Tag Archive | "Africans"
Posted on 15 September 2011. Tags: Africans, Libya, Libyans, Tawergha, War

Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., reacting to reports in The Wall Street Journal has called for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into the reported killings of Black Libyans in the city of Tawergha.
Rep. Jackson also tells The Black Star News he will ask that U.S. assistance for reconstruction and transition to democracy in Libya be conditional. The Wall Street ...
Posted in African History, Black History, Black Women
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Africans, Belgium, Germany, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, War

A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914, originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914
Note on reverse (see below) dated 28.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located in Etterbeek ...
Posted in African History, Black People in Europe, Black Soldiers
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Africans, France, Senegalese, Soldiers, Tirailleurs, Western Front, senegal

Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front, originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
Pour la France! French colonial troops killed on the Western Front
Nothing on reverse.
Posted in African History, Black Soldiers
Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: Africa, Africans, Ghana, diaspora

In my last piece entitled "For the love of Ghana" i pointed out how diasporians are like a "mirror" for Africa. They being outside of Africa and holding kinship to her are in a special position. What is apparent to the Diasporian by life's experiences hold keys to Africa's rise.
Africans around the world are in ...
Posted in African History
Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: ANC, Africa, African History, Africans, Congress, Corruption, Democrats, Economics, Economy, Nationalism, News, Parties, Politics, South Africa, Zimbabwe, equality, kids, poverty, president, violence

There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then ...
Posted in African History
Posted on 29 April 2009. Tags: Africans, Caribbean History, Crime, Health, Law and Order, Police, Racism, SUS law, custody deaths, sickle cell

Registration closes 18 May 2009 - Book now to avoid disappointment!
The Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell (TASC Unit) at De Montfort University, Leicester is pleased to present this exclusive one-day conference.
The conference examines Sickle Cell Disorders, healthcare neglect in prisons, racism in the criminal justice system and the introduction of ...
Posted in African History, Black Britain, Black People in Europe
Posted on 23 April 2009. Tags: Africa, African History, Africans, Congress, Elections, Nationalism, News, Parties, president

Jacob Zuma is one step away from the Union Buildings - South Africa's seat of power.
Wednesday's national and provincial elections are certain to see the African National Congress (ANC) leader become the new president of South Africa.
But this year's elections have been different.
A new opposition party, hewn from the ruling African National Congress, is challenging ...
Posted in African History, Black Women
Posted on 14 April 2009. Tags: Africa, African history, Africans, Army, Black People in Europe, Congo, Crime, Death, Economics, Genocide, Holocaust, Politicians, Politics, Sudan, Troops, War, black women, ethnicity, president, violence

A Tale of a Forgotten People
By Vava Tampa
Outside public eyes in a remote corner of Africa and literally under the world's radar screen, a country is sinking in a river of blood! Mothers crying! Fathers and sons trading hot metals! Neighbours, in alliance with local armed groups, seething through the thick dense forest to ...
Posted in African History
Posted on 10 April 2009. Tags: African soldiers, Africans, Blacks, Colonies, France, Germany, Hitler, Italian, Posters, Rhineland, Russia, Soldiers, War, West Indies, black soldiers, mein kampf

You would be surprised the amount of people who are totally ignorant about the role of black troops in both World Wars, and even in subsequent wars. Furthermore, the use of Black troops in European armies was extremely controversial in the first part of the 20th Century.
Africans have been depicted both positively and negatively in ...
Posted in Black Soldiers
Posted on 05 April 2009. Tags: Africa, Africans, Economics, Economy, South Africa, Zimbabwe

South Africa could experience a “commercial boom” if trade with Zimbabwe was increased, Zimbabwean Economic Planning and Development Minister Elton Mangoma said on Monday.
Mangoma urged South African companies to recapitalise and extend some loans to their Zimbabwe affiliates.
Once Zimbabwean companies could access South African products and services more easily, demand for South African-produced goods would ...
Posted in African History
Posted on 25 March 2009. Tags: African American History, African history, Africans, America, Americas, Black, Blacks, Census, Community, Marriage, black women, ethnicity, society

Every day I trawl the web looking for interesting articles to bring to your screen. Tonight I happened to chance across an article called...
" Do we need Black Mariage Day?" Personally, & I have to be honest here, I hadn't actually heard of the initiative and so proceeded to read the whole article.
The author made the ...
Posted in Black Women, Editors Blog
Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: African American History, African history, Africans, America, Augusta, Black, Blacks, Community, Education, Events, Georgia, News, Students, Trade, Youth, black women, children, drugs, jail, schools, society, statistics, stories

AUGUSTA, Ga. - It was a gathering to reclaim black manhood--a conference for all ages, men and women, held at Paine College.
“You can achieve, you can believe, you can conceive, that truly this country is made for you and you need to use the world as your oyster," said Dr. Mike Weaver, organizer.
Men and ...
Posted in Black Women, Editors Blog