The African at twenty-five
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Before I took advantage of a high-profile, glamorous event held at the Washington, D.C. Sheraton hotel on October 6, 1994 to launch The African Magazine, a publication … Read More
Category: About Us
The African is the premier African magazine published in the US. Founded by veteran African reporter in the US, Soumanou Salifou, it’s the best African magazine online and the best African magazine in print about Africa-Black America relations, U.S.-Africa relations and the African Diaspora.
About the Editor
Soumanou Salifou, a former award-winning reporter at the Washington-based Voice of America (the U.S. Government radio station that broadcasts to the rest of the world), made history by founding The African, … Read More
How The African Magazine came to life
BY KOSSI GBEDIGA The Fifth Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner in honor of then-South Africa’s president, President Mandela, held on October 6, 1994 in a major Washington hotel … Read More
Hail to “The African”
Hail to The African Just as Afro-Americans in the early forties cheered Negro Digest, The African was hailed by Africans and Americans cutting across socio-professional and racial backgrounds both in the … Read More
President George W. Bush writes to “The African”
In a heartwarming, surprise letter dated May 22, 2001, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, wrote to The African Magazine: Dear Soumanou Salifou, Thank you for your … Read More
On the information hunt
For almost two decades, The African has published hundreds of first-hand articles based, primarily, on on-the-field interviews with African and American political and business leaders, intellectuals, entertainers, artists and many … Read More
“The African” receives a great review in The Library Journal, a major U.S. publication
The African magazine was pleasantly surprised with the laudatory review we got in the August 1999 issue of The Library Journal, highly-regarded U.S. publication. Below is the full text of … Read More
About The African
Just as John H. Johnson in November 1942 founded Negro Digest (which later became Ebony) to fill the information vacuum about Afro-Americans in the United States, Soumanou Salifou, who came from Benin, West … Read More