Tag Archives: African diaspora
By Paul Omoruyi Most Africans in the diaspora would concur with me that when they first immigrated to the United States they wanted to speak, look and swagger like Americans. This writer was not an exception. Understandably, America is the … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African diaspora, African immigration to the United States, American English, Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, New York, Roman Empire, United States
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By Fatimah Kelleher Centuries old, travel writing has been instrumental in crafting perceptions of the world we live in; journeying authors have wielded significant influence over immobile audiences who have wanted to ‘see’ beyond their own square mile of existence. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged African diaspora, Gary Younge, Ibn Battuta, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ken Saro-Wiwa, London, Nigeria, V.S. Naipaul
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By Dr Ola Ogunyemi The brain drain Africa suffered since the double waves of decolonisation and structural adjustment did not only impact negatively on political and economic developments, but also decimated Africa as professional and business elite – students and … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Africa Channel, African diaspora, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian news, University of Lincoln, Voice of Africa Radio, World Bank
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At President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony Monday, the African-Caribbean Diaspora will play a part in some of the several events. The group will host the first-ever African-Caribbean Diaspora Presidential Inaugural Ball. The Reverend Doctor Agorom Constantine Dike, chairman of … read more »
After the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in late-August, the comments sections of articles discussing his 21 years in office became a digital shouting match between Ethiopians who had different views of his legacy, and the current political … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African diaspora, American Civil Liberties Union, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Diaspora, Ethiopia, ethiopian news ethiopia news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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By Dele Meiji Fatunla The importance of faith and religious observance amongst African and African diaspora communities was the impetus for a conference held last week by ‘Africa-UK’ – a diaspora engagement project aimed at increasing the impact of the … read more »
By Dr Joel Cabrita In Europe (and Britain) religion is often thought to be in terminal decline. Yet, the fact is that African Christians and Muslims increasingly occupy a prominent place within the multicultural religious and social landscape of contemporary … read more »
Jamila Aisha Brown On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama cautioned the America public about the foreign policy plan Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan wish to implement: “My opponent and his running mate … read more »
Heads of State of the African Union (AU) gathered in Sandton, South Africa on Friday 25 May for the first Global African Diaspora Summit. This meeting aspired to forge closer ties between ‘Africa and its offspring’, as one of the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News
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Tagged African diaspora, African Union, Caribbean Community, Diaspora, Global Summit, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sandton, South Africa
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Following is a speech delivered by Khafra Kambon, chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee, at the recent launching of Emancipation Day celebrations at City Hall, Port-of Spain. If I was physically present with you on this important night of this … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News
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Tagged African diaspora, African Liberation Day, African National Congress, African Union, Emancipation Day, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maafa, South Africa
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By Dele Meiji Fatunla The race to secure the office of Mayor of London for the next four years is on, but does anyone care about a competition that appears to be a dead heat between two predictably ‘neck and … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Africa news, African diaspora, African news, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, IndepthAfrica, Ken Livingstone, Liberal Democrat, Livingstone, London, London Mayor
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South African content provider M-Net is launching a new video on demand service, providing an extensive catalogue of African films to a global digital rental audience. The African Film Library www.africanfilmlibrary.com will be managed by the online arm of pay-TV … read more »
Posted in Entertainment, Movie & Music, News
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Tagged africa african news, African diaspora, DStv, Film, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, M-Net, MultiChoice, South Africa, Youssef Chahine
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Critical look at Diaspora Africans remittance to Africa. According to figures from World Bank, annual remittance flows to Africa are in excess of $40billion and are growing at more than 10% year on year. Additionally, there is an estimated $35 … read more »
There is a term some use to describe the US as being special. They call it ‘American exceptionalism.’ What the theory tries to define is the special and unique place the US holds due to the revolutionary nature of its … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged African diaspora, China, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, Organisation of African Unity, United States
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What’s Diaspora got to do with it?”[1] I offer one answer– “social capital”. The World Bank defines ‘social capital’ as “the norms and networks that enable collective action” and states “increasing evidence shows that social capital is critical for societies … read more »
Posted in Article
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Tagged African diaspora, China, Diaspora, ethnicity, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Shepherds Bush, Social capital, World Bank
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by Dani Wadada Nabudere, 2006 Walter Rodney made a significant contribution to the African academy, the Pan-African revolution, and human emancipation. This was fully demonstrated in his activist commitment to the cause of the liberation of the people of Africa … read more »
The government of Nigeria during the next four years faces ten unavoidable issues. Peace and security Between now and 2015 Nigeria must deal firmly with its long history of political, ethnic/tribal and religious violence. An important first step … read more »
Posted in Daylight Africa, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Abuja, Africa news, African diaspora, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Boko Haram, breaking news, East Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, West Africa
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January 15, 2011 by benim
I must admit I rarely read through the many articles that are posted daily, weekly on the multiple Eritrean websites. There’s a sense of weariness that comes over me as I see similarities in titles and content. The most enjoyable … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African diaspora, African news, African Union, Asmara, breaking news, Demographics of Eritrea, Embassies and Consulates, Eritrea, European Union, geography, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New African, News local news, newspapers, Pan-Africanism, political-news, Racism, United States, World news
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