Africa Remains The World’s Youngest Continent With Growing Youthful Initiatives
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Peter Biar Ajak With a projected median age of 19.7 years by 2050, one in three young people will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. … Faced with staggering youth unemployment and widespread dissatisfaction with the performances of their governments, young Africans are growing […]
What Teachers In America Should Know About How To Teach Young Students About Slavery
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Raphael E. Rogers Nervous. Concerned. Worried. Wary. Unprepared. This is how middle and high school teachers have told me they have felt over the past few years when it comes to teaching the troublesome topic of slavery. Although I work with teachers […]
African economies reliant on tourism face slow recovery after Covid-19
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Tourist arrivals in the continent fell nearly 70 per cent in 2020, which had a severe economic impact in countries dependent on the travel sector Travellers from China, one of the largest sources of tourists, slow to return as they opt to travel […]
Mexico/Nigeria Soccer Matchup: Will The Super Eagles Soar In Los Angeles July 3rd?
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Ben Edokpayi/Exclusive To The African Times-USA When then African Champions Nigeria faced Mexico in a friendly in Texas in 2013, the national coach was my friend, the late Stephen Keshi; the currency exchange rate was approximately one US dollar to 164 Nigerian […]
Nigeria/Biafran: Wounds that have never healed
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The Nigerian state is intricately laced with violent threads, woven into it by its colonial, military and ethnic setup. The Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967 to 1970 was both an outcome and a symptom of this configuration. This violent setup of the state is partly why […]
Black Children In The Eyes of The 1920’s American Press
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of The Brownies’ Book, a monthly periodical for Black youths created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in 1920. The magazine – the first […]
Screaming Without Vocal Cords: How Many Black Men Are Falsely Accused and Silenced
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The revelation recently by the Innocence Project and American Civil Liberties Union that DNA and fingerprint evidence did not match Ledell Lee, a Black man executed in 2017 for the murder of a white woman, is part of a larger issue that we […]
How a career in Public Relations helped shape an African Royal
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Ewetse Khama, a PR executive with the APO Group, a major Pan-African Public Relations firm has traded in his career to claim his birthright and to serve his people as a member of a prominent royal family in Botswana. PRESS HERE TO READ […]
Africa Day: U.S. partnerships with African nations endure
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The United States is a strong partner with African nations, supporting public health and economic growth across the continent. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Akunna Cook told an Africa Day celebration May 25 that the Biden administration is committed to […]
California Returns Major Beach Property to Descendants of Black Couple
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email A bill to return a scenic beachfront property in Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County, California to the descendants of a Black couple who once operated a vibrant resort there was unanimously approved by the California state Senate. The Bruce’s Beach bill now goes to […]