A South African billionaire apologized for telling President Donald Trump Africa loves him during a summit in Davos, Switzerland, last week. A clip captured by CSPAN of Patrice Motsepe heaping praise onto Trump during the World Economic Forum went viral,…
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Year of Return: Ghana Grants Citizenship to More Than 100 African-Americans, Afro-Caribbeans in Special ‘Homecoming’ Ceremony
It was an occasion worth celebrating as over 100 Africans-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans made it official by becoming Ghana’s newest citizens in a special ceremony Wednesday. One by one, the new citizens crossed the stage to collect their citizenship certificates and…
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Amilcar Cabral, the African Engineer and Revolutionary Who Brought Portuguese Colonizers To Their Knees
A new book on Amilcar Cabral by professor Peter Karibe Mendy of Rhode Island College sheds new light on this important 20th century agronomist and pan-Africanist thinker who led an anti-colonial struggle against Portugal. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Although he was…
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Russians Add Digital Warfare to Their ‘Back-to-Africa’ Efforts
Russian President Vladimir Putin convened the first Russia-Africa Summit, signaling his intent to once again make Russia a major player on the African continent. (Photo: shoehorn99; Flickr) With the inaugural Russia-Africa summit that Russian President Vladimir Putin held in Sochi…
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