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."
by J. Dana Stuster During his imprisonment on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela found inspiration in what has come to be one of the most hackneyed poems in the English language. Mandela is hardly alone in his admiration for the Victorian-era poem ‘Invictus’ — other fans included John F. Kennedy and Timothy McVeigh — and Mandela […]
by Evelyn Latse, Esq. It is no news that the U.S. housing market has suffered a devastating decline in the past few years. One of the most hard-hit segments of the housing crash is the immigrant population. From lack of information to a lack of understanding of the U.S. housing market, many immigrants find themselves […]
by: Dr. Peter Ikre This piece marks the culmination of a 3-part series on the audit or examination procedure of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) designed to sensitize taxpayers (individuals and businesses) to the need for scrupulous preparation toward the yearly tax filing exercise. It is pointless attracting the attention of the IRS due to […]
Andy Kiersz, Business Insider Some jobs intrinsically have more health risks than others. A nurse working in a hospital is far more likely to catch an infectious disease than a lawyer working in an office. To rank the most unhealthy jobs in America, we used data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a U.S. Department […]
The centenary Symposium on Rev. Theo Opoku was held October 28 -29 2013, at the University of Ghana, Legon. The event was a collaborative effort of the Department of Archaelogy and Heritage Studies, the Insttitute of African Studies, and the Department of History. The Rev. Theophilus Opoku was the first African to be ordained by […]
By Kofi Ayim Mr. Dosso Kassimou, Chair of the African Commission, City of Newark is running for Councilman-at-Large. The affable and conspicuous community leader known in the corridors of Newark’s City Hall is the first African immigrant in recent history in Newark to contest a City Hall position. Mr. Kassimou said he wants to help […]
Story and Photos by E. Obiri Addo “Africa always springs surprises” (Ex Africa simper Aliquid novi), so wrote the Roman historian Pliny the Elder. But these surprises seem to be almost always negative. The challenge to Africans now is to create `positive surprises’” Commander Justice Aduhene-Benieh of the Ghana Police made this observation during a […]
By Kofi Ayim, Mampong Akwapim, Ghana About thirty five New York University (NYU) students on an exchange program in Ghana, indubitably fell in love with Ananse Village, a 3-acre farmland tucked 35 miles away from Accra. Ananse, is the Akan name for Spider, a notorious wiseacre creature in Akan mythology. The Ananse Village, carved out […]
Alhaji Chireh Ibrahim Adams, chief of the Busanga community in New Jersey was formally introduced to the Newark Municipal Council at the City Hall September 18, 2013. Chireh Ibrahim Adams who is also a member of the African Commission of the City of Newark is credited with the renaming of Victoria Street to Ghanaian Way. […]
By Kwabena Opong John Osae Kwapong, Director of Planning and Research at Columbia University said on Sunday, September 22 that the pending Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill must ensure the promise of higher education for undocumented immigrants. He noted that higher education may not be a guarantee for a job, but it definitely ensures the promise […]