A better look at the rift between black Americans and Africans

Dr Pamela D. Reed

...her sister "hated" African American women because they try to take their men. I was stunned.

Obama departs Ghana

President Obama and family are back at the White House now, returning overnight from their week-long trip to Europe and Africa. NBC White House Correspond…

What the Obama girls did this summer

theGrio

The Obama daughters will have plenty to write about in their “What did you do this summer?” essay.

In Moscow, Mrs. Obama and the girls spent tim…

The Obamas tour slave dungeons

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Watch President Obama speak of his family's experience touring the slave dungeons of Cape Coast Castle. President Barack Obama said the slave site in Ghana reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil." But he says it also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since...

Obama's address to Africa stern but hopeful

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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise...

The Obamas arrive in Ghana

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President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. He landed soon after 9 p.m. local time and met a group of dignitaries, led by President John Atta Mills. An ethnic African group danced and banged drums for Obama's arrival. After traveling to Russia and then Italy for a meeting of major...