South Africa Solidifies Relationship with Eritrea
IOL News is reporting that South Africa and Eritrea are moving ahead with solidifying ties between the two countries. South Africa's...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is A Short Walk to the Oscars
Based on an autobiography of the same name, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom chronicles familial and historic events in the life...
Mixed-Race Miss France Gets Racist Threats on Social Media
The Voice (UK) is reporting that the 2014 Miss France Flora Coquerel, 19, has been receiving racist threats via social media...
Akosua Report: Joel Augustus Rogers
"Intellect, whether of civilized or uncivilized humanity, as you know, sir, is elastic in quality. That is, primitive man when transplanted...
MusikBi: Africa’s First Music Download Service Launches
The Guardian is reporting Africa’s first homegrown platform for legal music downloads has launched in Senegal with a mission to promote...
Tunisia: Raja Amari’s ‘She Had a Dream’ Doc Premieres on AfroPoP
The documentary She Had A Dream by Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari premieres on AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange series tonight at 8...
The Burton Wire’s Top News Stories of 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, The Burton Wire brings you our top news stories from the African Diaspora in 2013....
African Trade Disrupted by Russian Invasion of Ukraine
On February 24th, 2022, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, launched a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country of Ukraine. The conflict has...
Holiday Gifts That Give Back
Writing for The Root, TheBurtonWire.com's Editor-in-Chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. offers some examples of six groups that are working to make...
First Afro Latino Festival of New York Held in Brooklyn
On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the first Afro Latino Festival of New York: Listen to the Echo of the Drums in...
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