Africa – Madagascar
Andy Razaf (1895-1973)
Andy Razaf was a philosopher–poet, composer, and prolific musical lyricist of over five hundred songs, comprising some of the greatest...
June Carter Perry (1943- )
Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas. After completing grade school, Perry was accepted at...
Shirley Barnes (1938- )
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes is a former United States Ambassador to the African country of Madagascar, 1998-2001. Barnes was nominated by...
James D. McGee (1949- )
Ambassador James David McGee, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the class of Minister Counselor, spent the...
Howard Kent Walker (1935- )
Howard Kent Walker is a military veteran, diplomat, and educator who was born on December 3, 1935 in Newport News,...
Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future?
In the article below independent historian Robin Loftin explores the past, present, and possible future relationship between the world’s most...
Johnny Young (1940- )
Ambassador Johnny Young was a career diplomat and the third African American to be appointed ambassador by three presidents. In...
Antananarivo, Madagascar (1600s- )
Antananarivo (formerly known as “Analamanga” and “Tananarive”) is the capital of the Republic of Madagascar and its largest city. It...
African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a...
