Opinion: Emancipated But Un-Free Is The True Story Of America’s Black Population

AFRICA THOUGHT - News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Kris ManjapraThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard…

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The Niger Uranium Paradox That Has Made The African Country a Predator’s Target

AFRICA THOUGHT - News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Francis Okpaleke & Olumba EzenwaA month after the coup in Niger that toppled the democratically elected civilian government of Mohamed Bazoum,…

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Discrimination or Bad Customer Service: Treatment of People of Color In American Stores

AFRICA THOUGHT - News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Samantha N. N. Cross, Stephanie Dellande & Sterling BoneThe big ideaPeople from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups tend to…

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How African leaders in Sierra Leone Helped Stop Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Not Britain

AFRICA THOUGHT - News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Reserved for subscribers Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone and haven for thousands of free slaves. Original Artwork: Hatch Collection. Hulton…

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Why Nigerians and African Immigrants Are No Longer Most Successful In America

AFRICA THOUGHT - News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Exclusive to The African Times/USAStep aside Nigerian Americans! The Indians are here! And they are here to stay.…

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