Category: Publishing
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SBA Officially Recognizes the Creator Economy — What It Means for Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued new guidance formally clarifying how qualifying content creators fit within its small-business framework. The move could make it easier for podcasters, streamers, digital publishers, video producers and social-media entrepreneurs to navigate SBA financing and contracting opportunities—but it does not automatically qualify creators for loans.
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Maya Angelou: The Woman Who Became a Professor Without a College Degree
Maya Angelou never completed a traditional college degree, yet she became a celebrated university professor, multilingual intellectual, author, poet and recipient of more than 30 honorary degrees. Her remarkable journey reveals the difference between formal credentials and lifelong education—and the profound influence of her years in Africa.
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PANAFRICAN.EMAIL TOP 7 FEMALE WRITERS IN AFRICA
Women · Words · Worlds · A Stronger Africa Top 7 Female Writers in Africa Seven women. Seven countries, histories and literary traditions. Their words challenged power, documented memory, confronted injustice and expanded the possibilities of African literature. Africa Writes · Africa Lives The continent has always had stories. These women changed who was allowed…
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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Rewrites the Classroom: A New Curriculum for History, Culture and National Identity
Burkina Faso is undertaking a sweeping transformation of its education system, revising curricula and history teaching while expanding national-language instruction, endogenous knowledge, civic education, vocational training and locally produced textbooks. The reform could reach more than 2 million learners through the 2026–2029 REPAIR program, while a growing domestic printing sector aims to give Burkina Faso…
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🇨🇦 The Eyes of Ghana to Open Montreal International Black Film Festival
MONTREAL — September 2026 — Ghana’s cinematic history will take center stage in Montreal this month as The Eyes of Ghana opens the 22nd Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) with its Quebec premiere on Wednesday, September 23. The screening will take place at Théâtre Outremont at 7 p.m. as the festival launches its 2026…
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Saint Heron Opens Free Digital Archive Library, Bringing Rare Black Literature and Art Back Into Reach
By Panafrican.email News Desk In an important new initiative for the preservation and accessibility of Black cultural knowledge, Saint Heron has opened its Saint Heron Digital Archive Library, creating a free lending library centered on rare, first-edition, out-of-print, and historically significant works by Black and brown authors, poets, artists, and cultural thinkers. Founded by artist…