Dr. Wolassa KumoIntroduction My 40th article with Afroarticles is devoted to the seminal work in development economics of Sir Arthur Lewis (January 23, 1915- June 15, 1991), the first and the only black person to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. Professor Lewis won the 1979 Nobel Prize in economics for his seminal [...]

Dana Milbank writes in his piece: ‘The Herman Cain crack-up‘ — The Hermanator is now the hunted. Herman Cain, the long-shot Republican presidential candidate turned frontrunner, has done just about everything wrong since news broke Sunday night that his former employer had paid two women to settle sexual harassment complaints against him. Yesterday, reports indicate that — the Perry team is behind the “sexual” problems of Uncle Cain.

Conservative SHE-Hate-Talker Ann Coulter defended Herman Cain as follows: “Liberals are terrified of Herman Cain. He is a strong conservative black man… they are terrified of strong, conservative, black men,” adding that: “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks.” Coulter On African American Republicans: “Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks“ [...]

   By: Gwada OgotA poem by Gwada Ogot The political landlord has built, Hovels and shacks- slums, Upon our petrified minds, So he extorts rental taxes; Landlord sets rules for squatters -to abide by, In his squalid people’s party estate; Cheap rents with high costs, The return -political lip service; No, the party is not built [...]

“I don’t even remember her name,” said Herman Cain as he branded sexual harassment charges against him — “a witch hunt.” “They’re going to come after me more viciously than they would a white candidate,” Cain said. “You’re right. Clarence Thomas. And so, to use Clarence Thomas as an example, I’m ready for the same [...]