How The African Magazine came to life
BY KOSSI GBEDIGA The Fifth Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner in honor of then-South Africa’s president, President Mandela, held on October 6, 1994 in a major Washington hotel … Read More
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What the African people expect from President Obama’s second term
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
President Alassane Ouattara’s express bio
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
The rise and fall of Laurent Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo, who was a lightweight politician until October 2000, owes his rise to the presidency that year to a man that some in Cote d’Ivoire believe has died in …
Exclusive interview with Cote d’Ivoire’s president Laurent Gbagbo
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
Lagbaja, the entertainer without a face
BY JOHN MUKENDI It was one of the most exciting moments of my two-week stay this month in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire’s largest city. A local friend invited me to a … Read More
As President Obama takes us to the mountaintop
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
African American brothers’ broken promises
By Soumanou Salifou “Welcome Back to Africa, Marion Barry. Tell other African Americans that their motherland is waiting for them.” Thatwas the inscription on justone of many colorfulbanners welcoming formerWashington, D.C. …