In Africa, Trump’s ‘America first’ equals ‘China first’
BY ALAN GREEN For very many years, and especially over the past decade, China has been especially aggressive in its pursuit of trade and investment deals in Africa, and has … Read More
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Cotonou mayor’s suspension for “grave faults” causes stir
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The two-month suspension of Cotonou mayor Lehady Soglo due to “grave faults” moments after he was audited on Friday by his superior, the “prefet” of the Littoral … 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
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