What have airstrikes, beheadings, and Ebola got in common? Of all the reports that have dominated the international media during the past few months, perhaps the fearsome Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa, the gruesome beheadings of three Western citizens by Islamic States of the Levant (ISIL) and the US-led coalition of the willing devastating
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Charles Quist-Adade
What African Liberation Day and Emancipation Day Have in Common
on August 18th, 2014
Two Days, One People, One Destiny This summer saw the commemoration of two major landmarks in the African World. The first event was the 54th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (now called Africa Union). Designated African Liberation Day, this day is marked May 25 every year. The second was 180th
Ghanaian-Canadian Association of BC Scholarships
on January 19th, 2010
Dr. Quist-Adade thanked all those who have contributed to the youth scholarship fund and assured them that “when the history of our association comes to be written, you will occupy a prominent place.”
Africa and the Diaspora (Part I)
on April 4th, 2009
Written by Dr. Charles Quist-Adade In this four-part article, Dr. Charles Quist-Adade traces the historic links between Continental Africans and their cousins in the Diaspora and argues that distance-physical and temporal (time) should unite rather than divide peoples of African descent notwithstanding their cultural differences. He asserts that no man or woman of African descent
Africa and the Diaspora Part II: “Can African People Save Themselves?”
By Charles Quist-Adade, PhD The Afro News Surrey In the first of his many part article on the links between Continental Africa and the African Diaspora, Dr. Charles Quist-Adade argued that while the situation of people of African descent seem desperate and hopeless, increasing numbers of black activists, philanthropists, scholars, and ordinary people are doing