ONE of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not. Often, this is seen as a phenomenon specific to the sciences. A report published in 2008 by America’s National Science Foundation, for example, found that in most fields of science and engineering male [...]

Newton, Einstein, Hawking — they showed us the power of one beautiful mind to radically alter our understanding of the universe. Clarisse Uwizeye could be the next genius to turn science on its head, yet the world nearly lost her beautiful mind.
At age seven, Uwizeye barely escaped the genocide in her homeland of Rwanda, fleeing with her family to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two years later, war came to Congo and the family had to run again, back to Rwanda. Her parents vanished, never to be seen again.

« Au moment où le monde entier commençait à croire qu’il est impossible d’organiser une élection en Afrique sans contestations qui provoquent des milliers de morts, le Mali vient de prouver le contraire et honoré le continent », a indiqué Tiken Jah Fakoly. Et, pour saluer cet exemple malien, il projette l’organisation d’un concert géant [...]

Ouestafnews – La réconciliation entre Maliens et la réunification du pays, ainsi qu’un vaste chantier d’une reconstruction politique et économique, attend le prochain président du mali, quel que soit le vainqueur du scrutin du 28 juillet 2013.

Symbolism will hang heavy this weekend when Barack Obama visits Soweto, the cradle of South Africa’s black liberation struggle, and Robben Island, the prison where Nelson Mandela, who remained in critical condition in hospital last night, languished for years, plotting his nation’s rebirth [...]

Ouestafnews – Le Sénégal a accueilli dans la soirée du mercredi 26 juin 2013 le président américain Barack Obama, arrivé dans la capitale sénégalaise en compagnie de son épouse Michelle et de ses deux enfants.  Cette visite constitue la première étape d’une tournée africaine qui devrait le mener à l’Est et au Sud du continent.  Accompagné d’une [...]

Books and magazines tell tragic stories of black men incarcerated in such alarming numbers that some critics have challenged and speculated about the intent of America’s criminal justice system. The challenges are frequently accompanied by dismal statistics documenting low reading achievement usually leads to high drop-out rates and speculation that the deck of opportunity is stacked against black men. It’s especially difficult for those raised in single parent homes that battle the burdens of poverty. [...]

Kansas City, turning toward the sun, has signed a deal to install solar panels and equipment on 80 city buildings to meet part of their demand for electricity. Brightergy, a Kansas City solar installer, and Kansas City Power & Light will team up on the project, expected to be completed by the end of the [...]

The middle of Cristina Ortiz’s sophomore year, it hit her. Despair? Or maybe fear? Certainly a crisis of confidence. I can’t be an engineer. “I reached a point where I stopped believing in myself,” she said. Many other students like her in the first class of Kauffman Scholars — students from low-income households, many trying [...]

Julia Hill didn’t have to think long about what the next 50 years might hold for civil rights in America. “I’ll be gone,” she said, when I questioned her. “But I’m going to pray for you.” The audience at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library laughed. The group had gathered to honor [...]