AfriKin Art/Florida 2022 To Acknowledge Ayi Kwei Armah’s Seminal Work
DIASPORA NEWS From Africa, The Americas, Caribbean & the rest of the world. The City of Opa-locka welcomes its inaugural Art Week with AfriKin Art 2022 — Opening with VIP Preview on Wednesday, November 30th and closing on Sunday, December 4th — Open Hours from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Maison AfriKin, 650 Ali […]
How ‘I Wanda Why’ Album Stills Motivates Millions of People In 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: lifestyle@theafricantimes.com By THANDISIZWE MGUDLWA His debut album, ‘I Wanda Why’, […]
Kenya And MasterCard Sign MoU To Boost Tourism
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. MasterCard Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth, Michael Froman, with KTB CEO, Dr Betty Radier, and Kenya Wildlife Service Director of Strategy and Change, Edwin Wanyonyi. Source: MasterCard MasterCard and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) have signed an MoU to help the country’s tourism sector […]
Africa’s Behind Global Population Growth As It Hits Eight Billion Mark This Month!
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries, the UN has said, five of which are in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania, the new UN report […]
Nelson Mandela’s Widow Encourages Barbados PM To lead Global South
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. “No-one is too small to lead,” says Graça Machel. Dame Graça Machel, the widow of President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, hailed Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley as a leader of the Global South following her stirring speech at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture November 12 in Durban, South Africa. […]
Land of the Dead: A Nigerian Village Where You Can Visit Your Dead Loved Ones
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Exclusive to The African Times/USA When a person dies, it is believed in almost all religions and cultures that all contacts with the living cease. Not so in this nondescript hamlet tucked off somewhere in the rolling hills of southeastern Nigeria called Amalla, […]
Reasons Why You Should Fly Ethiopian Airlines At Least Once
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. By Caleb Onyeabor/Special to The African Times/USA Steve Baloyi is a friend who lives Johannesburg, and was scheduled to attend a business summit in the United States. For some reason, he missed out on this all-important event because of the […]
Why Bad African Leaders Sit Tight and Never Resign
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Staff Writer The news of Liz Truss resignation was broken to me by a professor of Political Science and International Relations in Nigeria. I was about having lunch when He called to announce the news of Liz Truss’ resignation as the Prime Minister […]
The Peter Obi Miracle
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Special to The African Times/USA Like in most democracies, the Nigerian people will go to the polls in February to decide who will run their country for the next four years. For them, it has been more likened to the Hobson’s choice, or […]
Fumba Town: Celebrating The Richness And Diversity of African Music and Heritage
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: lifestyle@theafricantimes.com By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Zanzibar’s new eco-town development Fumba Town, […]