Editor’s note: This commentary piece was written by Books for Africa Executive Director Patrick Plonski and board member Atare Agbamu, a Nigeria native Despite its flaws, the recently concluded Nigerian presidential election was an important milestone for Africa’s most populous country. Running on a campaign of anti-corruption against an opponent who was tarnished by it, […]
Commentary: Mexico Finds New Avenue for Responsible Diplomacy With Like-Minded Countries
Editor’s note: This commentary was published first in Spanish in “Reforma” newspaper and was made available to Global Atlanta in English by the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta. It was written by Julián Ventura Valero, deputy secretary of foreign affairs, who can be followed on Twitter at @JulianVenturaV. Mexico is convinced of the irreplaceable value of […]
Global Payments Donation Software Launches in Canada
A Global Payments Inc. software platform used by nonprofits to process donations has launched in Canada. The Atlanta-based company late last month expanded the reach of its Greater Giving platform to the U.S.’s neighbor to the north, helping nonprofits there simplify fundraising via events and online payments. The cloud-base platform has processed $6 billion in […]
Books 2018: Greatest Generation’s Greatest Contribution: Enacting Justice for War Crimes
Book: East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” Author: Philippe Sands Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office and founding managing director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation In 1945, at Nuremberg, Germany, an eight-judge tribunal undertook a trial of former officials in […]
Books 2018: Why We’re Wrong About How Bad Off the World Is
Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jim Reed, president of YKK Corp. of America On October 17, 2004, Mari Larsen, a 38-year-old resident of northern Sweden and single mother of three, is brutally murdered by her ex-lover. That same […]
Books 2018: Fictional Underground Railroad, Real Descriptions of Suffering
Book: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Review by: William De Baets, consul general of Belgium for the Southeast U.S. I received Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for my birthday last June. When I started reading it I realized it was the first fictional book I had read about slavery. It was also the first […]
Books 2018: President Carter’s Holistic, Global View on Faith
Book: Faith – A Journey for All Author: Jimmy Carter Review by: Jennie K. Lincoln, Director – Latin America and the Caribbean Program, The Carter Center Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Laureate, is well-known for his deep religious faith. This book undertakes an expanded view of the concept of faith […]
Books 2018: The Underdog Empire of the Portuguese
Book: Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire Author: Roger Crowley Review by: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Chair in Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology One of the great curiosities of history is how Portugal, a peripheral, poverty-stricken country of less than a million inhabitants, was capable […]
Books 2018: Cultivating America’s Soul Through Struggle
Book: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Author: Jon Meacham Review by: Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber The essence of this book is an examination of the American socio-political history through the prism of our internal conflicts as Americans, and what effects this has on the […]
Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond
Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta As a Nigerian, developments in international oil markets are of great interest to me. This is because of the importance of oil, particularly the international […]
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