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KINGSTON, Jamaica – While American families hide colored eggs and eat chocolate bunnies, Jamaica’s tradition of eating Easter bun and cheese, fortune telling and Carnival are the ways this island celebrates this holiday period. COMMON EASTER TRADITIONS Easter egg predictions One of Jamaica’s long established practices is the setting of an egg to predict one’s [...]
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 Senegal-Bonus for rice farmers For Senegalese rice farmers like Pape Alioune Seck the food crisis is a blessing in disguise in a country that until recently imported three-quarters of this staple from Asia.”Two years ago, the Senegalese rediscovered rice from the river valley,” said the 32-year-old rice farmer. The change is answering the dreams [...]
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A look at the position of the average African and average African-American revealed some surprising parallels. For the purpose of simplifying this piece, I will generalize even when I know there are exceptions. I also know Alexander Dumas warned that all generalizations are dangerous, so don’t snap as you read. Treat this as an honest start of an authentic dialogue which all Africans in the Diaspora must have.
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Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
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Joseph Knight
