Congolese politician and first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Emery Lumumba was assassinated on this day in 1961 at the age of 36. Today marks 58 years after his death which was felt all over Africa and the world as he was filmed in captivity and manhandled by soldiers underContinue reading “READ: Patrice Lumumba’s most revealing letter written before his assassination”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Scientist keeps Nobel Prize despite claiming white people are born with higher IQ than blacks
American DNA pioneer James Watson who was recently stripped of his honorary titles at a leading research institution in New York for repeating racist views he expressed in 2007, will keep the 1962 Nobel Prize he won with two others for his part in discovering the DNA double helix. In 2007, the now 90-year-old Watson told Britain’sContinue reading “Scientist keeps Nobel Prize despite claiming white people are born with higher IQ than blacks”
15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know
Legendary civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King Jr. born on January 15, 1929, and until he was fatally shot on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39, he was a preacher who used the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience to fight for equality and justice. King was an interesting person besides his knownContinue reading “15 facts about Martin Luther King Jr. you might not know”
Why the Swiss haven’t stopped Cameroon’s dictator from lavishly staying in Geneva
Cameroonian leader Paul Biya is known for living a notoriously lavish lifestyle in Geneva where he has unofficially created a seat of government in a 5-star hotel. The 85-year-old has spent a lot of his time as president at the Hotel Intercontinental which has a great view of the Swiss Alps. Several former hotel managersContinue reading “Why the Swiss haven’t stopped Cameroon’s dictator from lavishly staying in Geneva”
Meet the Liberian-born entrepreneur who just acquired Essence magazine
An independent black company Essence Ventures LLC just acquired Essence, the premier black women’s lifestyle magazine, from Time Inc. This acquisition makes Essence a fully black-owned publication for the first time in nearly two decades. The owner of Essence Ventures LLC is a 48-year-old Liberian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Richelieu Dennis. He is the co-founder of the personal-care products company Sundial Brands, which heContinue reading “Meet the Liberian-born entrepreneur who just acquired Essence magazine”
Ismail Akwei 