Photos & News – African immigrant and African-American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond
Photos: Yaw Asare Aboagye Society for Africans in the Diaspora presented the Harriet Tubman’s Person of the Year Award to NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray at its 9th Annual African Diaspora Awards held at the Schomburg Center for Research in … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Drs. Rosalind and Leonard Jeffries Jr. celebrated the African legacy on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary on November 30, 2019 at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell NAACP Mid-Manhattan Next Gen honored 4 Harlem’s Cannabis Trailblazers during a Marijuana Economics event on November 25, 2019 at Touro College in Harlem. The four honorees were Leslie Stone of Let’s Talk Cannabiz; Yasmin Hurston of … Read More
Photo credit: NYC Department of Small Business Services NYC Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop celebrated 10 years of Small Business Saturday with a corridor tour of Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn on November 30, 2019. With retail e-commerce sales amounting … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The 125th Street Harlem African Artisans Market celebrated its 1st anniversary on November 23, 2019 with music and poetry but most importantly big sales that will continue throughout the month of December. The 125th Street Harlem … Read More
On November 22, 2019, hundreds of protesters gathered at the Harriet Tubman Memorial before heading to the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza in Harlem to protest against the increased police presence in the NYC subway system. Related … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The holiday season kicked off with the Harlem Holiday Lighting on November 20, 2019. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. several businesses along 125th street participated in the festivities. Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer hosted a … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Gathering for Justice hosted a conversation with Cyntoia Brown Long, activist and author of Free Cyntoia My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System on November 14, 2019 at the Park Avenue Christian Church … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell A month after launching BE NYC (Black Entrepreneurs NYC), an initiative aimed at advancing Black entrepreneurship in New York City, NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) hosted on November 9, 2019, a community forum targeting … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams commemorated 400 years of Fortitude on November 6, 2019 at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The event titled “Liberating our Legacy: building our future” brought together members of the African … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese Chef Pierre Thiam, also author and co-owner of Teranga Restaurant launched his latest book The Fonio Cookbook on November 3, 2019 at the Africa Center in Harlem. Fonio, an ancient grain that grows in the … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) hosted the “Pardon My Vote” panel discussion focused on voting rights of formerly incarcerated and currently paroled New Yorkers on November 1, 2019 at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. Clarke said: … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Nathalie Etoke, author and associate Professor of Francophone and Africana Studies at CUNY Graduate Center, launched the English version of her book Melancholia Africana the indispensable overcoming of the black condition on October 30, 2019 at … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Deputy Mayor Phil Thompson and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Bitta Mostofi announced during a press conference held on October 29, 2019 at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the launch of the IDNYC renewal campaign, new and returning … Read More
The New York City Commission on Human Rights hosted on October 25, 2019, an event to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what is now the United States of America and explore the … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CACCI) celebrated 34 years of empowering entrepreneurs on October 14, 2019 in Brooklyn during its 34th Annual Awards. The 2019 theme of the celebration was Fostering Collaboration … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Center for Community and Ethnic media hosted a roundtable with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams elected during a special election in February 2019 after Letitia James left the position to become NY State Attorney General. The … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Bedford-Stuyvesant Museum of African Art (BSMAA) honored Africa Union Ambassador to the U.S. H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao during its 5th Annual Madiba Humanitarian Awards celebrating the legacy of late freedom fighter and South African President … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hosted an advance community screening of Harriet, the biographical film about freedom fighter Harriet Tubman who escaped slavery and help free hundreds of slaves from the south. Three … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell On October 19, 2019, Columbia University’s Institute of African Studies hosted a full day conference on the restitution of African art looted by former colonizers France, England and Germany among others at the Italian Academy for … Read More
