Tag: Activists
‘Now or Never’: Young Nigerians Pin Hopes on Key Election
By CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Frustrated by high unemployment and worsening violence, many younger Nigerians are flocking to a candidate outside...
2022 Movers and Shakers Year in Review – Carol McGruder
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media
Carol McGruder is co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC).
Formed in 2008, McGruder says the mission...
Minneapolis to buy gas station at site of Floyd’s killing
By The Association Press
The city of Minneapolis has decided to buy the boarded-up Speedway gas station at the intersection where George Floyd was killed by...
After quiet days, handful of protests at UN climate summit
By SAM MAGDY and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — After days with almost no demonstrations, there were several small protests at...
What is Afrofuturism? An English Professor Explains
By Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story...