The African Americans behind the Corporate Council on Africa
BY BILL J. FIGHTER The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) was founded in 1993 in Washington. David H. Miller, who served as executive director of CCA from the organization’s … Read More
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Africans reconcile with the black Diaspora
Samir Ahmed BY SAMIR AHMED Slavery has probably been the most contentious and divisive issue between Africans and African Americans. Indeed, a significant number of African Americans hold grudges against …
Why the surge of anti-black racism during Obama’s presidency
BY JOYCE ZIA-ANDERSON AND JOHN KWAME It was widely believed that the powerful symbolism of the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States …
Why History matters to us and to you
By Soumanou Salifou It’s Black History Month again, and we are happy to bring you a series of original features about the relations between Africans and African Americans dating back … Read More
The African woman today
BY NICOLE C. HOMES Despite unquestionable recent progress, the African woman still faces serious challenges that she tries to address on a daily basis. Barely two decades ago, in a …
As Africa scrambles to democratize
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU When the Central African Republic’s rebels with the beautiful name Séléka toppled the country’s president, François Bozizé, on March 24, 2013, they did nothing but have Bozizé …
Equatorial Guinea’s president, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, receives honorary degrees
By Soumanou Salifou In a letter dated June 16, 2013 addressed to the president of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the rector of the Ural State University of Economics …
Equatorial Guinea on the world’s stage
By Lou Sifa Since the whole world recognized the government ushered in in 1ate 1979 by then-young officer Teodoro Obiang Nguema who led the efforts that ended the cruel …
The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU While on the reporting trail in Africa in 2003, we came across this unique group of expatriate African Americans who share some core cultural values with Africans. …
The African Diaspora Association in Canada
BY IRENE MLAMBO Editing by Lou Sifa Africans living in Canada have set up an association, the African Diaspora Association in Canada, in an effort to meet the community’s needs … Read More