Mali Elections are Scheduled for July 28
AllAfrica.com is reporting that Mali has scheduled elections for July 28, 2013. Mali has been in a state of turmoil since...
Jonathan Butler: South African Legend Talks Youth and Jazz
When Jonathan Butler was growing up in South Africa, the thought of him becoming a jazz musician during the Apartheid era...
Atlanta Negotiating With Historic Churches to Keep NFL Downtown
Ron Allen of NBC News is reporting that the city of Atlanta is negotiating with two historic churches in the city...
Pope Francis Publicly Addresses Sex Abuse in Catholic Church
According to the BBC, Pope Francis addressed for the first time in public the topic of sex abuse within the Church,...
Tunisian Rapper Sentenced to Jail for Anti-Cop Lyrics
NSFW (Not Safe for Work - pas sûr pour le travail)
Reuters is reporting that a Tunisian court has sentenced a rap...
President Obama Meets First Black Miss Israel
Daniel Estrin of PRI's The World is reporting that during President Obama's visit to Israel, the United States' first black president...
VIDEO: Chinua Achebe Discusses Colonization and Africa
African literary legend Chinua Achebe died last week at the age of 82. While re-reading, re-imagining and revisiting his work, we...
Blacks in Cuba Are Still Waiting for the Revolution
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Afro-Cuban Roberto Zurbano discusses the ongoing struggle with being black in Cuba. In...
Akosua Report: Stephanie Mills
“I've been up and I've been down
, until you helped me put my feet on solid ground
; I've been rich and...
Chinua Achebe: African Literary Giant Dies at 82
Jonathan Kandell of the New York Times is reporting that literary great Chinua Achebe has died after a brief illness. Kandell...
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