African Immigrant New Yorkers
L-R: Zeinab Eyega Sauti Yetu’s founder with Bintou, Sarata, and Mamou By Isseu Diouf Campbell Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, one of the few nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting the rights and improving the quality of life African immigrant … Read More
Vickie Winans By Isseu Diouf Campbell and Don Sherrill The anticipated McDonald’s Gospelfest returned May 12, 2012, bringing its annual talent competition, concerts series and comedy show to the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Rising stars competed in a variety … Read More
Cecile Thompson, widow of Ambassador Dudley Thompson By Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union, with the African Union Diaspora Task Team and the World African Diaspora Union, hosted a posthumous tribute to longtime pan-Africanist Ambassador Dudley Thompson on May 14, 2012 … Read More
Ololade Olayokun, 2011 Miss Nigeria Independence By Isseu Diouf Campbell Doing her part to combat HIV/AIDS, Ololade Olayokun, recently hosted AYE (A Youth Effort fighting against the HIV/AIDS virus), her first event as 2011 Miss Nigeria Independence. The event, aimed at … Read More
L-R: Writer, director, and actor, Oliver MBamara with Yomi Ajaiyeoba, President of the Nigerian Lawyers Association By Isseu Diouf Campbell Writer, director, and actor Oliver MBamara premiered episodes of his first TV series titled “Cultures” during the Nigerian Lawyers … Read More
African Student Union members in traditional attire By Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Student Union and the Senegambian Student Association of the City College of New York hosted Vive l’Afrique Part II – a cultural show celebrating Africa with dance, … Read More
Ruby Dee By Isseu Diouf Campbell Back in Harlem where she grew up, Ruby Dee spent Mother’s Day at an evening of spoken word and music at the Apollo Theater on May 13, 2012. Photos of the event Related Images:
Adiatu Bangura, 2011 Miss Sierra Leone NY receiving a certificate from H.E. Shekou Toure, Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Union of Sierra Leonean Organizations in New York State hosted the 51st independence … Read More
Cheikh Lô By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Senegalese singer Cheikh Lô performed with his band at an intimate concert in Carnegie Hall’s Zankell Hall on April 20, 2012. The artist, who defines his music as colorful, released his … Read More
Nthabi and Nohlanhla, the picnic organizers By Isseu Diouf Campbell South Africans in New York celebrated Freedom day on April 28, 2012, during a picnic at the Riverbank State Park in Upper Manhattan. What started last year with less than … Read More
Toni Braxton, honorary chair By Isseu Diouf Campbell Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater held its annual spring gala benefit on April 8, 2012 at the Apollo Theater. The event started with a one-night-only performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, … Read More
Par Isseu Diouf Campbell and Winston Rodney Myrline Belzince knows the value of education. If it wasn’t for the generosity of a stranger who paid her tuition for a private school in Haiti for seven years, she would have stayed … Read More
L-R: H.E. Daouda Diabate, Ivory Coast’s ambassador of the United Nations, Rose Marie Guiraud, her husband and Ivory Coast’s former UN Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba By Isseu Diouf Campbell Members of the Ivorian diaspora in the United States recently hosted a … Read More
L-R: Stacie Nc Grant of Achieving Leadership’s Purpose, Inc., with students By Isseu Diouf Campbell Even the alumni who graduated 20 years ago remember the impact that Achieving Leadership’s Purpose, Inc., had on their lives. For many of them, participating … Read More
L-R: H.E. Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, with Mark Walton, The Africa Channel Executive Vice President, Sponsorship and Corporate Development By Isseu Diouf Campbell Ask the average New Yorker what Africa Day is, … 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
