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AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. The House of Eve By Sadeqa Johnson From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice […]
Samson Arega: Face of Ethiopian Airlines in The Americas
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. On the sideline of the last US-Africa Summit in Washington DC in December was a visit to offices of Ethiopian Airlines in North America. At the helm of affairs is Samson Arega, a young airline executive who serves as the […]
South Africans Outraged At a $57 million Deal Between Tourism Board and English Soccer Team
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa South African stakeholders have attacked moves by the South African government, through the department of SA Tourism (SAT), which is the verge of sealing a deal worth more than $57 million USD (Rands 1 billion) to sponsor […]
Tourism: US Treasury Secretary Yellen Draws Fresh Attention To Africa’s One-time Slave- trading post
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit recently thus attracting attention to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of […]
‘Senegality’ of Jollof Rice: Who Really Invented Jollof Rice?
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] Jollof rice (called Ceebu jën in Senegal according to […]
Remembrance of the Larger-than-life Story of Vogue’s Iconic André Leon Talley
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] André Leon Talley, the former American Vogue creative director […]
Regional Trade Agreement: Integrated African Economies Likely To Lead more Intra-African Migration Trends
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Most African migration is to economic hubs on the continent, a pattern that can be expected to continue as regional economies become more integrated. African Migration Will Continue to be Dynamic African migration has been on a steady upward trajectory for the past two decades. […]