The renovated park has attracted thousands of visitors to its site. Getty Images
by Carola Lentz, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park lies at...
Frantz Fanon.
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by Nigel Gibson, Emerson College
Franz Fanon, the Martiniquan born psychiatrist, committed Algerian revolutionary and Pan-African thinker, died 60 years ago on December...
Week of February 20-26
February 20
1895—The great Black leader Frederick Douglass dies at 78 in Washington, D.C. Douglass was the foremost Black abolitionist struggling to...
by Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (NNPA)--When President Obama and the first lady travel to Africa at the end of this month, they will receive a rapturous greeting. The president’s deep roots in Kenya, the land of his father, resonate throughout the continent. His success in the United States evokes pride and joy in Africa. I write this from Nigeria, a country that has just celebrated its 14th year of democracy. President Obama’s election enabled Africans to see America in a new light. I hope his visit will enable Americans to see Africa with new eyes.
