R&B artist and activist Akon joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to share his plans on lighting up Africa. His “Akon Lighting Africa Project” aims to bring electricity to one (1) million households in Africa by the end of 2014. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One. […]
How can we advance the issues of economics and fair trade between the United States and the African nations represented at this years leadership summit? Susan Rice, White House National Security Advisor talked with Roland Martin Tuesday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the U.S. Africa Leadership Summit and what we can look forward to in the […]
President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa? Steve Clemons, Staci Johnson and Corey Dade joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss economic growth Africa and the game-changing […]
Podcast: Download President Barack Obama has gathered nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for the 2014 US Africa Summit. Did you know that 6 out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa? Steve Clemons, Staci Johnson and Corey Dade joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss economic growth in Africa and the game-changing nature of the […]
On Monday, 500 participants of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders joined Pres. Barack Obama for a town hall meeting. The meeting caps off a summer for a group of promising young African leaders, ages 25 to 35, who spent their time in the United States sharpening their skills at American universities. RELATED: Background and […]
African Students Association, a group of U.S.-based African students (pic, at Ithaca College are confronting archaic Western views about the continent through a photo campaign, CNN reports. SEE ALSO: High School Crowns Transgender Student Homecoming King “The Real Africa: Fight The Stereotype” campaign works to combat common misconceptions about Africa, such as it being a […]
A new fertility company is seeking to offer African couples biracial babies through White donor sperm. SEE ALSO: Obama Executive Omissions Leave Some Allies Angry According to the Half-Caste Babies website, their goal is to further diversify Africa’s gene pool: “We make racial integration possible not only by marriage but also by birth. Gone are the days when […]
Imagine for a second that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated in 1968 but was instead jailed by the federal government for treason. RELATED: Top 10 Nelson Mandela Quotes With the United States coming apart at the seams with open racial conflict between the races, a crumbling economy, and stiff international economic sanctions […]
Few lives have been thoroughly chronicled as that of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at the age of 95. From his earliest days as a scion of South African royalty to his activism against racism and apartheid in South Africa, Mandela and his heroism has literally created history for more […]
Africa’s colonization by other major powers of the world at the tail end of the 19th century spelled doom and division for the mighty continent. It wasn’t until 1950 that Africa would begin the tough process of gaining much of its independence from Western Europeans. On this day in 1884, the Berlin Conference began the […]
