Former Johnson Publishing Company tower being considered for landmark status

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent announcement by the Chicago mayor’s office that the city’s Commission on Landmarks had begun the formal process of reviewing the tower that once served as … Read More

Grudge over the killing of Muammar Gaddafi

BY LOU SIFA People across Africa are disappointed—some outraged—by the Obama administration’s contribution to the killing of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on October 20, 2011 during the final battle … Read More

President Trump? The gods must be crazy!

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Founder & Publisher of “The African” Bleeding heavily everywhere from self-inflicted wounds of proven women’s groping and blatant racist statements, and limping all the way to the … Read More

“The African” receives a great review in The Library Journal, a major U.S. publication

The African magazine was pleasantly surprised with the laudatory review we got in the August 1999 issue of The Library Journal, highly-regarded U.S. publication. Below is the full text of … Read More