Two weeks ago, Folorunsho Alakija, put her name on the world map by joining the billionaire’s boys’ club in Africa. With a wealth estimated to be at about $3.3 billion, Alakija has officially dethroned America’s entertainment icon, Oprah Winfrey, as the richest black woman in the world. Winfrey, previously the only Black woman in...
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City Councilmember Desley Brooks and Mallam Isa Yuguda, Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria, this week signed a sister city agreement to promote cultural, social and economic exchanges between Bauchi City and Oakland. The signing makes the Nigerian city Oakland’s tenth sister city. The agreement was signed in the Council Chambers at Oakland City Hall...
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Singer-filmmaker Susheel Bibbs has revealed new research about the Hyers Sisters, African American opera singers in the Nineteenth Century.Her work will lead to a new PBS film documentary and live concert entitled “Voices for Freedom.” While nearly forgotten after their deaths, sisters Anna and Emma Hyers were opera prodigies who toured the US from...
Read more →Not many people will be acquainted with Megalyn Echikunwoke, Nigerian international actress who is making it big time in Hollywood.Megalyn is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother. Born 1983, in Washington, she is one of the country’s major exports to the outside world. In Hollywood, Megalyn is most recognized...
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