(Akiit.com) Dammy Krane, an emerging superstar in the Nigerian music scene, was born in 1993. This was the same year that the then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled what many still believe was Nigeria’s freest and fairest elections yet. The country was thrown into chaos as a result, President ...
(Akiit.com) Just a day after Saturday Night Live announced the midseason addition of Sasheer Zamata to the cast, and still weeks prior to her scheduled debut, at least one Hollywood critic was already scribbling an asterisk by Sasheer’s name. *Token, undeserving, diversity hire. SNL’s decision to cast a Black woman ...
(Akiit.com) As a Mayor, , I can assure you that nothing is more important than investment in our water and transportation systems. Increasingly, our success as a nation depends on how we address our transportation and other infrastructure needs in our metropolitan areas. As Congress prepares for renewal of the ...
(Akiit.com) The justice system. We often like to think that in a great democracy like ours, we are all equal under the law no matter what our personal or financial background. The reality is, that while we may have a right to an attorney and a day in court, our ...
(Akiit.com) As we enter February 2014, the 38th Anniversary of Black History Month, we have to ask ourselves, why is there a Black History Month? Why is it in February? What is it intended to do? Is there anything that Fort Wayne Blacks of 2014 can do to add to ...
(Akiit.com) Collaborate with UNLV Libraries to Launch first-ever “portal” into African American History in Southern Nevada… With the “click” of mouse, a portal into the history of African Americans in Southern Nevada was launched today at a gathering of prominent community leaders and UNLV administrators at UNLV’s Lied Library. Today’s ...
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