Eastern Black Newspapers
Africa Facts
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This Baltimore newspaper has been family-run since 1892

Baltimore AFRO-American

100

This country on the continent of Africa was never colonized

Ethiopia

200

Founded in Chicago in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind

The Chicago Defender

200

These two locations on the African continent consistently rank as the top two most populated cities

Cairo and Lagos

300

The publisher of this Washington DC weekly newspaper is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (an alumnus of Prairie View College), founded the paper in 1964.

The Washington Informer

300
Africa's second-longest river (after the Nile) and the world's deepest

The Congo River

400

This weekly Black-owned newspaper serving New York City was founded in 1909 and is now owned by the Tatum family. 

New York Amsterdam News

400

She became President of Liberia in 2006, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

500

is the oldest continuously published African-American newspaper in the United States.

The Philadelphia Tribune

500
While no Summer or Winter Olympics have been held in Africa yet, Dakar, Senegal, is making history as the first African host for this Olympic event in 2026 , marking a significant step for the continent. 

Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG)

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