Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
A Sermon by Dr. Kofi A. Boateng To answer the question whether racism is biblical, we shall take the question apart. We shall not engage in an intellectual exercise but empower ourselves to cause social change and mutual acceptance. May the Holy Spirit guide me to convey the essential message He wants to teach us. […]
Two UN agencies on Saturday called on the Somali government to commit to ending female genital mutilation (FGM) by passing a law that eliminates the practice. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) called on the government to revive efforts for passage of the FGM Bill which has been stuck in […]
Germany’s Africa policy was meant to promote investment and create prosperity for Africans. Then came COVID, and the economy plummeted. Now two key architects of the policy are leaving. DANIEL PELZ An important date was missing from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calendar last year — the annual summit with African Heads of States and Germany’s […]
On the website of a British newspaper earlier this month, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda warned the U.S. and Europe of playing political economics with vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic. In a “justice delayed is justice denied” paradigm, the Rwandan strongman warned that delaying access of poorer countries to the vaccine would not only delay international […]
The City of London Corporation voted on Thursday to remove the statues of two 17th and 18th century figures because they had accrued wealth from slavery. The local authority that runs London’s historic financial district is to remove the statues of two British colonial-era politicians over their links to the slave trade. The City of […]
AYODELE JOHNSON The most populous city in Africa is also one of its most vulnerable to sea level rise and floods. To stay afloat, everything from its architecture to its transport may have to change. Navigating the thronging streets of Lagos, Nigeria, is a challenge at the best of times. But during the rainy seasons, […]
SALEM SOLOMONAs the United States marked the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris — the first woman, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office — other lawmakers with foreign roots are breaking barriers across the country. Among them is Representative Esther Agbaje of Minnesota, who this […]
ABU MUBARIK Maggie Wakori Mukei started her career as a receptionist after completing a diploma in Professional Computing and Information Technology (PCIT). Three years later, she quit her job, got married, and started a business in Nairobi with her husband. Since then, “we have explored so many things from selling fresh fruit to cereals, confectionery, […]
MARTINA SCHWIKOWSKI Research has shown that inequality in access to land is increasing across the African continent. Experts are calling for more rules and controls on the sale of land to counteract poverty. A lucrative building boom for some people on Kenya’s coastal regions is causing great suffering for many fisherfolk. In Tudor, the northern […]
The late Newark City historian and Director of Special Collections at Newark Public Library, Charles F. Cummings researched Newark’s Jack Cudjo’s life for over twenty years and concluded that his other name Banquante was either of African or Caribbean origin. Elsewhere, Jack Cudjo was purported to have been named for an African‐Caribbean hero that was […]