“That was a little act of revolution,” Dr. Patricia Turner, an African American studies professor and dean of UCLA College, said in the Netflix documentary Black Barbie. Civil rights activists ...

BBC Africa Live: Updates from around the continent There has been criticism in the Arab world about the movie's social values, with Kuwait banning Barbie last week to protect "public ethics".

South African fans of Barbie can now buy the branded pink flip phone from HMD via Vodacom. Here's what you should know about it.