WME and M88, the newly formed company from former WME partner Phillip Sun and MACRO CEO Charles D. King, have signed Nigerian-born actress and star of the CBS/Chuck Lorre sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola, Folake Olowofoyeku.
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By Nick Friedell | ESPN Staff Writer
The Miami Heat are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014 because Nigerian-American Bam Adebayo saved the biggest performance of his life for the moment his team needed it most. The All-Star big man delivered an epic postseason performance with a career-high 32 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists in 39 minutes as the Heat finished off the Boston Celtics 125-113 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Singer, actor, model and choreographer, Stephen Ojo, aka Papi Ojo, recently enjoyed international acclaim when he featured in Beyonce’s visual album, Black is King.
By CHIJEKWU MICHAEL | Punch
Continue reading “Stephen Ojo | Nigerian Dancer says Working with Beyonce was an experience of a lifetime”
By Vincent Salzo | Patch
The 2020 election is heating up in Connecticut and there are plenty of races with candidates eager to serve in elected office. Eyes are primarily focused on the presidential election, but every state representative and senate seat is up for grabs. All five of Connecticut’s congressional seats are up for grabs as well.
Continue reading “Weruché George | Meet the Nigerian-American running for the state House of Representatives for Hamden 91st District”
Nate Freeman | artnet News
One of the hottest invitations at Art Basel Miami Beach in December was to a star-studded dinner at the chic Faena Hotel honoring artist Amoako Boafo. A few years earlier, Boafo was in Accra, Ghana, struggling to sell works for $100 apiece to support his mother and grandmother. Now, he was the headliner of the art world’s buzziest week of the year, with a suite of gigantic paintings at the Rubell Museum and a sold-out booth at the fair.
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by JIDE OKONJO | VOCAL
For years now, TIME Magazine has been known for compiling a very prestigious annual list of the year’s Most Influential People in the world. It is a list that celebrities, influencers, entrepreneurs, politicians, and more from all works of life and from all over the world clamor for a spot on. In it’s long run, the magazine has seen a number of Nigerian names grace its list. People like Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have been recognized at one time or another as one of the Most Influential People in the world.
Continue reading “Tomi Adeyemi | Meet 27 Yr Old Nigerian Woman More Influential Than Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy.”
By Dr Malcolm Fabiyi | naijapremium.com
The Nigerian presence in America goes back to the earliest periods in American history. Recent genetic studies have confirmed that Nigerian heritage is extensive in the gene pool of African Americans whose ancestors were brought during the Transatlantic slave trade in the 1700s and 1800s.
Continue reading “Four Reasons Why Nigerian Americans Must Get Involved In The 2020 US Presidential Elections”
By Chanel Stitt | Detroit Free Press
With the goals of diversity, inclusion and positive vibes, Lé Don Collection, owned by Nigerian Chi Uwazurike, is a space meant for customers and visitors to have a unique fashion experience.
Continue reading “Chi Uwazurike | Nigerian designer brings unique clothing, special vibe, to Royal Oak”
by CARA ANNA | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
At a lecture to peers this month, John Nkengasong showed images that once dogged Africa, with a magazine cover declaring it “The Hopeless Continent.” Then he quoted Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah: “It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.”
Continue reading “As U.S. struggles, Africa’s covid-19 response is praised.”
BY BRENDAN BRADFORD | Sporting News Australia
Israel Adesanya has retained his middleweight title with a utterly one-sided beatdown of Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Fight Island. Adesanya dominated the fight from start to finish, ending proceedings in with a minute to fight in the second round after systematically breaking the Brazilian down.
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By Sarah Al-Arshani | Business Insider
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has delivered a pretty devastating comeback to President Donald Trump after his dog-whistle attack on her Somali origins at his Pennsylvania rally.
Continue reading “Ilhan Omar to Trump, “Why Are You So Obsessed With Me”?”
By Soccernet
Former US men’s national team forward Charlie Davies has made a strong case for Columbus Crew captain Jonathan Mensah to be named best player of the 2020 MLS season. Mensah has been identified a key performer in Crew’s incredible campaign this term.
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In this article, International journalist, migrant activist and TED Fellow Yasin Kakande, author of a new book on the historical and contemporary reasons for African immigration, ‘Why We Are Coming’, traces the intersection between Black Lives Matter and African Migrations in the Covid-19 Pandemic.
by Keith Asante | The London Economic
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By Naunihal Singh | Africa Report
Regardless of who wins the US elections in November, analysts have argued that a process of updating and revitalising US policy towards Africa is overdue. New data from Afrobarometer’s latest round of public attitude surveys conducted across 18 African countries during 2019/2020 provide several guideposts for US policy makers.
