Russian war with Ukraine: Five reasons why many African countries choose to be ‘neutral’
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Olayinka Ajala Out of 193 member states, 141 voted in support of the resolution, five voted against, 35 abstained and 12 didn’t vote at all. Of the 54 African member states, Eritrea […]
Jollof Festival Is Coming To A City Near You
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The headline is not meant to be fighting words. But a call for a celebration because Jollof Fest is coming to a city near you. It’s a day fest where you can stuff your face with the world-famous dish hailing from West Africa. […]
In Association with Rainbow Promotion Presents The Original Wailers
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The 3rd Annual Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival, Saturday, April 30th, 2022, 1 to 10 p.m. Get your TICKETS TODAY. Every seat in the house is a GREAT SEAT. You don’t want to miss this. International Acts on TWO performing stages, an […]
Tiny Black Tennessee Town Faces A Hostile Takeover
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The Tennessee Comptroller issued an unusual appeal last week to residents of this small, majority Black town, which occupies fewer than two square miles in rural west Tennessee. “In my opinion, it’s time for Mason to relinquish its charter,” Comptroller Jason Mumpower wrote […]
Black African Architect From Burkina Faso Wins Top Architecture Prize
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The 2022 laureate of architecture’s highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize is Diébédo Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso-born architect, educator, social activist, receiver of the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Recognized for “empowering and transforming communities through the process of architecture,” Kéré, the […]
Behold The Historical Eaton DC Hotel
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] Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin […]
Inside the lives of Brazil’s quilombos: Forging An African Identity In Resistance
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Afro-Brazilians find strength in the nearly 6,000 communities established by ancestors who escaped slavery. Beginning as early as 1530 and continuing for the next 350-plus years, ships brought more enslaved Africans to Brazil—some 4.8 million—than to any other nation in the Americas. By […]
The Karen Bass-Mystic That Tops It Off For Women Of Color
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Charles Anyiam/Editor-in-Chief, The African Times-USA A thorough-bred politician, Karen literally missed by whiskers the opportunity to become America’s second citizen last winter and consequently lost out the exalted position to another Black woman, Kamala Harris. According to the March edition of the prestigious Los […]
Black Artists: Are They An Invisible Breed?
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email September Gray is the brain behind the eponymous gallery September Gray Fine Art in Atlanta. Her credential as one to reflect on art and the Black art presence started at The Art School at DePaul University, then with an art consultancy business and […]
February Cover British Vogue/The Times’ Comment
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Edward Enninfula broke the color line in the world of high fashion with the February cover of his magazine which featured top Black models who are members of the British and the overall European runway. Auspiciously, all the models were […]