"The colonial powers that impoverished you, will never empower you."
Long before he sat on the United States Supreme Court or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the NAACP. The new motion picture, MARSHALL, is the true story of his…
“We have to dare to invent the future . . . Everything that we are capable of imagining we are also capable of attaining.” President Thomas Sankara
Robert Mugabe, the eloquent Zimbabwean President a part of the old guard of first generation post colonial leaders' always delivers one of the most anticipated speeches at the annual United Nations gathering. This year he did not disappoint as he publicly defended…
Lesotho is a landlocked country within a country (South Africa) but remains a sovereign nation. The nation of Lesotho is exceptional because it is one of the few countries on earth where most of the people own their own homes. Lesotho is…
Leopold Senghor the first President of Senegal was one of the most celebrated Africans in French history for his contribution to furthering French interests in Senegal. In order to reciprocate the goodwill Senghor was elected to the French Academy the highest honor…
Children in classroom in Togo
For the past 50 years, one family has ruled Togo but with nothing to show. President Faure Gnassingbe, the American educated President is currently presiding over a meagre 4.4BN GDP economy as of 2015. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)…
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah made history in March when she was accepted as the first black female neurosurgeon resident at John Hopkins School of Medicine’s neurological surgery program. The highly selective program accepts just two to five residents, and is ranked second in the country.
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Much to everyone’s surprise the Kenyan Supreme court ruled in a 4-2 decision to annul the August 2017 elections where Uhuru Kenyatta had emerged as the winner. The discrepancies began when Mr. Chris Msando the head of the information technology division of…
Issa Rae's season two of Insecure on HBO is currently underway. HBO has already announced that the series will continue to a third season. However, it is interesting that even with the perverted themes that are promoted on this show it continues…