In June 2015, a coalition of six Pan-African activist networks launched #StoptheBleeding Africa (http://stopthebleedingafrica.org/faqs/) in Nairobi, Kenya to curb the hemorrhage of resources from the African continent. As the #BlackLivesMatter Read More..
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Politics of Death – France in CAR and Mali
The so-called war on terror has provided a new justification for French military intervention in Africa. That explains the opposite outcomes of Paris’s recent interventions in the Central African Republic Read More..
Amiral Cabral on the African and Black American Experience
The late writer, activist, and nationalist thinker Amiral Cabral once met with a room full of 30 organizations representing black groups in the United States. What ensued was an open and Read More..
With John Obi Mikel’s Help Nigeria’s “Dream Team” Made it to Rio and Won a Bronze Medal
John Obi Mikel is a 29-year-old Nigerian professional footballer known as “Chelsea’s man”— a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Nigeria national team. Since the recent Rio Olympics, a Read More..
14-Year-Old Girl Makes History as Ghana’s First Olympic Swimmer
Fourteen-year-old Kaya Adwoa Forson is making history as Ghana’s first representative for swimming at the summer Rio Olympic Games. Forson will compete in the women’s 200m freestyle swimming. As young as Forson Read More..
Cultural Ethics and Education in Nigeria
My first few days as a graduate student in America were torrid ones. I found that it was expected of me a graduate student to have knowledge of quite a Read More..