Ghana – 24 years of Democracy
By Brad Brown In 1960 Ghana became independent of British colonial rule, the first country in West Africa to do so. The premier independence …
Africa counts: a new generation of problem solvers
The University Cheikh Anta Diop has its earliest roots in a medical school founded in Dakar in 1918 to train primarily French students for medical …
Nigeria, our great hope
My recent trip to Nigeria coincided with the newly elected President Mohamsadu Buhari’s efforts to put in place the new administration. Approximately the same time …
Pan Africanism from the ground up
I recently returned from giving the keynote address at the 1st International Conference on Deltas and Rivers in Africa with the theme: From Vulnerability to …
Senegambia-Colonial Legacy
In the days of the Atlantic Slave trade the region of Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and parts of Mali, Mauritania and Guinea was referred …
The Nigerian election also a victory for United States
People sometimes ask me why I work in Africa. My answer is simple, the problem of white racism in the United States is not solvable …
Republic of Namibia, a little known jewel
“Will they come to a small city in the dessert by the sea in a country many never heard of?” This was the question Dr. …