French President Macron Chimes in on racism on both sides of the Atlantic
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The United States and Europe are both facing “common challenges, arrays of inequalities,” and “tensions” within their societies when it comes to racism, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a recent interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program that aired April 25. And […]
Leading US Black Bank Announces Financial Literacy Youth Contest
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Students from across the country between the ages of 8 and 12 are encouraged to read a financial literacy book of their choosing, and either write a 250-word essay or create an art project to show how they would apply what they learned […]
Edo State, Nigeria mourns death of Two Her Outstanding Sons – Edokpayi and Aikhomu
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Governor of Edo State, Nigeria, Godwin Obaseki, in a statement, has mourned the death of the former Chief of Defence Logistics at the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters, Major General John Ighodaro Edokpayi, who died at the age of 78. The governor, in the […]
What every traveler should know about the U.S. Virgin Islands
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is on a mission to educate travelers that the Territory is an American overseas territory, and as such, travel to St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas or Water Island is within the United States’ domestic jurisdiction. […]
Post-COVID-19 and the Re-Opening of “America’s Paradise”
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email In line with global trend in flattening the Corona virus curve, the US Virgin Islands put all precautionary measures in place to checkmate the menace of the disease, and till date it has recorded about 72 cases, with 64 recoveries and six deaths. […]
When “White” Brazilian Politicians Turned Black Last Year To Run For Elective Office
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Brazil is undergoing a strange racial reckoning after bombshell revelations that thousands of veteran politicians had changed their self-identified race between the 2016 and 2020 elections. Afro-Brazilians – a category that includes Black and mixed-race people – comprise 56% of Brazil’s population but 43% of […]
How Nigeria’s Igbo women forced the hands of the British Authorities with petitions to fight injustice
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The petitions Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated colonial institutions and structures of the time. African women acted in varied and complex ways to the situations […]
How France extorted Haiti for the greatest heist in history
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The cost of independence Haiti officially declared its independence from France in 1804. In October 1806, the country was split into two, with Alexandre Pétion ruling in the south and Henry Christophe ruling in the north. Despite the fact that both of Haiti’s […]
Grid or solar: Which Best Serves As Energy Solution For Rural Africa’s Needs?
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email South Asia has made tremendous progress in connecting rural areas to the electricity grid but the number of people in Africa without access has scarcely changed since 2010. More than half a billion people in Africa don’t have access to electricity, meaning the […]