On March 20, 2017 President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the long-unresolved matter of land reform, a demand of thousands of black landless people whose properties were confiscated in the Apartheid era. In his State of the Nation address, President Zuma pledged to break up white ownership of business and land to reduce inequality. He […]
During my life, I have not had much opportunity to go to a beauty pageant. I have known only what I saw on t.v. such Miss America. However, I decide to take the opportunity to go the Miss Guinea USA pageant not only to photograph, but to understand what all the fess was about. I
The African Development Bank Group will unveil its new agenda for the continent’s economic transformation at this year’s Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 23-27 in Lusaka, Zambia. In an Annual Meetings preview video message, Akinwumi Adesina-who will be presiding over his first Annual Meetings since assuming office as the Bank’s 8th President
It was a wonderful night in March for a concert. The people from all over New York City gathered into the decades old monument to Africa American History. Seated with anticipation, the concert goers patiently waited for a show that would not disappoint. This was my second viewing of the African Now concert series put
By Kwame Anyane Yeboa [Anyane Photos] I had the pleasure of attending a fashion show of Nigerian designer Chuks Collins; the 1st Annual Fashion Vie Runway Show. The event, which attracted many celebrities music artists, and socialites to Bleecker Event Hall showcased some of Collins’ recent designs. The show featured, of course, talented male and female
In a move that will likely upset Biotech’s long-term plans for Africa, the African country Burkina Faso has abandoned genetically modified Bt Cotton crops in order to phase out inferior quality GM crops for non-GM crops. The biotech industry has been claiming that Bt cotton would be an ideal crop for poor farmers, stating, “Bt
President John Dramani Mahama has encouraged Africans to be proud to speak about what they had achieved instead of dwelling on what they lacked.“What I have noticed is that, it is our tendency in Africa to speak of what we do not have, how we are lacking in this or that, why we have not
By Kofi Kyeremateng Ababio Among the museums of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, The National Museum of African Art is a meaningful part of Africa’s identity. There is no doubt that, the African Museum engages and educates every visitor, particularly people of African origin. As a resident of metropolitan Washington, DC, a day
African continent could become a gold mine for renewable energy due to abundant solar and wind resources. The continent is endowed with substantial renewable energy resources. It has 1.1 gigawatts of hydropower capacity, 9000megawatt of geothermal potential and abundant biomass, solar and significant wind potential. According to UNIDO, about 50% of Africa’s hydropower potential of
US President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, White House sources say. Officials say personnel from the American military will be deployed to offer support with several aspects of tackling the pandemic including overseeing the building of new treatment centers and helping train
