Nine-year Old David Balogun: A Case Study on Why American Schools Routinely Fail Highly Gifted Black Students
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Donna Ford Editor’s note: Amid numerous reports about how Black students lag behind others in educational achievement, occasionally you may hear about a young Black “prodigy” who got accepted into college at an early age. The latest example is David Balogun, a 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy who recently became the second-youngest […]
Uneasy Peace And Hush Envelop Post-Election Nigeria
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Special to The African Times/USA Nigeria’s recent Presidential and parliamentary elections February 25 had controversial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner and he is set to replace Muhammadu Buhari as President May 29th. According to the […]
Uber Eats Partners US Corporation to Fund Black-Owned Eateries and Restaurants
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Uber Eats are teaming up to launch a new investment program that will provide growth capital to Black restaurant owners and help break down some of the systemic financial barriers that often limit their opportunities. The Black Restaurant […]
How Pele Helped Cultivate a Culture of Diversity and Business in US Soccer Enjoyed Today in the American League
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By John M. Sloop North America’s most diverse professional league kicked off on Feb. 25, 2023, as Major League Soccer returns after a winter break. The league, commonly known as the MLS, has long prided itself as a standard-bearer for racial and national diversity: Last season saw players from […]
The Play ‘Fences’ A Powerful Depiction of the Struggles of Black Life In America… and South Africa
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] Fences on stage in Johannesburg. Fences/Joburg Theatre/JT Marketing By Merle […]
Ralph Lauren Takes Search For Black Models To Major Black Schools – Morehouse and Spelman
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] Two men are seen in this screenshot of Ralph […]
Book Pick of the Month
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 […]