Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese painter Akassa opened his first solo exhibition in America at the Kente Royal Gallery in Harlem on Saturday, February 8, 2020. The exhibition titled ‘No limits” is open to the public until February … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson hosted a 2020 Census Black media roundtable on Monday, February 3, 2020 at City Hall in an attempt to reverse the low response rate in Black and immigrant … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Boukary Sawadogo, Ph.D., Professor of Cinema Studies at City College, hosted a book talk titled, “West African Screen Media: Comedy, TV Series, and Transnationalization” on January 30, 2020 at the NYU Center for the study of … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Immigrant advocates gathered at the New York Immigration Coalition for a press conference on January 28, 2020, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 vote that now allows the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The NYC Department of Records and Information Services hosted a panel discussion on the historical relationship between immigrants and the city’s fashion industry on January 23, 2020 in Manhattan. The panel moderated by Bitta … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams delivered his inaugural “State of the People” address at his Alma Mata Brooklyn College on January 22, 2020. Before addressing the audience, Williams was sworn in by his mother Patricia Williams … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Sidique Wai held a community briefing on January 17, 2020 in Manhattan, to update African New Yorkers on the case of conjoined twin girls Husainatu and Hasanatu Jalloh, and to deliver two checks … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Birth advocate and reproductive justice activist Shawnee Renee Benton-Gibson hosted a community dialogue on maternal mortality in communities of color in honor of her late daughter Shamony Makeba Gibson on December 19, 2019 at the Weeksville … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Undocumented New Yorkers can now get a driver’s license thank you to the Green Light law enacted on June 17, 2019 and going into effect today December 16, 2019. To celebrate and help undocumented New Yorkers … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Weeksville Heritage Center hosted a Kwanzaa Celebration for the Brooklyn community on December 14, 2019 in Brooklyn. The celebration included vendors, film screenings, crafts, music, and dance. For more, visit: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell We are the endless roar, a cultural journey to Nigeria produced by Joyce Ademuwi, screened on December 13, 2019 at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Joyce Ademuwi originally put the project on paper in 2015 … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell African Services Committee hosted its annual holiday party for clients, friends and family members at its headquarters in Harlem on December 13, 2019. Related Images:
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 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
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 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 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
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
