Long Walk to Freedom is a must read for every self-respecting black person. It should be a on the reading list in all schools not just because it is the story of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.…
President Obama welcomes leaders from across the African continent to the Nation’s Capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the first such event of its kind. This Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and…
Young Leaders from Zimbabwe
500 Washington Fellows arrived in Washington, DC this weekend for one of President Barack Obama's signature programs for Africa is the Young Africans Leadership Initiative (YALI). The selection was competitive with the 500 being picked out of 49,000 applicants across…
America is a nation of immigrants from its inception as a modern nation in 1776. Welcome.us, a new non- profit organization, is dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around the world. Led by Tolu Olubunmi, an…
In the past week or more there have been reports of the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls who were about to write their final exams from their boarding school in Chibok in the northern province of Nigeria.
The response from African countries and the…
Born January 5, 1986 in Cape Town, South Africa , Luthando Kaka is now the first black cyclist to captain a South African professional cycling team. He began his cycling career at the Velokhaya Life Cycling Academy, the township-based cycling club in Khayelitsha,…
While Jacob Zuma was marrying another wife, Nigerians were reorganizing their economy and transforming their informal sector in arts-movies, telecoms and retail which could be calculated and add to Gross domestic product (GDP), a key economic indicator of a nation's standard of…
Catherine Samba-Panza
The Mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza has been appointed interim President for the Central African Republic. The 59 year old was chosen as the first woman to lead the country for about the next year until elections can be held. Her…
The coverage of Nelson Mandela’s funeral show a difference in perception of Mandela, the man and the myth. As all living former US Presidents huddled together on Air Force One with the current President Obama headed to South Africa to pay their…
Celebrating the black CNN heroes of 2013
Estella Pyfrom- mobile computer lab for low income children and adults in Pal Beach County, Florida
Robin Emmons- gardening to feed other in Charlotte, North Carolina
Tawanda Jones- Teaching dance and discipline in Camden, New Jersey
Kakenya Ntaiya- Educating…