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Our first experience to a new activity and or feeling has lasting effects on us. Life has more experiences to offer if you allow it.

About: Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is a Kenyan who served as the Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from September 2010 to August 2011. Since 2014, Lumumba has been the Director of The Kenya School of Law. An eloquent lawyer, Lumumba earned his LL.B and LL.M degrees at the University of Nairobi. Wikipedia

Welcome back to the 2nacheki channel and Candid Africa. Today we look at President Kagame’s Hard-hitting speech during the Global Security Forum Fireside Chat Thank you for watching! Have you liked this video yet? This is the greatest thing you can do to support our channel. Also please subscribe and share this video with friends…

Interview with Dr. Emanuel Cleaver III is pastor of St. James United Methodist Church we’re discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East as well as how there are some similarities to what’s happening over there and what is happening right here in the United States with people of color and the use of deadly…

https://youtu.be/Gai0REEZQnE Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometers (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world’s 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million people in the 2019 census,[11] Kenya is the 29th most populous country.[5] Kenya’s…

These connections become even more scarce between Africa and communities of color in the US. It is time to start a dialog between Africans, Africans in the diaspora, and communities of color in the US. These interactions will allow deeper understanding to develop, appreciation to grow, and opportunities for economic investment to emerge. In this…

Africa Is a Mess, Colonialism Should Not Have Ended – British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson

Prof Patrick Lumumba is expected to touch on the issue of leadership when he delivers his lecture on Pan Africanism during the COVID19 crisis

In this episode Zeinab Badawi travels to several countries and looks at the early spread of Islam in Africa and how many Africans practice to this day a mystic, Sufi form of the religion. She shows how not only Islam but Arab culture came to influence a large part of the continent, particularly in the…

Many institutions bear his name. He upgraded the economic status of the country after independence. But his reign faced dark shadows when three prominent politicians were assassinated. Up to date he is accused of acquiring massive pieces of land. He is Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya.

The continent’s wealthiest businessman talks about job creation, success, and the opportunities Africa provides.

You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The White House is pushing ahead with its focus…

Kwame Nkrumah was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana), and shepherded the country in its struggle for independence from Great Britain. He went on to be named life president of both the nation and his party until the army and police in Ghana seized power in 1966 and he found…

Every African and Every Person of African Descent Should Listen to This Moving Speech | Viable Tv

The pan-African dream is to have a unified people working towards a common goal. Over the years, there have been positive movements towards this goal but are we ready as a people ready for total unification? Former AU Ambassador Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao

We are approaching a very crucial time in history, and its time for Africa and the African Diaspora to show up for ourselves and each other.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali looks at political succession on the continent.  He is joined by Temi Ibirogba Program Associate for the Africa Program at the Center for International Policy and Musalia Mudavadi, Former Vice President of Kenya and   Amani National Congress Party Leader.

We are live. In Extra Time Shaka answers your questions about politics in Africa. Originally published at

2019 marks the 400th anniversary since the first enslaved Africans set foot in what is now the United States. The arrival in the British colony of Virginia in August 1619 of a ship carrying Africans from Angola marked the start of more than 200 years of slavery in America. The arrival of the first enslaved…

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa hosts Shaka Shali discusses South Sudan’s new unity government and if this is the first step for stability and peace for the country. He is joined by Angong Dhol Aquil, Counselor at the Embassy of South Sudan, Reath Muoch Tang, Deputy Chair, National Committee of Youth and Culture…

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, VOA’s Health Correspondent Linord Moudou is joined by a panel of experts who answer viewer questions about the coronavirus. Her guest are: Dr. Salim Abdool Karim, Director, of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Dr. Tsion Firew, Advisor to the Minister of…

Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quoa is the former African Union Ambassador to the United States. Her career as a pan-Africanist has taken her throughout the continent and the world. She sat down with VOA Our Voices’ host Auriane Itangishaka to talk about the great strides Africa has made despite a harsh colonial legacy, and what she thinks…

Esther Githui Ewart speaks with Amb. Arikana Chihombori -African Union Ambassador to the U.S. on spearheading Africa’s development, integration, and cohesion.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa guest-host Vincent Makori examines the role and influence of the African diaspora. He is joined by Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede, Visiting Professor of Global Affairs and Politics at Farmingdale State College and Vice-Chair of Leadership of the United People for African Congress, Emira Woods of Africans Rising for Justice Peace…