By ANDREW MELDRUM | Associated Press
The report that U.S. President Donald Trump made crude, disparaging remarks about Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning former leader, has drawn an angry response from South Africa’s ruling party and others.
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By Marius Kothor | The New Times
The sea-washed, sunset gates of the United States are being closed to the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. President Trump and his administration have slashed the Refugee Resettlement Program, which allows people fleeing war, persecution and famine to legally move to the United States.
Continue reading “My Family Escaped From Togo To America As Refugees, Now Trump Is Trying To Kill The Program That Saved My Life”
By Yale Council for African Studies
Marius Kothor, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History and Council on African Studies (CAS) Graduate Affiliate has been awarded the Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) by the Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright IIE award, and the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship. All three awards offer nine to twelve months of funding to graduate students to conduct dissertation research in whole or in part, outside the United States.
Continue reading “Marius Kothor | Togolese-American scholar in Yale Receives Three National Fellowships for Dissertation Research”
By BoxingScene Staff
Heavyweight contender Nigerian-born Efe Ajagba is already eyeing some of the bigger names in the weight class – including IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Ajagba recently signed a promotional contract with Top Rank and hired James Prince as his manager.
Continue reading “Ajagba on Facing Joshua: Skills Control Power – I Have More Skills!”
by DAVID ISABIRYE | kawowo Sports
The US-based Ugandan Powerlifter Roy Mubiru has smiled to the podium with a gold medal during the 2020 World Powerlifting Association (WPA) World championship held at Steel Beach Gym, Oakville Connecticut in the United States of America (USA).
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By ALLAN WERNICK | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Q. Are there free resources available to help me become a U.S. citizen? Or is there an inexpensive and fair lawyer you can recommend? I am currently out of work.
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BY CHARLES KOFI AMOAKU | GHgossip
Nigerian musician, David Adedeji Adeleke, better known in music cycles as Davido has been listed as a cast member in “Coming To America 2″.
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By Cynthia Littleton | Variety
Pearlena Igbokwe was an English major at Yale, so it’s no surprise that she loves the process of reading and analyzing a literary work, breaking down the text and identifying its major themes and conclusions. In grade school, she was the type of kid who didn’t groan when a book report was assigned.
Continue reading “Pearlena Igbokwe | Meet the Nigerian-born head of Universal TV”
By Yahia Hatim | MoroccoWorldNews
The Diversity in National Security Network, a US coalition of security and foreign policy professionals, has selected Moroccan-American Ph.D. student Sarah Alaoui among 30 “next generation leaders.”
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As air travel continues to slowly pick up amid the ongoing pandemic, many airlines are completely reimagining their route networks. For United Airlines, that means announcing seven new long-haul routes, including three new destinations in Africa. United says it’s adding international flights where there’s existing demand, especially tapping into traffic from travelers from the African diaspora visiting their friends and families.
Continue reading “United Airlines Is Launching 3 New Nonstop Routes to Africa”
by Ebenezer Quist | YEN
Joseph Awinongya Jr is a rising Ghanaian boxer has become a force to reckon with in the sport. The young boxer has already won 13 amazing national titles in boxing in America at his tender age.
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By TERRY GROSS | NPR
Author Yaa Gyasi’s family emigrated from Ghana to the United States when she was 2, but it wasn’t until she was 9 and her family moved to Huntsville, Ala., that she began to feel like she didn’t fit in.
Continue reading “Yaa Gyasi | Ghanaian-American author draws on her upbringing in new book ‘Transcendent Kingdom’”
By Stephen Ndegwa | CGTN
That U.S. President Donald Trump does not have an iota of respect for black people is not debatable. Trump has not even shied away from going on record about it, unofficially of course, openly expressing his utter disgust for Africans, both in Africa and the diaspora.
Continue reading “Trump hates black people. Period !”
by: Daniel Waldron and Sanwar Ali | Workpermit.com
It does seem to be somewhat unfair that people enter the lottery, are lucky enough to be picked, and then are told that they cannot apply for a US Green Card visa because of the Trump work visa ban. Perhaps false advertising! Fortunately, Judge Mehta’s recent judgement says that US visa lottery applicants should be able to apply, despite the “Trump ban”.
