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DALEY THOMPSON British decathlete who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984. The son of a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother, Thompson made his debut in the decathlon at the age of 16, winning a competition …
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Ben Okri O.B.E. is a Booker Prize winning Author and Poet. Okri was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel The Famished Road (1991). Set in a Nigerian village <p>Ben Okri was Born in Nigeria in 1959. He is a journalist and writer by trade. He traveled to Britain when he was just [...]
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About 300 people attended Monday night’s dedication in St, Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, of a memorial plaque to Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97), the leading black abolitionist. Equiano had been baptised at the Church in February 1759. While people waited for the start of the service the Church organist played the ‘Trumpet Voluntary’ by John Stanley (1712-86) [...]
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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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Joseph Knight
