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 […]
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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: 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 […]
Books 2018: Chasing Mussolini’s Lost Bugattis Through Ethiopia
Book: The Abyssinian Cache—The End of Italian Colonial Power Author: Kurt J. Jaeger Review by: Dr. Bruce S. Allen, honorary consul in Georgia for the principality of Liechtenstein History and biographies are my favorite reads, and here is an historical novel that captivatingly blends both genres. Abyssinian Cache is written by one of Europe’s well-known […]
Books 2018: Required Reading for Politicians on Sustainable Development
Book: The Age of Sustainable Development Author: Jeffrey Sachs Review by: Scott Ellyson, CEO, East West Manufacturing Jeffery Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics at Columbia University and a leader is sustainable development. In this book, Sachs does a terrific job outlining clear solutions to some of the most challenging issues we will face today […]
Hawks Great Mutombo Seeks Israeli Partnership With Congo Hospital
Atlanta Hawks great Dikembe Mutombo spent the days after Thanksgiving in Israel on a trip aimed at bringing expertise from the country’s largest hospital to his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mr. Mutombo, the towering center known for stiff defense in the paint, is exploring a partnership with Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, which […]
Books for Africa Launching African Union Partnership in January
Books for Africa, which has sent more than 40 million books to the continent including many from a warehouse in Atlanta, has landed a partnership with the African Union, the multilateral body bringing together 55 nations. The Minnesota-based organization will ship an inaugural container filled with 22,000 books to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January to coincide […]
National Black MBA Assoc. to Focus on Business Prospects in Africa With Initial Visit to West Africa
Atlanta‘s ambition to become increasingly connected with the continent of Africa will take another step forward next year as its local Liberian consulate and Ghana‘s chamber of commerce collaborate with the National Black MBA Association on an educational and trade mission to West Africa Feb. 16-24. Jesse Tyson, president and CEO of the association, told […]
U.S. Ambassador Announces Scholarships at Caring for Congo Gala
U.S. Ambassador Michael Hammer, newly confirmed to his post in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visited Atlanta in September for the annual Caring for Congo gala, a fundraiser in support of former Atlanta Hawks’ center Dikembe Mutombo’s hospital in the country. According to a wrapup of the event published by the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, Mr. […]
Foundation Celebrates Mandela Centenary in Atlanta, Urges Continued Solidarity in Face of Racial Tension
Johannesburg may be a 17-hour Delta flight away from Atlanta, but the “City to Busy to Hate” is ever near in the minds of South Africans remembering Nelson Mandela, the late anti-apartheid crusader who became the nation’s first president after the segregationist system was abolished in 1994. That’s according to Sello Hatang, CEO of the Nelson […]
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