food.
Kim Poole appointed to AU’s committee for African languages
Kim Poole, founding fellow of the Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) from Baltimore in the United States, has been appointed by the African Union (AU) to the African Languages Week Coordinating Committee (ALWCC).
The appointment comes as part of AU’s Year of Reparatory Justice. Her mission is to spearhead the revitalization of African languages across the continent and the Diaspora as a vital form of reparatory justice. Poole’s groundbreaking work in arts, education, and cultural advocacy has earned her international acclimation, positioning her as a leading figure in the movement to restore African languages.
With her new role on the ALWCC, she will help guide efforts to preserve and promote African languages, which have long been marginalized due to colonial oppression. Poole sees this as an urgent matter of cultural reclamation: “Reparations isn’t just about financial restitution—it’s about restoring everything that was stripped from us,” she explains.
Abigail Quartey becomes Ghana’s first female world boxing champ
Ghanaian Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey made history after becoming Ghana’s first female world boxing champion, a milestone that cemented her legacy in the country’s boxing tradition. Her victory not only elevates her career but also puts Ghana on the global stage for women’s boxing.
Quartey defeated British fighter Sangeeta Birdie for the WIBF World Super Bantamweight championship at the Bukom Boxing Arena, in Ghana last November. The victory was more than personal—it was a national milestone. Her coach, Ebenezer “Coach Killer” Adjei, recognized its significance.
VIDEO: The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams - Preview
The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams 16 years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be "a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most liberal white authors and their Negro disciples: 'You belong to a race of nobodies. You have no worthwhile history to point to with pride.'"
The book was written at a time when many Black students, educators, and scholars were starting to piece together the connection between the way their history was taught and the way they were perceived by others and by themselves. They began to question assumptions made about their history and took it upon themselves to create a new body of historical research.
The book is premised on the question: If the Blacks were among the very first builders of civilization and their land the birthplace of civilization, what has happened to them that has left them, since then, at the bottom of world society? Precisely, what happened?