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 Without a doubt, Wailers, the reggae band that propelled the unique music associated with the island of Jamaica unto the international scene is alive and kicking. And the legacy of its premier leader and reggae king Robert Nesta Marley (a.ka.a. Bob Marley) lives on. The reconstituted Wailers, led by Aston Barrett, (appropriately […]
by Kwabena Opong Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice-presidential candidate for Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) averred that Ghana would be better off without political insults. “Our political discourse is too noisy, laden with insults and too personal,” he said. The famed economist and former deputy governor of Bank of Ghana made this known […]
By Uchenna Ekwo “This is the third time I have cried as an adult” says the 60 year old immediate past President of Pan African Parliament, Dr. Moussa Idriss Ndele who was overwhelmed by emotion while responding to tributes by his colleagues after presenting his activity report of the second parliament in Midrand, South […]
By Francisco Bozzano-Barnes Technology, stories that cross borders and growing audiences are three essential points that will catalyze the diaspora media. Sheila Coronel, Director, Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, and Columbia University told her audience at the Conference on Media and Democratic Governance in Newark, New Jersey that transnational journalism holds […]
In the Bronx’s Morrisania and neighboring areas, the sight of giant shipping containers parked on the street has triggered the ire of some residents, who call the 40-foot trailers a “dangerous eyesore” and have asked the police to have them towed away, reported DNAinfo‘s Patrick Wall. Local West African immigrants use the containers as a […]
Pan-Africanism evokes the names and memories of such great Africans as Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere, alongside others in Africa. On the other side of the Atlantic in the Americas, such names as W.E.B. du Bois in the U.S. and George Padmore, Marcus Garvey and Dudley Thompson among several others are […]
By Kwabena Opong The City of Newark and its African Commission joined the Sierra Leonean community to host a flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the independence of Sierra Leone from the United Kingdom. The event also celebrated the contributions of the Sierra Leonean community to Newark at a ceremony held in the […]
By Kwabena Opong Bronx, NY, Sunday, April 22: Alhaji Ibrahim Adams was on this day installed as the King (chief) of Busanga People or Bisa in the State of New Jersey/USA in a simple but elaborate ceremony steeped in the Islamic religion and Busanga tradition. According to Alhaji Mohammed Mardah, former Executive Secretary General of […]
By Kwabena Opong Nima Police Station in Accra, Ghana’s capital won an award as the best police station in Africa following a program initiated by the Altus Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW). The award was received on behalf of the station by the District Commander of Nima Police, Police Superintendent Justice Anthony Aduhene-Benieh. Prior […]
By Pamela Appea A conference on Women & Social Change in Emerging Democracies was held in New York on March 29th at the Beekman Towers in Manhattan. Sponsored by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA); Eng. Aja Eze Foundation; and the Center for Media & Peace Initiatives, the event was attended by […]