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."
Too many degrees are a waste of money. The return on higher education would be much better if college were cheaper WHEN LaTisha Styles graduated from Kennesaw State University in Georgia in 2006 she had $35,000 of student debt. This obligation would have been easy to discharge if her Spanish degree had helped her land […]
The sheer volume of data sucked out of us every minute is creating a digital duplicate of our lives that can be exploited by the nefarious. Follow an NBC News reporter through one day in his life to see how much and how often he unknowingly leaks data. By Bob Sullivan Cell phones tell stores […]
You already know milk does a body good. But new research shows that dairy may be especially great for your knees. Drinking fat-free or low-fat milk slows the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in women, according to new findings published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research. Researchers recruited 2,148 participants with knee osteoarthritis and […]
By: Dr. Peter Ikre The landmark legislation was signed into law on the 23rd of March, 2010 by the first black president of the U. S., Barack Hussein Obama. The event climaxed many years of efforts by previous administrations to establish a health insurance framework that took into consideration the interests of teeming millions of […]
By David Longworth, MD You just waited two hours for a doctor who’s running late. Once in the office, the doctor zips through a jargon-filled speech, orders a test, writes a prescription and sends you on your way. You leave in a cloud of confusion, realizing that you never even asked a question. Don’t accept […]
Kate Shuttleworth, Dimona, Israel The so-called African Hebrews in Jerusalem have struggled to gain acceptance in Israeli society despite the fact that many of them were born in the country. Some of their customs and practices are frowned upon. Sitting in a shared community space in Dimona, a central Israeli city in the middle of […]
By Kwabena Opong President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on February 24 signed into law an anti-gay bill recently passed by the East African country’s law makers and President Barack Obama is riled. The bill comes in the wake of similar laws that were passed in Nigeria and Cameroon Republic among other African countries, as well […]
My name is Dosso Kassimou and I am a modern-day Newarker, who respects the history and traditions of this great city. I migrated to the U.S. from Africa like so many others. However, I am committed to contributing to the transformation of Newark for all its citizens. I am a community organizer and leader who […]
When members of a community are mobilized to pursue a common goal with determination and work collaboratively with the full participation of all – only the sky is the limit. That is the message we should remember from the great success that characterized the third edition of the Festival International Soninke (FISO), which took place […]
As the first country in West Africa to become independent, Ghana has achieved political stability and a democratic form of government in the 57 years since it broke away from British rule. The natural resources found in Ghana include some of the world’s richest sources of precious metals and crude oil. The country is poised […]