Many Africans have migrated to the United States in the last 3 decades. Most are in search of the American dream- the belief that America is the place where you can have it all. Voice of America recently featured 3 Africans who…
Kenya is a vibrant and exciting environment to be a female entrepreneur. It has evolved into a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship. It is dubbed the East African Silicon Valley. Kenya is a global leader in mobile money systems such as M-Pesa;…
Forbes recently published their list of billionaires for 2021 and the black billionaire list is growing. This year, Kanye West, Rihanna and Tyler Perry are now part of the billionaire club. A few Billionaires who were on previous lists fell off because…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mr Akufo-Addo, 76, and his longtime rival, Mr Mahama, 62, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), are the leading candidates for presidency for a record third time. The two men first ran against each other…
Historically Black Delaware State University has entered into a
partnership with the African University College of Communication of
Ghana. Delaware State’s Center for Global Africa and African University
College of Communication will collaborate on the formation of a media
and communications network.…
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years
in prison at Robben Island for the cause of South African freedom. Robert
Mugabe likewise was also imprisoned in 1964 at Hwahwa for the Zimbabwean cause
of freedom from the tyranny of colonial rule.
During Robert Mugabe’s time at
Fort Hare…
Kwame Nkrumah was born in 1909, in the south west part of the Gold Coast (present day Ghana). His father was goldsmith who belonged to the Nzima tribe. Nkrumah was educated at the Roman Catholic Mission School and the great secondary school…
The origins of the Ashante in modern day Ghana West Africa started about 1650, in what was known as the gold trade route in the forest land. Several groups lived in the area namely the Twi, the Bono, the Takyiman plus the…
Prince Charles paying homage to Ashante King 2018
Prince Charles was in Ghana and this trip revealed something that nobody could have ever anticipated; the United Kingdom took responsibility for the horror of the slave trade. Prince Charles stated, “to have this stain…
The geographic location of Ghana in West Africa was an ideal location between 1000 and 1500 AD for a territory that possessed a valuable commodity like gold. Gold was a means of exchange and used to measure value. Kings demanded it as…