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New CEO Opens New Opportunities for Ghana Tourism

sebastian — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:05:41 +0000

Marilyn Maame Efua Sekyi-Aidoo Houadjeto She started her career as an assistant producer at the nation’s premier national television station, Ghana Television Authority (GTV) as a producer of an educative children’s programs and later produced exciting womens programs. After some years as a media practitioner, she delved into the world of tourism where she played […]

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Chatterbox Jazz Club: Where Legends and Dreamers Meet

Tate Hutchinson — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:43:37 +0000

By Jade Coley How did a New Orleans-style jazz bar end up in the middle of a cornfield? Nestled in the heart of Indianapolis, the Chatterbox Jazz Club is a venue where music, history, and community converge. What began as an architectural investment for David Andrichik in 1982 has since blossomed into one of the […]

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Op-Ed: The Concept of “Timshel” in Turkish Politics

Harlem Times Staff — Fri, 24 May 2024 21:25:50 +0000

Emine Ece Orkun, American Uni. LLM “The word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” says John Steinbeck in his book […]

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Op-Ed: Local Elections in Türkiye

Harlem Times Staff — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:37:49 +0000

Fair, transparent, and regular elections are the most fundamental components of modern democracies. In democratic systems, it is fundamental that the authority and power of those in power be derived from the electorate or the governed. These powers are renewed through regular elections. Through elections, the governed vote on the governors’ policies and performance, evaluating […]

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The W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Complex Project, Accra, Ghana

Harlem Times Staff — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:26:42 +0000

On Friday September 22nd, 2023, the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation, New York, signed a Final Site Control Agreement at a Breakfast Meeting with the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Pierre Hotel in New York city. The Agreement now gives the Du Bois Museum Foundation New York, and its […]

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Traditions of Resistance Tied Across the Atlantic

Harlem Times Staff — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:16:29 +0000

by the Secretariat of the ICAAD Marking her one-year anniversary, Her Royal Majesty Sêmévo 1st Dr. Dòwòti Désir, Queen Mother of the African Diaspora, Bénin Republic, was accompanied by a delegation of women from the United States to Cotonou. The women are the first cadets of the Imperial Corps Agoodjié of the African Diaspora (ICAAD) […]

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The Door is Open For Africa

Harlem Times Staff — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:02:35 +0000

If it plays its cards right, Africa could become the world’s next major economic player within the next century, according to a recent report by theWorld Economic Forum. A bold statement indeed, but not an altogether unrealistic one for a continent housing six of the world’s fastest-growing economies, along with a population that is on […]

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Energizing St. Croix, U.S.V.I: A Talk with Entrepreneur Brian Montgomery

Harlem Times Staff — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 05:02:43 +0000

Very few people realize just how closely tied the United States and the Virgin Islands (USVI), are. For example, as a U.S. territory, no passport is needed to visit any of the three main is-lands of St. John, St. Thomas, or St. Croix. Many have chosen to take advantage of this unique situation – transforming […]

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Lunch with the President of Ghana

Harlem Times Staff — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:48:34 +0000

Greetings! His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dan-quah Akufo-Addo, in spirit. Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, represented by Samuel Atta Akeya Municipal Chief Executive Honorable Kojo Ofori-Safo. Municipal Education Director Grace Owu-sua-Addo. Paramount Chief of Yamoransa Nana Okese Essendoh IX, Teachers, Students, Parents, Citizens, and Guests. All protocols observed. The percussion band and the dance perfor-mances […]

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Still I Rise: How Community Leaders and Restaurants of St. Croix Were Able to Revitalize the Island

Harlem Times Staff — Tue, 21 May 2019 16:49:39 +0000

by Mashari Grissom Signature restaurants are valued treasures in our communities–especially the ones with good food. Take St. Croix for example, a beautiful island within the Virgin Islands that was recently hit with Hurricane Maria back in September of last year. Yet, their ability to overcome such a turmoil and still being able to provide […]

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