Asia – Israel
Amar’e Carsares Jehoshaphat Stoudemire (1982- )
Amar’e Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball player and coach, actor, and entrepreneur born in Lake Wales, Florida on November...
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney (1969- )
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, an international businessman and diplomat, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1969, but grew up...
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923-2023)
Yewubdar Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou was an Ethiopian nun and musician. Her music reflected a life that experienced several unexpected moves...
Clémence Botino (1997- )
Clémence Botino, born to an Indo-Caribbean mother, Katia Botino, and an Afro-Caribbean father, Oliver Botino, on January 22, 1997, in...
Mamady Doumbouya (1980- )
On October 1, 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim president of Guinea. This was after the former...
H. Patrick Swygert (1943- )
H. Patrick Swygert served as 15th president of Howard University for 13 years (1995-2008). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
Taharqa (?-664 B.C.E.)
Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”)...
Nine Minutes in May: How George Floyd’s Death Shook the World
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the article below, California State University, Fresno, History and Africana Studies professor Malik Simba briefly examines the life and...
Nissim Black (1986- )
Nissim Baruch Black, formerly known as D. Black, is an African American Jewish rapper who now lives in Israel. Nissim,...
