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 Kofi Ayim The initial registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of the Ebola-raged West African countries ends May 20, 2015. This warning bell was sounded by Dr. John E. Thompson, District Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at an Ebola-Related Immigration Information Session organized by the office of Congressman […]
by Kwabena Opong Nigeria’s fledgling democracy took a turn for the best as the country’s ruling PDP led by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated in the just completed general elections on March 28. A four-time presidential candidate General Muhammad Buhari led his opposition APC to wrestle power from the PDP that had since 1999 […]
by Ben Alexander Sporting bright kente cloth of the same design as shown on the front cover of his book, author Kofi Ayim spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon at Newark’s Priory discussing “The Akan of Ghana” with an eager and receptive audience. In the course of his presentation Ayim urged attendees to know their cultural […]
by Kofi Ayim The Vice Presidential candidate of the largest opposition political party in Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu has remarked that an NPP government would prefer to borrow ideas from the best brains to resolve Ghana’s dire socio-economic situation instead of going aborrowing. Dr. Bawumia drove home this point at a get-together with the New Jersey […]
by Kwabena Opong Nigeria’s fledgling democracy took a turn for the best as the country’s ruling PDP led by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated in the just completed general elections on March 28. A four-time presidential candidate General Muhammad Buhari led his opposition APC to wrestle power from the PDP that had since 1999 […]
by Kofi Ayim Amoako Buachie was born autistic in Brooklyn to Ghanaian parents some 23 years ago. A self-taught talented artist, Amoako Buachie graduated from a special program at Public School 370 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. His first major work, a watercolor painting called My friend Andre in honor of his close friend, won the […]
By Ben Alexander Four years ago, Kofi Ayim published Jack Cudjo, in which he pieced together the life of a once-enslaved man from Africa who fought in the American Revolutionary War and then established himself as an entrepreneur in the city of Newark. In that book, Ayim traced Jack Cudjo’s lineage to the Akan of […]
by Kwabena Opong Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party hit the streets of the nation’s capital February 18 with a massive demonstration against the ongoing energy crisis in some parts of Ghana. Led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the party’s flag bearer for the 2016 presidential elections accompanied by his running mate […]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was on Friday January 30, elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Mugabe took the rotating chairmanship of the pan-African bloc at the opening of the 24th AU summit at the AU Headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Mugabe took over from Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, […]
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria is postponing presidential and legislative elections until March 28 because security forces fighting Boko Haram extremists cannot ensure voters’ safety around the country, the electoral commission announced Saturday in a decision likely to infuriate the opposition. Officials in President Goodluck Jonathan’s government have been calling for weeks for the postponement, saying […]