The African Magazine provides first-hand information about U.S.-Africa relations in politics, economy, and relations between Africa and black America, and the black Diaspora,
By Blame Ekoue The death toll from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak has reached 8,429 with 21,296 cases so far, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report. However, … 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 Samir Salifou Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa has followed a slow, arduous and sometimes painful path. After achieving independence in the 1960s, most African states have not fully transitioned to … Read More
By Sam Salifou Our country has had great and not-so-great presidents. Typical of our diverse society where out of many we make one, there is really no consensus over who … Read More
In a continent-wide survey, The African’s contributors Ruth Aine Tindyebwa, Amadou Ba and Peter Mahundi put this question to Africans from all walks of life: What, specifically, do you think … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Alassane Ouattara was born in 1942 in Dimbokro, northern Cote d’Ivoire. He earned his High School Diploma at age 20 in Ouagadougou, the capital of then-Upper … Read More
Newly inaugurated as president of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, who was a victim of a poisonous law that barred him from power — and indeed from home for years — vows … Read More
Compiled by Lou Sifa The First Lady of Cote d’Ivoire, Simone Gbagbo, was born on June 20, 1949. A former researcher at the University of Abidjan, she is now involved … Read More
By Soumanou Salifou It was Saturday mid-afternoon, but it looked quite like a weekday at President Laurent Gbagbo’s office. Visitors, including some foreigners like me, were waiting patiently to … Read More
BY LOU SIFA The First Lady of Cote d’Ivoire, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, was on a private visit to the United States from January 28 to February 5. The primary objective … Read More
