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 Kwabena Opong Odupon Atutu; the great Iroko tree has fallen. The Akans of Ghana and the Igbo of Nigeria liken great personalities to great trees. Great trees like Odum or Iroko are hard wood with strong roots; they grow to great heights and stand proudly greeting the sky every day of their existence. Neither […]
By Bruce Wallace Photography by Peter Murphy Any Drew student who has taken a class with Ebenezer Obiri Addo G’88,’94 knows about his favorite West African proverbs. On a Tuesday evening last spring semester, he reminded the students in his “Modern Sub-Saharan Africa” class about one of them. The students had been discussing the impact […]
By Uchenna Ekwo The aftermath of the recent political dysfunction in Washington orchestrated by Texas junior Senator Ted Cruz is reverberating beyond the shores of the United States as Nigerians pile on the Republican senator for comments largely viewed as disparaging of that country’s reputation. In a statement in Washington, Nigeria’s top diplomat in the […]
By Amandla The King of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on the government of Ghana to decentralize some sectors of the economy. This, he believes would optimize productivity and enhance efficiency. The King made this observation at a durbar held in his honor at the Renaissance […]
At a ceremony attended by faculty, former faculty, students, former students of Essex County College at Newark, NJ and a cross section of society, the President-Emeritus of New Jersey’s largest county college, A. Zachary Yamba was immortalized with the naming of the college’s superstructure after him. In her opening remarks, the interim president of the […]
Against a backdrop of well-armed security personnel, the nine-member Supreme Court panel that heard New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) petition to invalidate the election of John Dramani Mahama, delivered judgment on August 29 upholding National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) John Mahama. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the NPP in his acceptance of the verdict said he […]
By Kofi Ayim Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, a law professor at Seton Hall University, New Jersey has highlighted the need for attorneys of African descent practicing in the US to look toward home and foster collaboration with their counterparts in light of the new African renaissance. Professor Prempeh was the keynote speaker at the first […]
A rare blend of African and Islamic cultures at the Gauchos Gym in the Bronx went on show July 6 at the celebration of the coronation of Alhaji Abubakar Bala Brimah – aka Bala Soldier – as the Sarkin Zongo or the paramount chief of the Zongo communities of Ghana in North America. The Zongo […]
By Kwabena Opong On 16 June 1976, Apartheid South African police responding with teargas and live bullets killed several students who went out to demonstrate against the introduction of Afrikaans as the main medium of instruction in the country’s schools. The day is celebrated now as Youth day in South African. It is also a […]
By Kofi Ayim The insurgence of Islamic radicals and militants that infiltrated and invaded northern Mali has brought untold hardships to citizens, the depth of which the world is yet to fully understand. The invasion of January 2012 with highly sophisticated weaponry from Libya and elsewhere included the Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), […]