Sharon Toomer, an accomplished media executive and nonprofit leader, is the new executive director of the National Association of Black Journalists, the largest organization for journalists of color in the nation. The announcement came Monday after an extensive national search. “We are excited that Sharon will be joining us at this critical time in NABJ’s […]readmore
“Fake news,” if let to stand unchallenged long enough, becomes fake history and gets to be taught in school and taken as fact. Such is the case with the canard that Christopher Columbus “discovered” the North American continent. He was the second European after Viking explorer Lief Erickson, but he came later than voyagers from […]readmore
by Jenna Gray August 05, 2017 at 05:53 PM EDT On Thursday morning, hundreds of young people of color received an urgent message: they couldn’t afford not to be leaders in the fight against climate change. “We are descendants of colonization and slavery. You are the children of extraction. Extraction is now taking over the […]readmore
By Sidique Wai, December 12, 2016 Today, on this sixth day of his death, I have composed myself and tried to find the appropriate words to say good-bye to an icon, Dr. Chika Onyeani. I first read about his passing in a posting from my friend on Facebook, Afrikan Spot Editor and Publisher Isseu Diouf […]readmore
By Isaac Saney, Co-Chair & Spokesperson, Canadian Network on Cuba – November 14, 2014 The Canadian Network On Cuba (CNC) is launching the Cuba For West Africa Campaign to raise funds to assist the ongoing Cuban medical missions in the West African nations of Guinea-Conakry, Liberia & Sierra Leone that are engaged in fighting the […]readmore
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Published 26 November 2016 For many of us in “Black America,” Fidel represented the audacity that we have desired and sought in the face of imperial and racial arrogance. It is impossible to discuss Fidel Castro outside of an examination of the Cuban Revolution. And, while I hear that there are many Cuban […]readmore
Fidel Castro was a towering presence in Cuba for more than 50 years. Dr Stephen Wilkinson, editor of the International Journal of Cuban Studies, assesses his legacy. For Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen, there was a direct link between two of the biggest figures in his nation’s history. In a poem from 1977, he wrote: “Lo […]readmore
Toby Shapshak , CONTRIBUTOR, www.forbes.com The future will be built in Africa, Facebook FB +2.03% CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in Nigeria, before travelling to Kenya, the “world leader” in mobile money, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, a surprise trip which has propelled Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit into the news. “It’s inspiring to see how engineers here are using mobile money to […]readmore
