For Africans and people of African descent, the decades since the 20th century have been nothing short of taking stock of how much progress we have made.
We are in world history’s unique position of being a people whose humanity was deliberately targeted for intellectual and economic assault, more than any other people.
The times since decency was afforded to us has been a period of climbing from the depths. The journey has been fairly few patches of smooth land engulfed by massive rocky and rough swathes.
It is therefore incumbent on us to celebrate ourselves, highlighting what we have done excellently and yet, remindful of the gaps to be bridged.
There are certain individuals who embody these bits of excellence. And year in and out, any attempt to draw a list of excellent black people becomes harder.
2019 is no different. At Face2FaceAfrica.com, we found that no matter how stringent the criteria, a considerable number of great black achievers sail through.
But we did our best, maintaining that the inaugural list of Face2face Africa Faces of Global Black Excellence should comprise individuals who:
We understand that our equally excellent audience would have favourites who may not be named. And we encourage dissenting choices which only goes to show the plethora of black champions out here.
In no hierarchical order, here is our list:
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Sanai Graden, who went viral earlier this year for raising nearly half a million dollars…
Louis Queen has been a custodian at the Four Seasons Elementary School in Gambrills, Maryland,…
Renown attorney Ben Crump said Florida deputies shot and killed a 23-year-old U.S. Air Force…
A racist posterboard depicting LeBron James alongside monkeys was displayed at a school art exhibition,…
Bernard Junior Polite, the Pennsylvania man who was seen attempting to shoot a pastor during…
Authorities in Canada responded to Drake’s mansion again after an intruder attempted to break into…
What appeared to be a typical day immediately changed for Officer Cpl. Jason Lee when…
Paris Dean is the founder of Sparen, a startup that seeks to streamline real estate…
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