Reports and interviews about historical and contemporary relations between Africans and African Americans in the areas of culture, business, civil rights, and entertainment.
BY LOU SIFA The inspiring story of Hadeejah Salifou, an illiterate, now-95-year-old woman from rural southern Benin who challenged a deep-rooted tradition to get her way, epitomizes the fighting spirit … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARSENE KASSEGNE Despite being a Republic, Benin is a country with a strong royal tradition. Probably every community boasts kings or other traditional chiefs. While … Read More
BY LOU SIFA IMAGES BY ARSENE KASSEGNE Bracing the biting dry heat and the stubborn thin dust of the Harmattan season, a colorful and vibrant crowd of royalties from around … Read More
BY USMAN MAMA PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARSENE KASSEGNE Cana, today a regular village with a population of ten thousand people located on both sides of the Benin-Niger interstate highway 87 miles … Read More
BY PETER SESAY In the very first presidential debate and several times thereafter, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first serious woman candidate for the presidency of the United … Read More
BY LOU SIFA Truth be told, I don’t remember how many times I mechanically turned off my tv during the final match of the Australian Open women’s single this morning, … Read More
BY JULIUS A. AMIN Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old when he was assassinated. Schools, streets and children are named in his honour in Africa. In America, he … Read More
BY LOU SIFA January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national holiday in the United States to celebrate the memory of the iconic civil rights leader who was … Read More
BY BILL O’BOYLE WILKES-BARRE —What’s in a name? Everything, that’s what. Just ask Kwaku King Adjei-Frimpong. We’ll call him King because that’s the name he uses. King, 29, is the … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Black American actress, comedian, singer, social critic and television personality Whoopi Goldberg recently re-ignited the depressing debate about black Americans who don’t like to be identified as African … Read More
