The History of Europe’s Blacks That’s Struck
By A Partial Amnesia

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The title of your book is African Europeans: An Untold History. It is unusual to refer to people of African descent living in Europe as African Europeans. Why did you choose to use this term? The term ‘African European’ or ‘Afro-European’ is not […]

Shedding fresh light on the
history of the Yoruba people

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Akinwunmi Ogundiran The Yoruba are among the most storied groups in Africa. Their ancestral homeland cuts across present-day southwest Nigeria, Benin Republic and Togo in West Africa. They number between 35 and 40 million. Their dynamic culture, philosophy, arts, language, sociology and […]

Broadway Pulls Up Her Curtain

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email EDITOR’S NOTE: After over two years of Broadway gone dark she is about to reopen and bring her curtain up once again. Below are some of the plays and musicals Broadway is opening. You will need a mask and proof of vaccination to […]

Destination: Washington DC – The Real DC For the Black Traveler

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Government and politics tell only part of the story of the nation’s capital. The part that’s typically covered by Washington correspondents. But the larger part? That’s DC: a patchwork of neighborhoods both steeped in history and buzzing with new energy; restaurants that span […]

Inaugural International Day for People of African Descent

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The United States joins others around the world in commemorating the first International Day for People of African Descent. This day was created to promote the extraordinary contributions of Africans and members of the African diaspora around the world and is an opportunity […]

Air Senegal Flies Nation’s Colors Into The US For The First Time

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Executives of Air Senegal were recently in Washington DC to announce the commencement for the first time of two weekly flights between the Senegal and United States. The flights will be operated from Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and John F. Kennedy International Airport […]

Playing To Win Is At The Center Of Mary Edoyugbo’s Prolific Art Collection

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Basil Chiji Okafor/Exclusive to The African Times-USA It is quite rare to find such finesse in so prolific an artist, as Mary Edoyugbo, gifted Nigerian pointillist, who combines her unusual skills, with an amazing dexterity – it would usually take her mere […]

Following the Tigray conflict, It’s A Rocky Road To Peace In Ethiopia

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email All wars end. So will the Tigray conflict. But when and how will peace come, and will it be sustained? What can we learn from other experiences of war and peace? History suggests that while there are many routes to war, the path […]