BY EMILY CURY The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According to a July 2017 Pew survey, 48 percent of Muslims report experiencing at least one incident … Read More
BY TONY KWAME ANSAH, JR. The African diaspora may not realize it, but they are in a great position to collaborate and contribute to the motherland of Africa. With the … Read More
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BAT Evala, an initiation ritual, is a crucial stage in the growth of the young man in the Kabyè ethnic group in Togo, West Africa. In the Kozah … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Despite losing to Canadian rising tennis star Bianca Andreescu this evening 3-6, 5-7 in the women’s final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Serena Williams, once the reigning champion … Read More
BY LISA FRENCH Her youthful look may not show it, but Alexandria Suarez is the mother of four children—ranging in age from 30 to 20 years—who juggled raising her children and … Read More
BY LOU SIFA Race has long influenced the core identity of many Americans. But, if race is a concept that is more “colorful” than expected, then the latest findings in genealogy … Read More
BY PETER SESAY Blacks have largely dominated the world of sports in almost every compartment over the ages. The long list of black sporting legends includes Jesse Owens, the four-time … Read More
BY HELEN CHEYNE It is a “notorious fact”, one so commonly accepted and obvious it requires no evidence to support it in a court of law, that every woman knows when … Read More
BY KOSSI GBEDIGA École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), EPFL, is arguably the European equivalent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This institution initially … Read More
BY JOHN MUKENDI Agapé Ngoma-Ibinga, 33, a Gospel singer credited with two albums, teaches singing techniques in an orphanage. But one could say that she came to music by chance, although … Read More
