Press Release: Join us for The African Diaspora Inaugural Ball—an elegant, black-tie event featuring class, culture, and a great cause. On Sunday, January 18th 2009, the luxurious, brand new, 800-seat Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, DC will be filled with exquisite food, an open bar, and live entertainment by some of the [...]

It surely pays to have a grandson who happens to be the American president-elect, right?
The American President-elect’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, was at the center of attention at a World AIDS Days activities in Kisumu, Kenya, where she flagged off an awareness marathon.

Kenya’s Daily Nation reports:
As soon as residents got wind that Mama Sarah was at [...]

African leaders need to look inwards as they savour Obama’s victory…they should seize the opportunity of his victory to repair their damaged reputation as the worst leaders in the world.

That every election has its own share of myths is hardly a revelation, and this year’s American presidential election is no different. One of the most pernicious of the myths during the campaign was the one that Barack Obama will be the “first Black President” should he win. Around 10:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on [...]

President-elect Barack Obama gave his first major television interview on 60 Minutes since winning the election on Sunday November 16. The interview — a sit-down with the president-elect and wife Michelle Obama, anchored by Steve Kroft — scored a commanding 24.5 million viewers the newsmagazine’s biggest in nine years. The show dominated every major [...]

There has been a lot of serious discussion on the American ground-breaking election, a Nigerian blogger examines the facts and injects some humor into the topic. The blogger examines the possible newspaper headlines if the election had been in Nigeria.
Head to Anthony Arojojoye’s On a Lighter Mode blog, “If America Was Nigeria”

That there is nothing traditional about 44th President-Elect and his family will be reiterating the obvious. They are not only advocating political change, but Michelle Obama is also changing fashion when it comes to first ladies. Michelle, unlike any First Lady who has ever occupied the White House, graciously portrays the look of [...]

“How do you write about something as monumental as the election of the first African American president of the United States of America?” BRE, an African American expatriate in Germany and blogger at Jewels in the Jungle asks.

It has taken me the better part of a week to recover from my overwhelming joy over this [...]

While American president-elect Barack Obama faces the challenges of a global economic crisis and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one group, ENOUGH, is asking that he also tackle the crisis in Darfur.

US President-Elect Barack Obama’s grandmother says she wants to travel to the United States to witness the inauguration of her grandson on January 20, 2009. The 84-year-old Sarah says she will bring with her Obama’s favorite food, chapatti, a traditional Kenyan pastry. Although Sarah is Obama’s step grandmother, the president-elect reportedly treats her like his [...]