Trump reportedly set to pardon Lil Wayne in last day’s work

With less than a day until he hands over power to Joe Biden on Wednesday, January 20, Donald Trump – acting in the capacity as the president of the United States on his final full day in office – is reportedly expected to grant pardons and clemency to over 100 people on Tuesday, and among…

NBA star Kyrie Irving bought a home for George Floyd’s family

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson has revealed Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving bought...

Francis Akhalbey
Trump reportedly set to pardon Lil Wayne in last day’s work

With less than a day until he hands over power to Joe Biden on Wednesday, January 20, Donald...

Francis Akhalbey
The future of American democracy is in the power of the liberal imagination

In 1992, the Hofstra University Law professor, Monroe Freedman, dedicated his entire column...

Nii Ntreh
Why this rebel princess of Zulu Kingdom plotted the killing of her own nephew, Shaka Zulu

Shaka Zulu was a great warrior and king of the Zulu in South Africa. His story has fascinated...

Mildred Europa Taylor
How Harrison Blair helped over 300 Black businesses gain access to millions of dollars of funding amid pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic, besides being a public health threat, has also negatively affected...

Abu Mubarik
Celebrating Komla Dumor’s legacy with some of his thought-provoking quotes

It’s been seven years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor,...

Francis Akhalbey

You continued to receive scholarship even as Minister - Ras Mubarak tackles NAPO

The future of American democracy is in the power of the liberal imagination

In 1992, the Hofstra University Law professor, Monroe Freedman, dedicated his entire column...

Nii Ntreh
Celebrating Komla Dumor’s legacy with some of his thought-provoking quotes

It’s been seven years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor,...

Francis Akhalbey
On Martin Luther King Day, let’s look again at the Jussie Smollett case

Would Martin Luther King Jr. join the public in ridiculing and hating a Black man based solely...

Chelli Stanley
After launching his own company, this 12-yr-old chef lands deal to teach kids to cook virtually

Most families have had to switch to more home-cooked meals than eating out because of the coronavirus...

Ama Nunoo

Five customs only people from Chad can relate to

Ama Nunoo

Chad is a country in north-central Africa and the fifth largest African country. The country takes its name from Lake Chad in the western part of the country. This desert-filled country has several regions; a desert zone in the north, the arid Sahelian belt in the center and the fertile Sudanian Savanna in the South….

A look at the Lozi, the only people in Zambia with a king instead of a chief

The Lozi are perhaps well known for their Kuomboka ceremony that takes place almost every year...

Mildred Europa Taylor
Here’s all you need to know about Christmas in Ethiopia, celebrated on January 7

For those who use the Gregorian calendar, they are nearly a week into the new year and Christmas...

Ama Nunoo
Do you want to go to this snake massage parlor in Egypt? [Video]

Why would anyone want to visit a specialist who is massaging people with snakes? According...

Nii Ntreh

The future of American democracy is in the power of the liberal imagination

Nii Ntreh

In 1992, the Hofstra University Law professor, Monroe Freedman, dedicated his entire column in the Legal Times newspaper to a counter-assessment of the heroism of the idea that is Atticus Finch. Freedman would put forward a near-sacrilegious contrarian argument: Finch is not really a good man. Finch from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, had…

Why this rebel princess of Zulu Kingdom plotted the killing of her own nephew, Shaka Zulu

Shaka Zulu was a great warrior and king of the Zulu in South Africa. His story has fascinated...

Mildred Europa Taylor
The intriguing story of the first and only Black person known to have ever met Hitler in person

In the autumn/fall of 1932 when African-American scholar Milton Samuel J. Wright became the...

Mildred Europa Taylor
How Libya came to have its name

After the overthrow of the enigmatic Muammar al-Gaddafi nearly ten whole years ago, Libya has...

Nii Ntreh

How Salamat A. Aliu beat the odds to become Nigeria’s first indigenous trained female neurosurgeon

Ama Nunoo

There are not many female neurosurgeons in Africa as the field is still heavily dominated by men. Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu did not let the lack of representation prevent her from pursuing her dream of becoming a neurosurgeon and now she is the first female neurosurgeon certified in West Africa and the first indigenous trained female neurosurgeon…

At 14, Zhanyia McCullough has created her own hair products to empower girls to embrace their natural hair

Every Black girl’s worst nightmare is to have hair troubles, including hair that is simply...

Ama Nunoo
A Black woman finally holds the title of Wisconsin Poet Laureate, here’s how she made it

For her works in the creative industry, the education and training of young poets and writers,...

Ama Nunoo
Sylvia Robinson, the little-known mother of hip-hop who put out the first-ever rap record

Sylvia Robinson was not a rapper herself — she was a hit singer. In the late 1960s when she...

Mildred Europa Taylor

How Harrison Blair helped over 300 Black businesses gain access to millions of dollars of funding amid pandemic

Abu Mubarik

The coronavirus pandemic, besides being a public health threat, has also negatively affected the global economy as it has reduced trade and mobility. At the micro-level, COVID-19 shutdowns have affected small business owners, particularly Black businesses. According to research by the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research,…