Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West will auction off the Maybach luxury car that was used in their new music video “Otis,” to support recovery in the East Africa. The rap duo gave the car a makeover during the video– stripping the exterior apart with saws and a torches, giving the uber-expensive vehicle a cool new […]
A song recorded by Bob Marley has been re-released to highlight the famine that is going on in East Africa. A video has been created for the song “High Tide or Low Tide” by acclaimed director, Kevin Macdonald ,and the song is available to download on iTunes to raise money for Save The Children’s East […]
AFRICA — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reportedly ordered its partners in Africa to give children vaccination shots by gunpoint. The organization has a goal to vaccinate every single child on the planet. Your Black World Reports: According to a recent report in the Malawi Voice, at least 131 Malawian children were vaccinated this […]
NEW YORK — Queens, New York rapper Nas has teamed up with UNICEF to raise money for children in the horn of Africa where there has been a drought. Nas and a variety of musicians are taking part in the “Month of Giving,” which is being organized by the family of late Beatles’ member George […]
A Manchester, Conn. woman is preparing to embark on an ambitious adventure, trekking 7,000 miles across the continent of Africa. Amy Russell hopes to average 20 miles per day, six days a week to raise money for clean drinking water for people in underdeveloped countries. Russell’s organization, Walk4Water is sponsoring the effort in the hopes […]
Amid a drought that is riddling East Africa, aid agencies suspect that Kenya is worried about making their country too attractive to refugees from bordering countries. The Kenyan government is being urged by the international community to open up a new refugee camp. The camp was constructed last year and is ready to take 40,000 […]
A study done by the Oakland Institute claims that wealthy investors from the US and Europe are buying up large amounts of land in Africa, forcing thousands of people out of their homes. Huffington Post reports: In addition to hedge funds and speculators, several American universities, including Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Iowa universities, are also providing […]
President Obama will be meeting with Ali Bongo Ondimba, the controversial president of Gabon who has been accused of human rights violations.
An article on The Root discusses Africa’s developing pornography industry, and the growing number of young adults that aspire to earn a living from it. The Root reports: Hundreds of young men and women in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and elsewhere are all trying to join the […]
It’s important that we understand just how messed up Africa is. It’s important that any bad news from Africa become big news.
TANZANIA- A video of a young Tanzanian boy named Alex enthusiastically telling the storyline from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1985 movie “Commando” is being used by Mama Hope for their “Stop The Pity, Unlock The Potential Campaign” to stop stereotypes about all African children being AIDS victims or child soldiers when they are actually bright, curious children […]
Every idiot likes to speculate on what the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. would be thinking or doing if he were alive today so I figured, why should I be any different? So here’s what I think: Dr. King would be married to a white woman and living in Africa if he were alive […]
