Day: January 16, 2017

  • Farewell to the chief The Times of London 2017-01-15 Trevor Phillips April 22, 2013: the president pauses for a moment of silence in honour of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings PETE SOUZA After eight years in the White House, Barack Obama relinquishes the top job this Friday. Trevor Phillips criticises his legacy on…

  • How Black America Saw Obama The New York Times 2017-01-14 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. I stood in Grant Park on election night 2008, along with more than 200,000 other people, and watched as a man I’d known as a fellow member of a Chicago church, a man I’d worked…

  • Meet the Afro-Mexicans connecting to their African roots through dance Ventures Africa 2017-01-05 Iroegbu Chinaemerem Oti “Based on your culture, history, and traditions, do you consider yourself Black, meaning Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant?” – MEXICO’S 2015 Intercensal Survey The sound of Bata drums filled the air as girls, with printed scarfs tied around their waists and white…