Fabrice Mba tends to one of his patients at his physiotherapy practice in Yaounde, Cameroon. Mba grow up on the streets but credits Chinese martial arts for helping him turn his life around.

DAR ES SALAAM-In the downtown area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, Saidi Mfaume, dressed in white attire, was leading people in practicing kung fu (Chinese martial arts). "Kung fu is ...

Training montages are undoubtedly one of the best parts of kung-fu movies. They can distill years of training into a short, evocative clip, usually set to a rousing soundtrack. Watch enough of them ...

Master Mfaume, who heads the biggest kung fu temple in Tanzania, has become a social-media pin-up, with short films of himself and his students showing off their lightning moves. TikTok videos that ...