Ferguson, Missouri, right in the American heartland is a microcosm of the macrocosm of justice and equal protection under the law. Last year, a young white American male named Edward Snowden stole troves of data and intelligence from the National Security Agency…
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. Writer/director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as…
Hierarchy in America
It is an indisputable fact that America has in the core of its fabric racism ingrained in it. That is an undeniable fact and that racial equality still eludes this nation that prides itself as the beacon of hope for…
In front of 500 exceptional young leaders, President Obama announced the renaming of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in honor of Nelson Mandela. He also announced that the United States intends to double the number of annual participants in the Mandela Washington Fellowship to…
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…
It turns out that US First daughter Malia Obama has an internship working as a production assistant at a Spielberg film set for the film Extant. Malia joins other former First daughters in the media arena Chelsea & Jena & Ron. Chelsea…
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…
She had the high honor of being the first woman and first African American to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration.
Anyone who is interested in African American literature has read the works of Maya Angelou who was born Marguerite Johnson…
Influence not defined by nudity
Time magazine was once upon a time a legitimate news sources that gave many people around the world and across Africa insight into America and the world at large. Over years, the paper is no longer the premier…
The Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program pays for tuition and associated fees (approximately US $145,000) for citizens of African countries with financial need who wish to obtain an MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Stanford will award up to eight Stanford Africa…