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."
On April 1st and 2nd in New York City, an impressive group of creatives within the music and arts industry of Africa and the Diaspora met on the campuses of City College and Columbia University for the 41st Annual NYASA Conference. NYASA (The New York African Studies Association), was founded in 1967 and is a […]
We thought Prosper Bani, Ghana’s new minister of the interior would recant his inadvertent exposure of the Electoral Commission that went awry. He has still not apologized to the good people of Ghana. We are not aware if he has apologized to his boss and his party. NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketiah and National Organizer […]
by Kofi Ayim Dr. A. Zachary Yamba, who retired about six years ago after thirty years as President of Essex County College, has been recalled to take the helm of the college. Dr. Yamba has been given a 90-day mandate by the Board of Trustees of one of the most enrolled County Colleges in New […]
By Mike Mcphate As a Long Island high school student checked her phone for the results of her college admissions applications, she was overcome by disbelief. One by one, each relayed the same news: Harvard. Yes. Dartmouth. Yes. Princeton. Yes. The University of Pennsylvania. Yes. Cornell, Yale, Columbia, Brown: yes, yes, yes, yes. It was […]
By Kofi Ayim The story of Africa and the West has always been predominantly told by the West, and impressions created in these stories have been imprinted, and even altered the thought-patterns of many. This observation was made by Professor Kofi Asare Opoku to a class of students at the Drew University, Madison, New Jersey […]
10. India Official gold holdings: 557.7 tonnes Percent of foreign reserves in gold: 5.4% 9. Netherlands Official gold holdings: 612.5 tonnes Percent of foreign reserves in gold: 54.6% 8. Japan Official gold holdings: 765.2 tonnes Percent of foreign reserves in gold: 2.1% 7. Switzerland Official gold holdings: 1040.0 tonnes Percent of foreign reserves in gold: […]
by Lily Kuo The University of Cambridge has removed and may return to Nigeria a bronze statue of a cockerel that was stolen during a violent British raid in the late 19th century. In response to calls from students, the British university’s Jesus College took down the statue, better known as “okukor.” The statue has […]
The seed of what is now known as Black History Month was planted in the doctoral thesis of Carter G. Woodson, a noted scholar, author, and co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The son of former slaves, Woodson received a Ph.D. in 1912 from Harvard University, where he studied […]
By Uchenna Ekwo Unknown to many admirers of the United States is the fact that the country’s democracy faces unprecedented crisis, gridlock, and stalemate. Nothing exemplifies the venomous division and toxicity in the politics of the country than the vitriolic utterances and intransigence of political leaders following the passing of US Supreme Court Justice, Antonin […]
When a Chinese clothing company swooped in and offered to sponsor Kenya’s famed runners, Nike panicked, Kenyan officials say. “Can we talk about the situation?” a Nike executive wrote to a Kenyan official after hearing the news that the Kenyans wanted to end their deal with Nike. “You and I go back a long way.” […]