L-R: CAW Program Director Molaundo Jones with Grammy Award-winning performer J.IVY By Isseu Diouf Campbell Creative Arts Workshops for Kids recognized several individuals for their contributions to the organization and its mission to improve the lives of underserved youth in … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell HCCI (Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc.) hosted its 10th annual Let Us Break Bread Together Awards Dinner on April 19, 2012, at Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan. The organization, which celebrated 26 years of community … Read More
L-R: Kennedy Bungane, Linnie McLean, Shared Interest Board Chair with South African Minister of Finance Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan By Isseu Diouf Campbell South African Minister of Finance Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan was among the honorees recognized on April 23 at Shared … Read More
L-R: Global Language Project Founder Angela Jackson, with Somali designers Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim By Isseu Diouf Campbell In an effort to provide more disadvantaged public school students with free, comprehensive language training in languages other than English, Global Language … Read More
L-R: Honorees Essence Magazine Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White, and Tanya Leah Lombard, Vice President of Public Affairs at AT&T. By Isseu Diouf Campbell Greater New York Chapter of The Links hosted its 62nd annual Women of Distinction Spirit Awards Luncheon, … Read More
L-R: Neal Shapiro, Fatima Shama, Tiffeny Forrest, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Tisa Chang, Gonzalo Mercado, Yanki Tshering and Roger Montesano By Isseu Diouf Campbell Immigrant Heritage Week, an annual celebration honoring the experiences and contributions of immigrants living in New … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell MCW (Miracle Corners of the World), the nonprofit organization which empowers youth to become positive agents of change, hosted its eighth annual MCW Gala on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, at New York University and presented Obiageli … Read More
L-R: Lamido Sanusi, Central Bank Governor of the Federal Bank of Nigeria, with Ngowari Harry and Foday Sackor, 9th Annual African Economic Forum co-chairs By Isseu Diouf Campbell Organizers of the 9th Annual African Economic Forum, which started on April 13th, … Read More
L-R: Jennifer Adaku Akabue, Yvonne Orji, Joy Notoma, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Mfoniso Udofia By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Winston Rodney Through storytelling, song, dance and multimedia, five Nigerian-American writers and performers – Jennifer Adaku Akabue, Ngozi Anyanwu, Joy Notoma, Yvonne … Read More
R-L: Mahen Bonetti, Founder of the New York African Film Festival with Richard Pena, Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center By Isseu Diouf Campbell African filmmakers converged on Film Society of Lincoln Center on April 11, 2012 … Read More
L-R: Papa K. Diagne, owner of Joloff Restaurant with his sister and two daughters By Isseu Diouf Campbell The recent closing party for Papa K. Diagne’s Le Joloff Restaurant located on Fulton Street was not supposed to be a sad … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell On March 29, 2012, Senegalese rapper Baay Bia, producer Ben Herson, reporter Christian Thiam, doctorate student Etienne Smith and Rosalind Fredericks of New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, were members of a panel titled … Read More
L-R: The 2013 Terrafugia Flying Car By Winston Rodney For those who love beautiful cars, the New York International Auto Show which starts on April 6, will give you plenty of reasons to rejoice with this year a new type … Read More
L-R: Curtis Jacobs, Founder & President of Renaissance Fine Art, Inc., sculptor Ousmane Gueye, and Paula Coleman, Director of RFA By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Renaissance Fine Art gallery recently hosted the opening reception of sculptor Ousmane Gueye’s latest exhibition, … Read More
L-R: Washington Roberts’ Fall/Winter 2012 Collection By Isseu Diouf Campbell Nigerian-born fashion designer Washington Roberts presented his Fall/Winter 2012 Collection during an intimate event at the Bryant Park Hotel in Manhattan on March 30, 2012. Roberts has stayed true to … Read More
L-R: Isaac Boateng with Alek Wek By Isseu Diouf Campbell Part of a generation of Africans who are tired of the continent’s negative portrayal in mainstream media, Isaac Boateng and Sandra Appiah want to do something about it –through a … Read More
L-R: Students of the first Harlem branch classroom By Isseu Diouf Campbell NPower, a national nonprofit that brings information technology services to nonprofits and training to young adults held a graduation ceremony for its first Harlem branch classroom on March … Read More
L-R: Quenia Abreu, President & CEO of the New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Councilman Robert Jackson, and Ann Rascon, Department of Small Business By Isseu Diouf Campbell There was a lot of frustration in the room during the State … Read More
L-R: Winsome Sinclair, Malikha Mallette, Jacquie Lee, Melba Moore, Lilias White, Mona Scott-Young, and Havilah Malone By Isseu Diouf Campbell Six successful black women – Jacquie Lee, Lilias White, Malikha Mallette, Melba Moore, Mona Scott-Young, and Winsome Sinclair – recently … Read More
Nelson Mandela By Isseu Diouf Campbell H.E. George Monyemangene hosted at the Consulate General of South Africa, in New York, the official launch of the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive on March 27, 2012, a few hours after Johannesburg. The Nelson … Read More
