African Students of City College celebrate Africa

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 celebrates Mother’s Day in Harlem

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:

Ailey’s Spring Gala returns to the Apollo Theater

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

ROSE gives gift of education to Haitian girls

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

‘Achieving Leadership’s Purpose’ stronger than ever

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

Africa Channel & African Union team up for Africa Day 2012

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

Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement’s 26th anniversary

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By Isseu Diouf Campbell HCCI (Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc.) hosted its 10th annual Let Us Break Bread Together Awards Dinner on April 19, 2012, at Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan. The organization, which celebrated 26 years of community … Read More

Shared Interest organization honors South Africa’s Finance Minister

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L-R: Kennedy Bungane, Linnie McLean, Shared Interest Board Chair with South African Minister of Finance Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan By Isseu Diouf Campbell South African Minister of Finance Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan was among the honorees recognized on April 23 at Shared … Read More

Global Language Project holds ‘My Dream Speaks’ benefit

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L-R: Global Language Project Founder Angela Jackson, with Somali designers Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim By Isseu Diouf Campbell In an effort to provide more disadvantaged public school students with free, comprehensive language training in languages other than English, Global Language … Read More

Mayor Bloomberg kicks off New York’s Immigrant Heritage Week Celebration

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L-R: Neal Shapiro, Fatima Shama, Tiffeny Forrest, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Tisa Chang, Gonzalo Mercado, Yanki Tshering and Roger Montesano By Isseu Diouf Campbell Immigrant Heritage Week, an annual celebration honoring the experiences and contributions of immigrants living in New … Read More

World Bank’s Obiageli Ezekwesili honored at MCW gala

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By Isseu Diouf Campbell MCW (Miracle Corners of the World), the nonprofit organization which empowers youth to become positive agents of change, hosted its eighth annual MCW Gala on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, at New York University and presented Obiageli … Read More

Between two worlds | Entre deux mondes

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

The New York African Film Festival returns

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

Joloff restaurant relocates

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

Women of Excellence in the Arts at the Riverside Church

L-R: Winsome Sinclair, Malikha Mallette, Jacquie Lee, Melba Moore, Lilias White, Mona Scott-Young, and Havilah Malone By Isseu Diouf Campbell Six successful black women – Jacquie Lee, Lilias White, Malikha Mallette, Melba Moore, Mona Scott-Young, and Winsome Sinclair – recently … Read More

H.E. George Monyemangene presents Nelson Mandela Digital Archive to New Yorkers

Nelson Mandela By Isseu Diouf Campbell H.E. George Monyemangene hosted at the Consulate General of South Africa, in New York, the official launch of the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive on March 27, 2012, a few hours after Johannesburg. The Nelson … Read More

FACE Africa raises $150,000 for clean water in Liberia

L-R: Honoree Lisa Lovatt-Smith, Quddus, host of the evening and Saran Kaba Jones, founder of Face Africa By Isseu Diouf Campbell FACE Africa, a clean water and women’s empowerment non-profit held its 3rd Annual Gala at the St. Regis New York … Read More

Senegalese citizens back to the polls

L-R: A Senegalese citizen voting in Harlem By Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese citizens are going back to the polls on March 25, 2012, for the second round of the presidential elections opposing incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade and former president of … Read More

TNJ 14th Annual 25 Influential Black Women in Business Awards

L-R: Rosalind McLymont, TNJ Executive Editor, honoree Arva R. Rice, President & CEO, New York Urban League, and TNJ Publisher and CEO Aziz Gueye Adetimirin By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Network Journal held on March 22, 2012, its 14th Annual 25 … Read More

YWCHAC hosts the Power of My Parts

L-R: Teenagers at the event By Isseu Diouf Campbell Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition which mission is to address HIV and the structural issues that impact the lives of young women of color ages 13-24 hosted on March 17, … Read More

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