We came, we saw and we stayed and now we want to stay legally.
As the debate on immigration reform continues in the United States, President Obama and members of the Republican party have put forth many ideas that will result in comprehensive…
Congratulations to the World Economic Forum: Young Global Leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa 2013
Ola Orekunrin
Ola Orekunrin
Dr Ola Orekunrin is the Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. She graduated from the University Of York, one of…
Beatrice Mtetwa
The work of Human Rights Lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa is no ordinary task. Dealing with a dictatorship that uses the law against its own citizens she has found the courage to use the law in defense of human rights. This is no…
Rachel Mwanza
Rachel Mwanza is going to the Oscars on Sunday February 24, 2013 as the leading star of the Best Foreign Language Film nominee War Witch. The Congolese actress was only granted a visa a few days ago. The young actress was “discovered” by…
President Barack Obama
Barack Obama's re-election for a 2nd term as President of the United States and therefore Leader of Free World. All eyes were on America the hallmark of democracy and as days led to the historic election the world was watching.…
Forbes Magazine has released this list of the 20 youngest most powerful women in Africa. Obviously biased from a western perspective of what success is we would like to hear what you think. Are these women really powerful or are they being…
Inaugural Speech Pretoria, South Africa
Nelson Mandela (1994)
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 13:37:00 -0400
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS,NELSON MANDELA, AT HIS INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, UNION BUILDINGS, PRETORIA, MAY 10 1994
Your Majesties,…
Joyce Banda, Malawi
Joyce Banda is the President of Malawi. She became the first female head of state of the landlocked country in southeastern Africa. An educator and grassroots women's rights activist, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and…
A School for My Village
The Nyaka School
Jackson Kaguri was chosen as a CNN Hero for 2012. Even though he did not make the Top 10 category we still choose to highlight the wonderful work he is doing in Uganda. The Nyaka AIDS…
As citizens of the World, we tend to romanticize movies like Titanic and those of the Mayflower and we forget that not everyone on the Mayflower was royalty. 16th and 17th century Britain was a society of classes and to this day the color…