Liberia: Wireless Internet Connectivity on the Horizon
Roland Perry of AllAfrica.com is reporting that Liberia's Finance Minister Amara S. Konneh has challenged the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and the Liberia...
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 University of New...
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 University of New...
African Cup of Nations: What Superbowl?
by Nsenga K. Burton
While the free world is fixated on Superbowl XLVII, another major sporting event is taking place -- the Africa Cup of...
Nigeria: Boko Haram Camps Attacked; 17 Dead
BBC Africa is reporting that Nigeria's military has killed 17 insurgents in an attack on two training camps belonging to the Boko Haram Islamist...
Akosua Report: Arthur Ashe
by Akosua Lowery
“…historians had underestimated the socio-historical impact of the black athlete in black American life. But the truth is that the psychic value...
Mali Takes Back Hombori from Islamist Rebels
BBC Africais reporting that Malian and French troops have retaken the town of Hombori, officials say, as they continue their campaign to regain control...
Akosua Report: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
by Akosua Lowery
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
“History must restore what slavery took away from the Negro, his glorious past to act as stimulation for inspiration for...
Liberia: Prosecutors Want Taylor Prison Term Lengthened
AllAfrica.com is reporting that prosecutors at the ongoing appeal hearing of ex-president Charles Taylor have asked judges of the UN backed Special Court for...
Remembering Paul Robeson: The Emperor Jones
by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
If you're familiar with the term, "Renaissance Man," then the name Paul Robeson is not news to you. The son...
