A rural clinic that cannot safely store its medicines has an electricity problem before it has a health problem. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia made that point in New York this month.
For the third year, FunTimes Magazine will bring Nigeria’s Independence celebration to Philadelphia City Hall, where a flag-raising, traditional ceremonial African gowning and awards will turn October 1 into a public expression of heritage and belonging.
How an Igbo community in West Philadelphia creates economic mobility
One organizer running a Philly fridge put it about as plainly as it gets: “It’s not a homeless thing, it’s a people thing.”
When news broke that Professor Jason Arday had passed away, the tributes started to pour in. They came from academics, activists, students, journalists, and everyday Black people who had followed his story with a mix of admiration and quiet recognition.
For decades, the question of reparations for slavery and colonialism has remained one of the most difficult and controversial issues in international affairs. The devastating consequences of slavery and colonialism are well documented, yet debates over the legitimacy, scope and merits of reparations have continued to generate strong arguments on both sides.
Bruce Golding asks what independence means when Jamaica cannot afford to say no.
It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew sevenfold. In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion mark, and today, it stands at about 7.7 billion.
For nearly three-quarters of a century, Khadijah Farrakhan stood beside one of the nation’s most recognizable religious leaders. But within the Nation of Islam, she was revered in her own right.
From xenophobic attacks in South Africa to anti-immigrant rhetoric in parts of the United Kingdom, Black immigrants are facing hostility, not because of who they are, but because of systems that fail everyone and then convince people to blame the most vulnerable.