Continue reading “US Green Card Lottery lifeline issued by federal judge”
by Kirsten Jacobs | Capetownetc
South Africans can beam with pride as another original film has struck gold with Netflix. Santana, a movie written, filmed and edited in Cape Town has recently reached number one worldwide on the streaming platform.
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By Kwasi Aye-Addo | GhanaWeb
Rev. Dr. Moses Ohene Biney is the New Moderator of the Conference of Ghanaian Presbyterian Churches in North America (CGPC-NA). Dr. Biney’s election took place at an extraordinary delegates conference held on Saturday, August 29, 2020. He takes over from The Stephen Yaw Nkansah, the Pastor of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, Virginia who has completed two terms of service.
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by BBC
Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa).
Continue reading “Fadji Maina | Meet the first Nigerien scientist to work for Nasa”
By Bre Williams | Cheat Sheet
Senegalese-America Issa Rae has taken Hollywood by storm over the past few years. After receiving much success with her HBO series Insecure, Issa Rae has become one of Hollywood’s most sought after producer, writer, director and actor.
Continue reading “Issa Rae | How did this Senegalese-American actress become so famous?”
By GhanaWeb
Ghanaian dancehall musician, Livingstone Etse Satekla, popularly known as Stonebwoy, has finally received the citation for his Grammy nomination.
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A Nigerian superstar is courting an audience in America and worldwide with her latest album, “Celia.”
By Jon Pareles | The New York Times
Continue reading “Tiwa Savage, Queen of Afrobeats, Makes a New Start in America”
South African actor, John Kani, worked with Chadwick Boseman on blockbuster hits “Captain America: Civil War” and “Black Panter” . He talks about his reaction on the news of the passing of famed American actor.
By CapeTalk
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by The StarNews
A Kenyan was last week found dead in the bayou at 49 San Jacinto Street Houston, Texas.
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By Garth Theunissen | Business Insider
South African IT consultant Warren Pala has spent the last two decades introducing Americans to South Africa’s favourite dried meat snack.
Continue reading “Warren Pala | South African IT consultant who became America’s ‘Chief Biltong Officer’”
By Segun Adebayo | The Trubune
Olurombi Babatunde Samuel, otherwise known as King Samba has taken his gospel music beyond the African shores and currently resides in the US where he’s making waves with his Afrocentric style of music. Samba, who started his music career as a drummer, discusses his musical journey from Nigeria to US.
Continue reading “King Samba | Being a gospel singer in the US is a blessing”
By Jasper Hamann | Morocco World News
Moroccan-born politician Ihssane Leckey ended in fifth place after a promising bid to replace Joseph Kennedy III in the US congress. Leckey, a former Wall Street regulator, ran on a platform of progressive politics and gained the support of Somali-American Ilhan Omar.
Continue reading “Ihssane Leckey | Moroccan-American Loses Congressional Race”
By Bang Showbiz |
Eritrean-American entertainer, Tiffany Haddish has tested positive for coronavirus. The 40-year-old actress revealed she was working on a movie set when she learned that someone she “wasn’t in direct contact” with contracted the virus, forcing the production to shut down.
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By MyJoyOnline.com
The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, United States, will resume Consular Services on Tuesday, September 8. A statement signed by Kofi Tonto, Head of Information and Public Services, Embassy of Ghana in Washington, said to enforce Covid-19 safety protocols, the Embassy would no longer offer in-person visa services.
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The Ghanaian Women’s Association of Georgia for the third year will award scholarships aimed at positioning young women as “cultural ambassadors” for the West African nation.
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bY John Vigah | GhanaWeb
When he stepped on Canadian soils as far back as February 1987, it never crossed his mind that a few years later, he was going to lead Ghanaians in that gorgeously beautiful country – situated at the northern part of North America.
Continue reading “Oseodeyo Kwateng Amanin | Meet Ghana’s Montrealhene in Canada”
Oballa Oballa has come a long way after fleeing genocide in Ethiopia and starving in Kenya’s Dabaab Refugee camp before arriving in America in 2013. After being granted citizenship last year, he has decided to run for Austin Minnesota City Council first ward.
by NJERI MBUGUA | The Star
