Ambassador Erieka Bennett, a die-hard bridge-builder
BY USMAN MAMA At The African Magazine, we celebrate Black History Month with one foot in the past to honor giant Blacks of the past, and the other foot in … Read More
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African women to be honored during a high-profile Awards Gala dinner in New York
BY LISA FRENCH This year marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Fourth Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, when 189 countries signed an action plan aimed at …
Announcing Ambassador Erieka Bennett’s new book: Just Be: Aging Gracefully
In her third book, JUST BE: AGING GRACEFULLY, Ambassador Erieka Bennett seeks to impart wisdom she has gained in living life fully, unapologetically and magically for 65 years. With an … Read More
African Union Diaspora African Forum honors African bridge-builders
By Ed Arthur In a warm, African-style ceremony held on Monday August 4th in conjunction with the ongoing U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the African Union Diaspora African Forum honored two dozen African and …
Ambassador Erieka Bennett, a die-hard bridge-builder
By Usman Mama In an exclusive interview with this magazine in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on the heels of the May 29th, 1999 inauguration of then-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. … Read More
Welcome home to Africa
Whether our ancestors left Africa as pre-Columbian explorers or in chains against their will, they passed down to their progeny a love of the motherland that endures to this …