Obama’s 2012 Acceptance Speech
OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting […]
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Obama Never Saved Africa
Three years after Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, many Africans have fallen out of love with the […]
Congolese Doctor Who Worked With Rape Victims Survives Murder Attempt
Denis Mukwege, who was nominated for Nobel peace prize, gave speech to UN last month denouncing mass rape in Congo\ A Congolese gynaecologist known for his work with victims of […]
Somali Journalists Are Dying From Corruption As Much As Conflict
Yesterday, my dear friend and mentor alerted me to this article after listening to an interview on National Public Radio. Award-winning Somali journalist and filmmaker Jamal Osman talked with host […]
Straight Talk And Free Food At Ghana’s Pastor School
Religious stories always catch my eye, especially when they relate to Africa or the African diaspora. So when my gaze caught the headline “Straight talk and free food at Ghana’s […]
Njideka Akunyili: A Nigerian Visual Artist
“My art addresses my internal tension between my deep love for Nigeria, my country of birth, and my strong appreciation for Western culture, which has profoundly influenced both my life […]
Silicon Valley on the Nile?
A friend of mine, Lauren Bohn, wrote an excellent piece about the emergence of high tech startups in Cairo, Egypt. In her usual reportorial style, Lauren weaves a wonderful narrative […]
Dearest Fela
I would if I could hike the rungs of the tallest ladder. Heaven bound. There, leaning against the pearly gates, saxophone strapped ‘round his neck, joint smoldering between his fingers, […]
African Emperor Is The Richest Man Ever
The first time I heard about Mansa Musa, I was an undergraduate student. At Georgia State University, I “double majored” in journalism and anthropology. In my anthropology classes, I learned […]
No African Leader Worthy Enough?
For the third time in its six year history, the annual Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was awarded to….(drum roll)…. no one. Folks are tweeting and blogging about it. […]
The Rise Of African-Based Religions In America
The placement of fallen fragments of coconut helped William Jones decide on whether or not to go to graduate school. The Yoruba priest that Jones […]
Cemetery Of African Slaves Honored In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Wearing full-skirted white dresses and turbans, the religious leaders chanted blessings and sprinkled water on the concrete floor of a modest house near this city’s […]
South Africa Has A Black ‘Idol’
JOHANNESBURG — When Khaya Mthethwa breathed out the last notes of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass,” a song he had heard for the first time that same day, the judges […]
Don’t Call Me ‘Aje Butter,’ Call Me Chikaodinaka Oduah!
I no sabi twist ma lips and tongue to say “ogogoro” or “kakaraka.” Pidgin bin no dey around me where dem born me, when I bin dey grow. So you […]
An Uncertain Future For Blacks In Post-Gadhafi Libya
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council called for the National Transitional Council of Libya to protect all foreign workers, “including African migrant workers,” at a meeting held Thursday. Black […]
‘Concerned Black Men’ Put Fatherhood First
I recently joined a White House press call with representatives of the Obama administration. The topic of discussion was the recent grant awards to programs that support healthy fatherhood and […]
Hour Of Death…
I do not support the death penalty. I don’t know. I just don’t get it. I don’t understand killing someone in the name of justice. Call me naive, but I […]
Fashion Forward
Two weeks ago, I relocated. Leaving Atlanta, my family, and all the familiar surroundings of my childhood, I drove up north for about 13 hours. Destination: New York City. So, […]
Money Answers All Things
Recently, I engaged in an interesting conversation with a friend pertaining to racism and how to get rid of it once and for all. Chomping sweet barbequed morsels of baked […]
Nigeria: Presidential Debate 2011
On March 25, 2011 an unprecedented event took place in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A youth focus-focused presidential debate aired live in Nigeria. Chimamanda Adichie moderated the debate. I […]
It’s too good to be here
Since leaving Kenya in September 2010, I’ve been itching to get back on the continent. I’ve been spending countless hours a day browsing on the Web for opportunities to report […]
1st Annual Young African Leadership Conference
Africa is on the verge of great change…with youth as catalysts. Fortunately, Africans in the diaspora are playing a vital role in the change. On February 26, a group of […]
On My Bookshelf
A car salesman recommended that I read Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa and I’ve been reading it, or trying to, ever since I bought it on Amazon.com in mid-2010. […]
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Do you remember the poem/song by the slim light-skinned, curly-haired brother named Gil Scott-Heron called The Revolution Will Not Be Televised? Who can forget the lines of that poem: You […]
Raising Africa’s Future Leaders
I recently learned about the African Leadership Academy and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Here is a world class secondary boarding school in South Africa that admits […]
Kate Menson, a Ghanaian beauty
Behold the beauty of Kate Menson (I’ve also seen her last name spelled as “Mensah”) — my favorite African model right now. This fierce, angular-faced art of a woman is […]
