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 […]
Here’s what happened in the African Investment & Deal landscape between Sept. 6 – 10
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Tunisian Startup Biware Raises USD 1.2 Mn Seed Round Tunisia-based data management and analysis startup Biware, raised MAD3.5 million (USD 1.2 Mn) in its seed funding round from CDC Gestion and Zitouna Capital. Biware aims to utilize this funding to grow its team to hundred engineers and […]
THE Igbo People of Nigeria: JEWS OF AFRICA?
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email In a White House memo dated Tuesday, January 28, 1969 to President Nixon, former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger describes the Igbos as “the wandering Jews of West Africa-gifted, aggressive, westernized, at best envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the federation”(foreign relations […]
Why Germany’s bid to make amends For Namibia Genocide isn’t enough
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The recent “joint declaration” of the Namibian and German governments on dealing with the 1904-08 genocide marks the first time a former colonial power has officially offered an apology to another country for state sponsored mass crimes. The agreement stipulates that Germany will pay €1.1bn for development projects […]