Sydney-based, African-born researcher Dr Vanessa Hayes is at the forefront of a new project to map the genomes of indigenous Africans for the first time. The project is of major interest to the world’s scientific and medical researchers, and has already resulted in over 1.3 million previously unrecognised small genetic variations being found. Dr Hayes, [...]
[Article published July 2008] AfricanOz chats with talented singer/songwriter, Perth-based Grace Barbé about life on both sides of the Indian Ocean, and why her roots now matter. It’s said that the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles has one of the smallest populations in Africa. But listening to Seychelles-born Grace Barbé sing, you can only marvel [...]
[Article published May 2008] While Zimbabwe’s election crisis holds the country on a knife-edge, many Zimbabwean Australians are continuing their day-to-day lives, and desperately hoping for a peaceful transition of power. Through it all, AfricanOz spoke to Melbourne-based David Jamali about his background in human rights, development and art in Zimbabwe. Article below. For the [...]
[Article published July/August 2009] Being the daughter of an independence fighter, a child amongst 16 siblings, and the victim of tribal clashes hasn’t hardened the heart of Rosemary Kariuki. On the contrary, this community leader, award recipient and volunteer extraordinaire just radiates cheerful warmth. “I grew up with so much love,” she explains – referring [...]
A blog by Phillip Nyakpo You’ve probably heard former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the last few days. It is hard to miss him on the news, as he promotes his new autobiography which also focuses on his time in office, especially the tumultuous days leading to the Iraq war and its aftermath. Blair [...]
[From our Archive published February 2009] AfricanOz chats with comedian and refugee welfare worker Mujahid Ahmed – who’s solo comedy show ‘African Time’ premieres at Adelaide Fringe Festival in March 2009. He’s Australia’s best known Sudanese stand-up comedian (“by default” he jokes), and regards himself as half African half Australian (“I mean I could easily [...]
From our Archive published May 2007 African Australian author and journalist, Edison Yongai, discusses his lifetime love of stories and writing – and its ultimate cost: being forced to flee his homeland of Sierra Leone. Edison is appearing at Sydney Writer’s Festival. As a child in primary school in in Kono District in Sierra Leone, I [...]
