Virgin Music Label & Artist Services In An Africa Launch

AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, has announced the launch of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services in Africa. Virgin Music Label & Artist Services Africa is the latest division of UMG’s global network to launch operations, dedicated to delivering premium […]

Ryanair In Racial-Tainted Mess After Afrikaans debacle

AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. South African travelers have accused low-cost airline Ryanair of racial discrimination for making them take a general knowledge test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality before allowing them to board flights in the UK and Europe. Several UK and local news sites, including Sky News, […]

Why African And Black Refugees are Less Welcomed Than Others

AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. A pop-up memorial in The Hague for those lives lost crossing into Europe. Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images By Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi The world is accustomed to the stereotypical face of the refugee. The well-worn tropes of the Black or Brown face from […]

As Saint Louis Jazz Festival Returns To Senegal

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] Hundreds of music lovers from around the world flocked […]

New Faces Of African Poetry – Mpofu & Jama

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] Judges praised the Zimbabwean writer, whose lyrical poems they […]

UK/Rwanda Asylum Plans Raise Four Red Flags

AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. British Home Secretary Priti Patel (left), and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, seal asylum seeker deal with a handshake. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to offload its responsibility […]