BY JIBRIL TURE President Ouattara has won Sunday’s presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire. He received 84 percent of the votes, against 9 percent for the second-place finisher, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, … 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 Before I took advantage of a high-profile, glamorous event held at the Washington, D.C. Sheraton hotel on October 6, 1994 to launch The African Magazine, a publication … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent peaceful political transition in Nigeria has been extensively discussed, so let me not beat a dead horse. But President Buhari is in Washington this week, … Read More
Soumanou Salifou, a former award-winning reporter at the Washington-based Voice of America (the U.S. Government radio station that broadcasts to the rest of the world), made history by founding The African, … Read More
BY RICHARD KUMBA One has to be a die-hard optimist and extremely kind-hearted to make it one’s business to inspire others, put a smile on every face, and turn negatives … Read More
By Soumanou Salifou The adoption in New York on Monday of a political declaration by government officials confirming their commitment to achieve gender equality by 2030 is viewed as weak … Read More
By Kossi Gbêdiga The celebration of black history during the month of February involves, among other things, honoring the legacies of influential black men and women, the likes of Marcus … 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 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
