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Nashville’s ‘Friends of South Africa’ Take on the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge

African immigrants and the Black Lives Matter struggle

Interview

Race in America | Dismantling Structural Racism with Opal Tometi

Communities

Seattle’s African immigrants, refugees confront what it means to be Black in America

Opinion

What American schools should teach about race, racism and slavery

News

BLM, End SARS Protests Unite Americans & Nigerians in Global Fight For Equality

People

Babatunde Olatunji | The Nigerian drummer who set the beat for US civil rights

Sports

Israel Adesanya | Nigerian-born UFC star commends NBA players for racial injustice boycott

Covid 19 and African Immigrants

Covid 19

Dipo Oyeleye examines African music as pandemic response in PhD research inspired by COVID-19

Covid 19

Moncef Slaoui | Moroccan- American Vaccine czar says 20 Million Could Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in December

Covid 19

Ghanaian-Americans Demand Policymakers to Approve Critical Coronavirus Relief for Americans

Covid 19, News

Stella Immaneul says CNN has helped her ministry grow in revealing interview-Video

Covid 19

Stella Immanuel | Cameroonian joins American Frontline doctors to advocate hydroxychloroquine treatment for Covid 19

Communities, Covid 19

How a Somali community took on a Minnesota meatpacking plant to contain a Covid-19 outbreak

People

Maaza Mengiste | Ethiopian-American author says ‘My 20-year-old self never realised you could become a writer’

People

Larbi Mirikan | the Moroccan who crossed the Atlantic in a fishing boat to America

People

Folake Olowofoyeku is the Star in “Bob Hearts Abishola” You Should Know About

People

Onyema Ogbuagu | Effusive praise for Nigerian doctor in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial

People

Dr. Godwin Maduka | The Harvard trained doctor and entrepreneur who owns the largest pain treatment group in Southern Nevada

People

Marcus Samuelsson | Ethiopian-born adoptee who came to America with $300 and became a world-famous chef

Achievements

Kwaku Atuahene-Gima | Ghanaian Professor among 2% of top global scientists in list created by Stanford University

Achievements

Edafe Okporo| Nigerian refugee is one of the inaugural recipients of the $200,000 David Prize for his efforts to end homelessness in America

Achievements

Four Nigerians Who Made 2020 TIME100 List

Achievements

Nigerian Born Charles Osuji Among Top 25 Most Influential Canadian Lawyers, 2020

Achievements

Marius Kothor | Togolese-American scholar in Yale Receives Three National Fellowships for Dissertation Research

Achievements

Pearlena Igbokwe | Meet the Nigerian-born head of Universal TV

Africans in American Politics

Politics

Can Bethlehem Fleming woo African Immigrants in Atlanta to turn the Senate Blue?

Policy

Why Biden Should Upgrade U.S. Africa Policy

Politics

Kenyans residing in the US narrate unique, dramatic poll experiences –

Politics

Oballa Oballa| From refugee camp to city council chambers

Politics

From Refugee to Representative, US Candidates Celebrate Election Victories

Politics

Oballa Oballa | a refugee from Ethiopia wins historic city council election in Austin

Opinion

Obama didn’t deliver for Africa. Can Biden show black lives matter everywhere?

Opinion

America Voted in Favor of Refugees and Immigrants

Opinion

What the Biden Presidency Could Mean for Africa

Opinion

Nigeria’s SARS Crisis Demands U.S. Attention

Opinion

What American schools should teach about race, racism and slavery

Opinion

Americans find their inner Mugabe

Business

Grace Kinda | This Kenyan entrepreneur Brings African Beauty Knowledge to Colorado and the West

Business

Chipper Cash | African fintech startup raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos

Business

Ayele Solomon | Ethiopian winemaker accepts $750,000 investment offer from four sharks on “Shark Tank”

Business

Verityhurst Announces the Opening of its North America Operation Offices in New York City

Business

Movemeback | Want to come home? This startup is helping diasporans return to the African continent

Business

American firm Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+

Arts

Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe | The Ascent of Young Ghanaian Artist

Arts

Amoako Boafo: How Feverish Selling and Infighting Built the Buzziest Artist of 2020

Arts

Amoako Boafo | Ghanaian artist’s gestural portraits exude strength in times of crisis

Arts

Patrick Quarm | Ghanaian Artist Weaves Together Vibrant Tapestries That Reflect His Personal Experiences

