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Afrika Bambaataa, co-pioneer of hip-hop, dead at 69
USAfricaonline.com Afrika Bambaataa, one of the key pioneers of hip-hop, born in Bronx (Now York) on April 17, 1957 and died today, April 9, 2026. The late Pan-Africanist lived as…
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The Travails of Nestoil and the Travesties of Courts. By Chidi Odinkalu
Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, contributing analyst to USAfricaonline.com, is a lawyer and a teacher. USAfrica…
Boko Haram threatens to kill 400 women and children if Nigeria refuses $3.5 million ransom
Boko Haram militants have threatened to execute more than 400 women and children they are…
Peter Obi, Eneke the Bird and the Politics of Flight. By Chris Agbedo
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, USA-based newspaper published on the…
Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria, abduct 23 pupils
Gunmen abducted 23 pupils from an illegal orphanage in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen have…
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Ghana President returns to hero’s welcome from UN Assembly resolution on slavery, reparations
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama returned on March 29, 2026, from the United Nations General Assembly in New York to…
Achebe, Chakava, Ngũgĩ and emancipation of the African literary imagination. By Chidi Achebe
Chinua Achebe and Henry Chakava forged an extraordinary professional partnership and friendship that spanned several decades. Central to their relationship…
As the Graduating Class of 2004 returned with gratitude. By Chris Agbedo
Agbedo, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is a contributing analyst to USAfrica Special to USAfrica magazine…
Ghana deploys soldiers to quell chieftaincy dispute
In response to a resurgence of deadly clashes linked to a long-standing chieftaincy dispute, the Ghanaian government has increased its…
USAfrica: Trump-Boakai encounter and Ugwuanyi’s scholarship. By Chris Agbedo
There are compliments, and then there are colonial compliments in fancy wrappers. When U.S. President Donald Trump turned to Liberian…
We all carry something, our roots. By Chioma Chelsea Oleka- Onyewuchi
Special to USAfricaonline.com, the first US-based, Africa-owned newspaper published on the Internet We Came Different Ways, But We Carry the…