African Spotlight Spotlighting Africans at Home and Abroad

Many Nigerian parents abroad and at home have expressed preference in seeing their children marry Nigerians. Some are willing to compromise and let the children make their own decisions as to whom to marry. Others have continually insisted their children preserve the Nigerian culture by marrying fellow Nigerians. In this short video, AfricanSpotlight recorded a funny dialogue among three Nigerian ...

Not everyone in the Nigerian parade was happy  in October when thousands of Nigerians in New York and neighboring States marched in a parade to celebrate the 50th independence day of their country. Among those in the parade were protesters who insisted there is little or nothing to celebrate after 50 years. Others however, stated that this African country has ...

Ugandans in New York and neighboring States, celebrated 48th independence day at the Hartley House in Manhattan. This event was organized by Ugandan women in the diaspora, with colorful display of Ugandan culture, food, music, and drinks. This video showed the celebration and the views of attendees on the status of women in Uganda since Independence.

The Global Information Network in New York, under the leadership of Lisa Vives, invited natives of the Great Lakes region to participate in a roundtable about the war between Rwanda and Congo. The panelists were Peter Erlinder, Juan Carrera, and Spanish Senator, Pere Sampol. Since May 2010 and the arrest in Rwanda of Minnesota-based professor Peter Erlinder (now released), there ...