Continue reading “US/Africa policy must have voices of ordinary people from across the continent”
By Blacknews
The Sisters Show is a new talk show & podcast hosted by five sisters from Gambia (West Africa) now streaming on Apple Podcast and Facebook Live. The sisters — Dr. Jay Ceesay, Olay Ceesay Jabbi, Amy Ceesay, Juka Ceesay, and Dr. Mamaram Ceesay — all have diverse views, different professions, and vibrant personalities.
Continue reading “5 Siblings Launch “The Sisters Show” Podcast to Connect Black America With the Global African Diaspora”
By LINDSAY SCHNELL | USA TODAY
Leon Lewis-Nicol can still hear the gunshots. If he closes his eyes, he can picture the burning buildings. As a child in Freetown, Sierra Leone, a nation in West Africa devastated by civil war, Lewis-Nicol often imagined a better, safer life. His family fled the fighting, then returned to Sierra Leone, before ultimately moving to Ghana, some 900 miles away, when he was 15. But friends who traveled around the world used to speak of an even safer place, with clean streets and unlimited opportunities: the United States.
Continue reading “Trump student visa rule | Department of Homeland Security pushes F1 changes for US colleges”
BY ISHAAN BHATTACHARYA | Essentially Sports
Nigerian-born Kamaru Usman, the UFC Welterweight Champion of the World has received high praise from President Donald Trump who has called him “An Unbelievable Talent”
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By Jerad Walker | OPBPortland
The Oregon native chats about going through a quarter-life crisis, his embrace of brutal honesty, Portland protests, and the influential Sunday morning soundtrack of his childhood.
Continue reading “Aminé | Ethiopian-American navigates complex worlds on his new album ‘Limbo’”
By BBC News
Proposed new US immigration measures could leave many African students in the country having to reapply for visas in the middle of their degree courses. A plan issued by the Department for Homeland Security (DHS), that is now up for discussion, outlines changes to student visas that have previously been issued for the duration of a course.
Continue reading “US mulls two-year limit for many African student visas”
By Gracelin Baskaran | Brookings Institution
In recent months, the U.S. began negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement with Kenya. These negotiations are aligned with the current administration’s vision for trade reciprocity rather than unilateral trade preference programs. Although these negotiations could produce the first bilateral trade agreement between the U.S. and a sub-Saharan African country, a shift from regional preferential trade agreements to bilateral free trade agreements could undermine the growth of smaller countries, who may not be of enough economic interest to the United States.
Continue reading “US-Africa trade relations: Why is AGOA better than a bilateral free trade agreement?”
By Punch Newspapers
Popular American preacher, Bishop T.D Jakes of the Potter’s House, has revealed how he discovered that his ancestors are from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. Jakes, who is a renowned author, in an interview with BBC Igbo said his Igbo ancestry was discovered after DNA test.
Continue reading “Pastor T.D Jakes | How I traced my ancestry to the Igbo tribe in Nigeria”
By Dave Seminara | WSJ
The left keeps saying America is systemically racist and President Trump is a white supremacist. So why do so many black Africans want to immigrate?
Continue reading “Africans Knock on America’s Door”
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press | Greeneville Sun
Ethiopia-American Maaza Mengiste and Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga are among six finalists announced for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction.
Continue reading “Ethiopia-American Maaza Mengiste and Zimbabwean Writer Tsitsi Dangarembga make Booker Prize short List”
By Ghaniyah Olowoyo | Premium Times
Legendary Nigerian musician, Sunday Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade (KSA) has turned 74. With a meritorious music career that spans 53 years, his Juju music is characterised by the brilliant talking drum among other instruments, poetic lyrics and praise signs.
Continue reading “Sunny Ade | Remembering the feats of an African legend at 74”
By Nairobi News Reporter
Four Kenyans living in the United Sates have died in separate accidents in the past week. On Saturday, two Kenyan men died in a car crash that also killed a third man in Delaware.
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BY EDITOR | The Guardian
TIME has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for the year 2020 which features four Nigerians. Appearing on the list is an honour, as entrants are recognized for their contribution to the world.
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By Anthony D’Alessandro | DEADLINE
Djimon Hounsou has boarded director Tony Kaye’s African History Y. The plot is being kept under wraps billed only as “a story of tragedy and redemption.” Charles Chanchori, Jason Corder and Kaye are writing. DeForrest Taylor, Marc Le Chat, Kaye and Raymond J. Markovich are producing.
Continue reading “Djimon Hounsou Joins Tony Kaye’s ‘African History Y’”
By Jacob Sarkisian | Insider
Senegalese-American Issa Rae was nominated for three Emmy Awards at the 2020 ceremony. During last the Emmys, Issa Rae spoke about her first Hollywood pitch, in which a white producer told her what Black people want to watch.
Continue reading “Issa Rae | Senegalese-American said a white producer told her what Black people wanted to watch when he rejected her show”
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