The Big Island ReporterU.S. Census African languages are fastest growing in the United StatesQuartz - Chidinma Irene NwoyeNewly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau spotlights African languages among the top ten fastest growing languages spoken at home in the U.S. The list featured three groups of African languages:
The Big Island ReporterAfrican-American News How many African countries got their namesQuartz - Ciku KimeriaThe concept of nation states in Africa is only a bit over a century old, arising after the 1884 Berlin Conference and the subsequent Scramble for Africa by European superpowers of the time. It is therefore
The Big Island ReporterDNA The Massive, Overlooked Potential of African DNAWIRED - Condé Nast When evening falls on a solar-panel-clad building outside the Nigerian capital of Lagos, its generators roar to life. The electrical grid here is …
The Big Island Reporter Africa's future is innovation rather than industrializationweforum.org - Alex Liu Africa has taken three significant steps in recent months on its journey to a stronger economic future. In March, the African Union launched the …
The Big Island Reporter Aaron Burr, vice-president who killed Hamilton, had children of colorGuardian US - Amanda HolpuchJohn Pierre Burr, one of two children the former vice-president Aaron Burr is said to have fathered with a servant from India, was officially memorialized as a descendant of the founding father at a ceremony
The Big Island ReporterGhana The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism'BBC News - Favour NunooHaving vowed to quit the US after being the victim of what he believed was a racially motivated arrest by police officers, African American Obadele Kambon relocated to Ghana in 2008 - and has never looked
The Big Island ReporterGhana 'Willful amnesia': How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave tradePRI - Rupa Shenoy | Selase Kove-SeyramGhana’s “Year of Return” is changing how the history of the slave trade is remembered in Africa. Ghana has declared a “Year of Return” for African descendants around the world to mark 400 years since first
The Big Island Reporter The timely symbolism of a “400 years” visit to Ghana by Nancy Pelosi and black US congress membersQuartz - Kwasi Gyamfi AsieduAs Donald Trump marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy in Virginia, top Democrats who had stayed away from the commemoration were observing a 400th anniversary of a different kind – one inextricably
The Big Island Reporter Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?NPR - Jess Kung, Gene Demby , Shereen Marisol MerajiWhen Angela Saini was 10 years old, her family moved from what she called "a very multicultural area" in East London to the almost exclusively white Southeast London. Suddenly her brown skin stood out,
The Big Island Reporter The fight to control Africa’s digital revolution | Financial TimesFinancial Times - David PillingAlready this year, at least six governments in Africa have shut down the internet, often with the complicity of western providers. This month in Sudan, as soldiers from a government paramilitary force
The Big Island Reporter Africa Needs More Angel InvestorsForbes - Meghan McCormickEpic Games, Uber, Juul Labs, Magic Leap, Instacart, Katerra, Opendoor, and Lyft share many common traits. As you might have guessed, they are U.S.-based, male-led, venture-backed technology companies.
The Big Island ReporterFacebook Facebook shuts down an Israeli firm’s effort to influence politics in West AfricaThe Verge - Nick StattFacebook today said it detected dozens of Facebook accounts that were engaging in what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” which is the company’s broad phrase for election interference and other
The Big Island Reporter Blocked by GMO politics, African scientist turns to 1950s technologyagri-pulse.com Africa’s uneasy history with agricultural biotechnology can be summed up by what’s growing, and not growing, on a small research farm in central …
The Big Island Reporter Lifting Our People Up Beyond The Old Slave Mindset.thyblackman.com - Staff (ThyBlackMan.com) It is crystal clear that our people (African-Americans) need to be built up, encouraged, motivated and given a strong sense of …
The Big Island Reporter Stopping The Emasculation of the African American Male.thyblackman.com - Staff (ThyBlackMan.com) Every African American male should read this article and share it with every person you know. We are about to tackle a …
The Big Island ReporterBlack History The Bible was used to justify slavery. Then Africans made it their path to freedom.The Washington PostThe graveyard was where they buried their loved ones. It was there they could gather in private. It was there where they could worship a God who offered not only salvation, but the thing they sought most
The Big Island Reporter 13 Reasons Why African-Americans Are Broke And Most Likely Will Remain Broke, Broke.thyblackman.com - Staff (ThyBlackMan.com) There are numerous books, journals, articles, and theories that speak of the economic woes of African Americans and the means to …
The Big Island Reporter A New Assignment for the Sussexes: Royal Envoys to Africa?The New York Times - By ELLEN BARRYLONDON — After the camera crews have packed up, and Baby Sussex is no longer driving the news cycle, where will we be able to find the charismatic young family? If the British newspapers have it right,
The Big Island Reporter Sign the Petitionchange.org We are seeking support from all people of African descent throughout the world to endorse this petition for formation of one government for Africa. We …
The Big Island Reporter Facebook’s AI team maps the whole population of AfricaTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyA new map of nearly all of Africa shows exactly where the continent’s 1.3 billion people live, down to the meter, which could help everyone from local governments to aid organizations. The map joins others
The Big Island ReporterAfrican-American News Inside The Country Where You Can Buy A Black Man For $400buzzfeednews.com - Monica Mark Slavery is thriving in Libya, where thousands of black Africans hoping to get to Europe instead find themselves bought and sold, forced to work for …
The Big Island Reporter ‘Toxic Masculinity Has Deformed and Destroyed Our Men’The Atlantic - Emily Buder “Even if I beat her, she was mine. There was nothing she could do about it.”
The Big Island Reporter Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite RebellionNPR - Michel MartinOn display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves. What's about
The Big Island Reporter ‘From Nothing to Gangbusters’: A Treatment for Sickle-Cell Disease Proves Effective in AfricaThe New York Times - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.A drug that protects children in wealthy countries against painful and sometimes lethal bouts of sickle-cell disease has been proven safe for use in Africa, where the condition is far more common, scientists
The Big Island Reporter Second aid worker held by Boko Haram executed as negotiation deadline expiresCNN - By Stephanie Busari and Bukola Adebayo, CNNLagos, Nigeria (CNN) — An aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been executed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the Nigerian government said. Nigeria's Minister of
The Big Island Reporter Why US presidents visit the same African states like Egypt, Ghana?Quartz - Abdi Latif DahirMelania Trump has just concluded her trip to Africa, her first major solo international swing as US first lady. In her choice of nations to visit—Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt—she followed in the footsteps
The Big Island Reporter Ethiopia’s deadly violence shows the fragility of a nation in democratic transitionQuartz - Abdi Latif DahirEthiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s reformist agenda is facing a major test. In recent days, Addis Ababa has experienced violent unrest that has led to dozens of killings, mass arrests, and even an shutdown.
