Erika H. James has been named the next dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.
“Erika is an award-winning scholar and teacher…
Ramona Hood, the newest CEO at FedEx, is the first Black woman to take the lead in the company's history. Hood, who was formerly the company's Vice President of operations, strategy, and planning, has specifically been promoted to both…
Ethiopia has a history of female leaders such as Queen Candace and Queen of Sheba so the elevation of Sahle-Work Zewde as President of Ethiopia is the continuation of female participation in politics and leadership.
Sahle-Work Zewde was born and raised in Addis…
Netflix, one of the world's largest streaming services has announced that it will acquire the exclusive worldwide rights to the Genevieve Nnaji produced movie, Lion Heart. Lion Heart will premiere at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival.
While Netflix already screens many African movies,…
Oberlin College, the liberal arts educational institution in Ohio, has announced that it is naming its main library to honor Mary Church Terrell.
“Oberlin’s history is steeped in moments of recognition of the college’s landmark achievements in its early years that provided access…
I will always prick their consciences and I will always remind them of the painful past they want us to forget, I will always be that person who makes their consciences when they want to pretend that everything is fine, South Africa…
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is due to take place on 19 May, 2018 at Windsor Castle in England. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family. The bride, Meghan Markle, is a former American…
One of the leading early feminist voices once remarked,
“The nuclear family must be destroyed… Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process.” Linda Gordon Historian & leading feminist voice.
However, a study by researchers at New York…
Africa’s population is expected to grow from 586 million in 1995 to over 1.3 billion by 2025. Africa as a continent has the highest population growth rate in the world. Sixteen out of the twenty cities with the highest rates of urbanization…
Now that all African countries are independent from European colonial rule, western countries have decided to wage another battle: war on African families and economic development by promoting western style feminism and NGOs bent on socially engineering us into more poverty. No…