How brother Charles Blow got it wrong about Minister Louis Farrakhan
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In an oped posted online on October 11 about the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, Charles M. Blow, a columnist for The New York Times … Read More
Category: Opinions
The African magazine is dedicated to publishing the opinions of African, African American and American opinion leaders about politics, business, culture, and entertainment.
Why the American democracy is the greatest despite the disturbing things some of our leaders say
BY LOU SIFA When announcing his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in New York on June 16, real estate mogul Donald Trump said with a straight face: “When … Read More
In hope Buhari inspires others
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent peaceful political transition in Nigeria has been extensively discussed, so let me not beat a dead horse. But President Buhari is in Washington this week, … Read More
Obamacare victory shows failure of Scalia’s conservative revolution
BY ROBERT SCHAPIRO By upholding a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in King v Burwell, a majority of the US Supreme Court demonstrated that while the conservative … Read More
The signs are clear: Our children’s children will end racism
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU According to recent statistics based on interviews conducted by reliable organizations—including the Associated Press—with Americans from all walks of life, anti-black racism has been on the rise … Read More
Treating Ebola has focused on the physical–but there will be mental scars, too
BY PROF. YUVAL NERIA Since its re-emergence in the summer of 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has ravaged communities, killed thousands, created fear, anxiety and distrust and, in … Read More
US soft power triumphs in probe of Sepp Blatter’s corrupt casino
BY DEREK SHEARER Soccer is truly the world’s sport. It is played and watched by more people across the globe than any other sport. Every four years, it is the center of … Read More
FIFA prosecution is worth it, even if the big fish get away
BY JOHN AFFLECK The fellow journalists I pitied most at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were the FIFA beat reporters. Charged with covering the governing body of the … Read More
How to rebalance Africa’s relationship with China
BY PROFESSOR BAMIDELE ADEKUNLE Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic ties with China have grown significantly this century. Beijing became the sub-continent’s biggest trading partner in 2009. But for sub-Saharan Africa to benefit fully from … Read More
Opening a new era in U.S.-Africa Relations
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In my customary Publisher’s Statement that appeared in the August 2003 issue of this magazine that I titled “French-Speaking Africa and France: an odd relationship,” I wrote … Read More