Ukraine: South Africa’s Stand On Russia Has A Historical Logic
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa By Keith Gottschalk The South African government has explained that it enjoys good relations with both Russia and the Ukraine; hence it abstained in the UN General Assembly vote condemning the Russian invasion. President Cyril Ramaphosa subsequently said South Africa […]
Reviving Africa Tourism With Continent’s Eclectic Cuisine And Taste
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Lyse Comins In the current posting of Tourism Today, the South African tourism media outlet, Lyse Comins relates what was presented in this year’s Indaba Travel & Tourism conclave in Durban and the the UNWTO meetings in Abidjan – what to add to Africa’s […]
“Oscars-So-White”: Meet The Man Who Rattled Hollywood 74 years ago
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] By Jenny Woodley The latest raft of damning statistics […]
Harriet Tubman: The Black Heroine Who Led Military Raids & Spied For America
FYI AFRICA In this section, our research editors help unpack inconvenient truths about Africa, the BlackWorld, and the Diaspora. This section aims to expand the conversation. YOUR comments can be directed to [email protected]. Harriet Tubman is seen in this 1890 portrait. By Kate Clifford Larson Harriet Tubman was barely five feet tall and did not […]
Cash transfers For Refugees In Kenya And Related Risks
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Cash transfers allow refugees to buy goods from shops in the settlement. Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/ LightRocket via Getty I By Cory Rodgers, Jade Siu & Oliver Sterck Humanitarian organizations – such as the World Food Programme (WFP) – are increasingly using cash transfers […]
How The 2022 Grammys Unveiled Fela’s Legacy In West Africa’s Growing Pop Culture
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] Made Kuti performs in Lagos in 2021. Photo by […]
Who is Wizkid? And Why Is He The New Global Music Wonder-Kid?
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] By Samson Eze The global appreciation of West Africa’s […]
Nile Archaeological site Finds Another Testament To Prehistoric Nubian Civilization
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Along its length, the Nile has six cataracts – rocky places with shallow, fast-moving water. Tombos is at the Third Cataract. Michele R. Buzon, CC BY-ND By Michele R. Buzon Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in […]
Is Nigeria’s Obasanjo Selfserving Or Another Nelson Mandela?
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images By Sheriff Folarin Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President, turned 85 on March 5, 2022. His influence across the African continent ranks next to that of Nelson Mandela. What are truly his legacies? Obasanjo […]
Congolese Artist Talks At UCLA April 27
DIASPORA NEWS From Africa, The Americas, Caribbean & the rest of the world. Faustin Linyekula is at UCLA’s South Campus April 27 to give talks in association with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Congo Basin Institute. Faustin Linyekula in his own words:“I’m known as a dancer, choreographer, but I call myself a […]