Ota Benga, the African Man Exhibited in a New York Zoo’s Monkey Cage
It is Saturday the 8th of September in 1906, and hundreds of people are standing around a monkey…
G20: The Second Berlin War Against Africa
“China is there not to fight Africa’s battles, but its own.” Germany holds this year’s presidency of the…
Obama and Clinton brought slavery to Libya
The deliberate destruction of Libya was a war crime by all standards of international law. That country was…
A Review of ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
( PG – 13, 1h 33mins, 17 Feb 2017(USA), Directed by Raoul Peck) The nominee for…
Red Cross Built Exactly 6 Homes for Haiti with Nearly Half A Billion Dollars in Donations
By Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan on June 16, 2017 Photo: Marie Arago for ProPublica The neighborhood of…
Dishonoring Uganda’s Refugees By HELEN C. EPSTEIN
NEW YORK – When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Uganda earlier this month, his stated mission…
As Deadline to Leave Saudi Arabia Nears, Ethiopian Workers Trapped Between Two Bad Choices
Thousands of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have pleaded to the Ethiopian government to expedite their return…
The 1944 Thiaroye Massacre in Senegal, a Shameful Episode of the French Colonial Period in Africa Written by Abdoulaye Bah
On December 1, 1944, an unspeakable tragedy took place at the military camp of Thiaroye, a small village…