China and Nigeria: $1.1 Billion Reasons to Pay Attention
The New York Times is reporting that China is offering Nigeria $1.1 billion in loans to help build airport terminals, a light...
Harry Belafonte Receives Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Legendary actor and activist Harry Belafonte, Jr., 87, received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rosa Parks
by Nsenga K. Burton
Writing for the Huffington Post, Dr. Jeanne Theoharis, professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City...
How Kenyan Olympic Skier Philip Boit Became an Icon
In a feature story for BBC News, Maddy Savage chronicles the friendship of Kenyan Olympic skier Philip Boit and Norwegian skiing...
Somi: Grammy-Nominated Int’l Artist Releases New Album Honoring Makeba
Grammy-nominated International Artist Somi has released a new album honoring legendary South African singer Miriam Makeba. The album is entitled Zenzile:...
Akosua Report: Charles Mingus
“I say, let my children have music. For God’s sake, rid this society of some of the noise so that those...
Oscar Pistorius: Appeals Court Finds Him Guilty of Murder
BBC News is reporting Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned...
Kenya: ICC Drops Charges Against Kenyatta’s Co-Accused
BBC Africa is reporting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) dropped charges against Francis Muthaura. Muthaura had been accused of crimes...
Ethiopia: Study Shows Ancient DNA from Eurasia
Rebecca Morrelle of BBC Africa is reporting 3,000 years ago there was a huge wave of migration from Eurasia into Africa....
Kenya: ICC Drops Charges Against Kenyatta's Co-Accused
BBC Africa is reporting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) dropped charges against Francis Muthaura. Muthaura had been accused of crimes...
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