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Editorial Board

Imani Countess

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Imani Countess is the Senior Director of Public Affairs of TransAfrica Forum and formerly the National Coordinator, Africa Program, American Friends Service Committee. Click here to contact Ms. Countess and TransAfrica Forum.

2 pieces

Cover Story

The Haiti Earthquake – TransAfrica Forum: 4 Immediate Recommendations

By Imani Countess Editorial Board

— Nicole Lee, President of TransAfrica Forum. Listen to Ms. Lee speak with BC Publisher Peter Gamble. January 12, 2009 the island nation of Haiti, was hit with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, its most severe in decades. The epicenter of the quake was approximately 10 miles south of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital and home to…

-- Nicole Lee, President of TransAfrica Forum. Listen to Ms. Lee speak with BC Publisher Peter Gamble. January 12, 2009 the island nation of Haiti, was…

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Cover Story

2: Justice for Zimbabwe – Message of Solidarity

By Imani Countess Editorial Board

TransAfrica Forum is the leading advocacy organization for Africa and the African Diaspora in U.S. foreign policy. TransAfrica Forum helped lead the world protest against apartheid in South Africa and colonial rule in southern Africa. Today, the organization works for human and economic justice for African people on the continent of Africa, in Latin America…

TransAfrica Forum is the leading advocacy organization for Africa and the African Diaspora in U.S. foreign policy. TransAfrica Forum helped lead the world protest against apartheid…

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