African Immigrant New Yorkers
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
L-R: Andrew Morrison, Harlem News Group publisher Pat Stevenson, Kevin Walters, Catherine Warren and George Hulse By Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem News Group publisher Pat Stevenson hosted a forum titled “Resources for Harlem Business Owners” on May 8, 2013 at the … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell McDonald’s Gospelfest started in 1983 as a small community event hosted by the McDonald’s Tri-State Owner/Operator Association. Thirty years later, the gospel celebration now produced and directed by Emmy Award winning Producer, A. Curtis Farrow, fills … Read More
Nigerian-born novelist Chimamanda Adichie at Symphony Space By Isseu Diouf Campbell Nigerian-born novelist and short-story writer Chimamanda Adichie was in New York City on May 20, 2013 to promote her latest book, Americanah. The event held at the Symphony Space started … Read More
L-R: Ghana’s coach Baffour Acheampong celebrating with players and fans By Isseu Diouf Campbell Ghana won the 4th Annual African Nations Soccer Tournament organized by the Bronx African Advisory Council on May 18, 2013 at Macombs Dam Park. The soccer … Read More
L-R: African Services committee employee performing Hepatitis test By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Association des Ressortissants de Marcory (Association of Residents from Marcory) hosted a Health Fair & Wellness on April 27, 2013 at Promise Academy in Harlem. The association … Read More
L-R: Scott Frizen, keynote speaker Dr. Ayodele Odusola, Kambale Musavuli, Nathalie Chinje, Ismael Dodoo, Wale Idris Ajibade and WSAFA president Omoruyi Aigbe at the Aid and Development Forum on Africa – NYC – April 2013 By Isseu Diouf Campbell The NYU Wagner Student Alliance … Read More
Motown founder Berry Gordy By Isseu Diouf Campbell Motown founder Berry Gordy welcomed both the Gordy family and the Motown Family to a pre-opening performance of Motown: The Musical on April 5, 2013 at Broadway’s The Lunt Fontanne Theatre in … Read More
L-R: Capone, Osas Ighodaro, Smokey Suarez, Sioux Greaux and Michael Blackson at the Joyful Joy Foundation Laugh Fest 2013 By Isseu Diouf-Campbell Joyful Joy Foundation hosted a stand-up comedy for its first fundraiser on April 26, 2013 at Gramercy Theater in Manhattan. The founders … Read More
L-R: Bronx Deputy Borough President Aurelia Greene kicks off the 4th Annual African Nations Soccer Tournament By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The African Advisory Council (AAC) of the Bronx Borough President’s Office kicked off its fourth Annual African Nations Soccer Tournament … Read More
L-R: Panelists Dr. Vanda Seward, Catrina Prioleau, Wendy Prudencio, William Whitaker, Laurie Parise, and Glenn Martin By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions and the Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted a community forum titled “Civic Restoration; … Read More
L-R: H.E. George Monyemangene, Consul General of South Africa and Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations with freedom fighters Father Michael Lapsley and Justice Albie Sachs By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The South African Consulate in New York hosted … Read More
Members of the African community at the national rally for citizenship at U.S. Capitol By Isseu Diouf-Campbell Members of the African community joined the hundreds of thousands of immigrant families who descended on the West Lawn of the U. S … Read More
L-R: Abderrahmane Sissako, Samba Gadjigo, Mahen Bonettti, founder of the New York African Film Festival and Frances Bodomo By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The 20th New York African Film Festival kicked off with a reception and screening of Guelwaar, a film directed … Read More
