Obit: Pius Adesanmi, Scholar, Writer, Activist, dead in Ethiopian Airlines disaster – Tola Adenle

    Professor Adesanmi [Credit: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]   As Professor Pius Adesanmi, scholar, writer, activist is being mourned on multiple continents, especially in Nigerian – country of his birth – and Canada, his adopted homeland, those of us who knew him only through his many writings/contributions to political discourse in Nigeria do feel a […]

USA: “… why are we having these people from shithole countries …” like Africa & Haiti? – Trump to Lawmakers

  “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met Wednesday. The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to […]

Making a Home for Black History – The New Yorker/Vinson Cunningham

The vision and the challenges behind a new museum on the National Mall The building’s design alludes to Yoruba art, from West Africa, and to the filigree ironwork made by American slaves.  [ILLUSTRATION BY VINCENT MAHÉ] A few years ago, Rex Ellis, the associate director of curatorial affairs for the National Museum of African American […]

Canada’s multi-cultural Policy & the Black/Caribbean Community – sharenews.com

By Tom Godfrey Many of us would not be here today and the face of Canada would be different if it was not for the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who introduced our multiculturalism policy almost 45 years ago today. Our official multiculturalism policy that changed the cultural makeup of this country was made into […]

32 year-old Foyekemi Ikyaator opens her own Emergency Room in America – Kimberly Pointer

  Dr. Foyekẹmi Ikyaator, ER Physician and Medical Director, Life Savers at her Houston, Texas facility   Life Savers Emergency Room was created to meet the medical needs of Houston. They are a stand-alone emergency room, meaning they are not attached to a hospital. Dr. Foye enjoys Emergency Medicine tremendously and at Life Savers ER, […]

America’s Hair Angst: “WeatherNation Hires Meteorologist Fired for Explaining Black Hair” – Lynette Holloway/theroot.com

America’s Hair Angst, Continues Dear Blogger,  Here’s a story I’d like to share: Rhonda is an African heroine worthy of celebrating for high moral courage, and elevated as role model worthy of emulation while over 200,000,000 African women have succumbed to tress stress, passing money they need for good food and education to false and […]

An “Americanah” Returns to Lagos (P.I): Reflections on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Book – Kanyinsola Obayan

  After boarding 3 different planes, I am now sitting in George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston awaiting my departure to Lagos, Nigeria. We have been sitting on the plane for almost an hour without moving and the plane is exploding with life with children crying with people talking and walking and smiling and laughing […]

NIGERIA’S CONFAB: Regional Autonomy gets more attention – Taiwo Akinola & Ezekiel Atewojaye

Ezekiel Atewojaye February 19 near London We Must Have a Choice as People Can we really blame our present Guvnors of SW? Can we compare them with those of LOOBO States of 1979-83? What is the shares of Jakande and co after Hello fellow Nigerians of IdiAgbon Buhari? How were they treated by the military guys of […]

Yoruba Drums and Drummers – Tola Adenle

Drumming is a vital part of the cultural heritage of the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria.  Generally, whenever there is a big occasion:  weddings, funerals … there must be drummers around.  In big cities like Ibadan, there are always drummers plying their trade on weekends even without having any specific invitation to big occasions.  These drummers […]

News from the Diaspora: Yasmin Opawoye wins best entry on water and/or wastewater in America’s Prince George’s County – Tola Adenle

     Yasmin is 3rd from the left in photograph   At  a recent Prince George’s County Area Science Fair in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metro area in the USA,  WSSC gave Yasmin Opawoye, daughter of Dr. Lati Opawoye the award for the best entry on water and/or wastewater.  But Yasmin left before the special awards […]