The African magazine publisher Soumanou Salifou gives his takes on developments relative to African and African Americans politics, business, culture, and entertainment.
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Just minutes ago, the U.S. House of Representatives now led by a Democratic majority overwhelmingly passed an anti-hate resolution triggered by statements made over the past two … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Ever since our democracy tripped on 9 November 2016 and a racist, insecure, vulgar and ignorant bigot, after bleeding from self-inflicted wounds of proven women’s groping and … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU I was inspired the following remarks by an article published in the issue #6805 of the daily Beninese newspaper La Nation dated Monday, 21 July, an article … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In the wee hours of November 9, 2016 our democracy tripped, and a man with dangerous behaviors and frightful ideas claimed victory. Today, the proclaimed winner, a … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Founder & Publisher of “The African” Bleeding heavily everywhere from self-inflicted wounds of proven women’s groping and blatant racist statements, and limping all the way to the … Read More
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
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
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
By Soumanou Salifou In the African culture in which I was born, raised and nurtured, the death of a person, regardless of his/her age, is always a sad occurrence. Like … Read More
By Soumanou Salifou Thirty years ago this August 27, I landed at John F. Kennedy airport in New York as a prospective student in one of America’s most prestigious institutions … Read More
