African Immigrant New Yorkers
L-R: Shellie Williams, Edward Dadla, Dr. B. Jordan, Hleziphi Zita and Yoliswa Luthuli Cele By Isseu Diouf Campbell Translated in French by Aisha Dabo While the 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington started on Saturday, August 23, 2013 … Read More
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TGT: Tyrese, Genuine & Tank By Isseu Diouf Campbell Thousands attended Harlem Day, the summer festival held on the 135th St corridor between Saint Nicholas and 5th Ave on August 18, 2013. The highlight of the festival was certainly the back … Read More
Mrs. Yetunde A. Odugbesan, CEO and Founder of Yetunde Global Consulting LLC By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu Translated in French by Aisha Dabo US-Africa Synergy hosted a “Women in African Society” symposium examining the reasons behind the ongoing … Read More
L-R: Senator Bill Perkins, Aisha Al-Adawiya, Murtada NDiaye, and Imam Tafsir Ly with participants By Isseu Diouf Campbell Translated in French by Aisha Dabo Senator Bill Perkins hosted a Six Annual Eid Celebration on August 10, 2013 at the Adam … Read More
L-R: Panelists Tseliso Thipanyane, Tamara Al-Rifai, Milton Allimadi, Danny Schechter, and Osama Abdel Khalek By Isseu Diouf Campbell Translated in French by Aisha Dabo After the recent military ousting of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi, the citizens of the North African nation … Read More
Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete – Photo: Matthew Jordaan / Mediapix There is no excuse for women in Africa to continue bearing the disproportionate burden of poverty, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete said here Tuesday. “Our women are not … Read More
L-R: Dr. Sarah Sayeed, Imam Souleimane Konaté, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Zead Ramadan, president of CAIR NY, and Papa Dramé By Isseu Diouf Campbell Translated in French by Aisha Dabo On Wednesday, July 31st 2013, the Council on American Islamic Relations NY, … Read More
L-R: Shaykh Cheikhouna Mbacke with Shaykh Mame Mor MBacke (in white) on Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba Day By Isseu Diouf Campbell Translated in French by Aisha Dabo On July 28, 2013, hundreds of members of the Murid brotherhood marched in the streets of Harlem … Read More
L-R: Amanda Lugg, Angela Fernandez, Deputy Borough President Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, and Virgilio Oscar Aran By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu Translated in French by Aisha Dabo Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer co-sponsored on Saturday, June 29, 2013, the Immigration Reform … Read More
L-R: Robert De Niro sitting next to Andrew Mlangeni By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu Translated in French by Aisha Dabo July 18, 2013 chronicled the 95th birthday of political activist and former South African president, Nelson Mandela. On … Read More
Activist and friend of Nelson Mandela Andrew Mlangeni By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu Translation in French by Aisha Dabo The United Nations hosted a special meeting on July 18th, 2013, Nelson Mandela International Day, memorializing the South African leader’s … Read More
Protesters at Union Square Park By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu Translation in French by Aisha Dabo On Sunday, July 14, 2013, crowds around the world took to the streets to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the shooting of … Read More
President Barack Obama By Isseu Diouf Campbell While many Americans, still in disbelief over the not guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial are calling for protests, President Obama calls for calm in a statement released by the White House. “The … Read More
L-R: Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, III, Harry Belafonte and students of the Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Utibe MBagwu On June 19, 2013, the Abyssinian Development Corporation hosted its nineteenth Harlem Renaissance Day of Commitment Leadership … Read More
L-R: Madam Kogba-Somda, Tageldin Hamad, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ambassador Alemu and Ambassador Téte Antonio, Permanent Observer of the Mission of the African Union to the United Nations By Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union celebrated in New York City the … Read More
L-R: Ron Pressman, Roger W. Ferguson Jr., Sandra E. Timmons, and Theo Killion By Enajite Esegine and Isseu Diouf Campbell When in 1963, President John F. Kennedy demanded that, “the country provide a chance for every child to be educated to … Read More
Participants By Enajite Esegine and Utibe Mbagwu On an overcast day in Brooklyn, a crowd of New Yorkers is sitting on the Coney Island Boardwalk overlooking the Atlantic waterfront. They are waiting for the 24th Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors … Read More
L-R: Model Georgie Badiel, Dr. Jane Aronson, and MacDella Cooper By Isseu Diouf Campbell Liberian-born philanthropist MacDella Cooper took the challenge to provide orphans and abandoned children in post war Liberia with education and basic necessities when she founded the MacDella Cooper … Read More
L-R: Panelists Bourema Niambele, Opal Tometi, and Olubunmi Segun By Isseu Diouf Campbell African Communities Together hosted a forum on the impact of the new immigration bill on the African community living in the US, on May 07, 2013 at the Bronx Community … Read More