Arts, People

Peter Ntephe | Nigerian-born lawyer and art collector talks on African arts

Arts

Dawit N.M | Photographer, director draws on Ethiopian, Virginian roots in Chrysler exhibition

Communities

‘You can’t be president for life’ | Disputed Houston election splinters Nigerian women’s club

Communities

Mainers fear for loved ones in embattled Tigray region of Ethiopia

Communities

Las Vegas Ethiopian community protests war on Tigray region

Communities

Seattle’s African immigrants, refugees confront what it means to be Black in America

Communities

What makes Nigerians in diaspora so successful

Communities

‘They need our backing’: Ontario’s Nigerian community reflects on #EndSARS police protests

Meet the African Multinational Enterprises that are re-industrializing the continent.

African multinational enterprises are taking a leading role in the industrialization of the continent

Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter, Dr. Jasmine Kudji, be working in the same hospital system beginning July 1.

Africans in Canada

Africans in Canada
African academics in Canada
African students in Canada

Communities

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Congolese in America
Sudanese in America
Zimbabweans in America
Gambians in America
Senegalese in America
Rwandans in America
Ugandans in America
Liberians in America
Equatorial Guineans in America

Americans in Africa

American- Africa Relations
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African American ancestry
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Music

Afrobeats’ Global Takeover

Music

Diamond Platnumz Talks On Breaking Into The U.S. Market

Music

Burna Boy Signs Deal With SESAC, Waterparks & Smallpools

Music

Aminé | Ethiopian-American navigates complex worlds on his new album ‘Limbo’

Music

Sunny Ade | Remembering the feats of an African legend at 74

Music

Stonebwoy |Ghanaian star receives citation for Grammy nomination

Entertainment

Diamond breaks Davido’s YouTube Africa record within 8 hours

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Wizkid wins 2020 BET Soul Train Awards with Beyoncé

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The Weeknd |Ethiopian-Canadian singer beats Chris Brown, John Legend at American Music Awards 2020

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Sports

Mike Brown | Nigerian National Basketball Team coach is leaving no NBA stone unturned to find D’Tigers stars

Sports

Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming

News, Sports

The Nigerian influence over the 2020 NBA draft

Sports

Eight Nigerian-Americans Picked by teams in 2020 NBA Draft

Sports

Daniel Oturu taken by Timberwolves in Second Round of NBA Draft

Sports

Zeke Nnaji | Denver Nuggets take Nigerian-American at No. 22 in draft

Immigration

Biden Promises to End Trump’s Muslim and African ‘Travel Ban’. But Its Legacy Will Be Felt for Years

December 2, 2020

Immigration

‘Betrayed’ Black asylum seekers say Trump administration is ramping up deportations by force and fraud

November 30, 2020

Immigration

Citizens of 15 African countries will have to post bonds of up to $15,000 to visit the US

November 24, 2020

Immigration

Nigeria leads China for asylum claims to Canada despite Covid-19

November 19, 2020

Immigration

Coming to America: It’s Not Like the Movie for African Immigrants

November 14, 2020

Immigration

The Africans Among Them

November 14, 2020

Ancestry

Pastor T.D Jakes | How I traced my ancestry to the Igbo tribe in Nigeria

Ancestry

Akon |Rapper tells Black Americans to let go of the past and come back to Africa

Ancestry

How some Black Americans are finding solace in African spirituality

Ancestry

High percentage of Nigerian ancestry found in Black Americans in the U.S. as study reflect the hardships and realities of slavery

Ancestry

If George Floyd had done his DNA, he was probably from Nigeria

Ancestry

Ghana Minister Invites African-Americans to Re-settle in Africa If They Feel Unwanted in the U.S.

Visit to Africa

American actor, Dave Brown, believes every African-American should Visit Ghana.

Visit to Africa

How Ghana’s Year Of Return Campaign Put Black Destinations In The Spotlight

Visit to Africa

If You Want To Connect To The African Diaspora Abroad, Consider Learning This Language

Visit to Africa

How Ghana became the hottest destination for African-American travelers

Visit to Africa

HOW TO PLAN YOUR TRIP TO AFROCHELLA FESTIVAL IN ACCRA, GHANA

Visit to Africa

“Heritage travel” is surging in the era of DNA testing. It has a special significance for black Americans.

Telling the story of native-born Africans living in the Americas

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