International Food, an example of African entrepreneurship in the USA

By Oral Ofori

A typical trading scene at an African market

Desmond Johnson, an African entrepreneur hailing from the West African country of Sierra Leone strongly believes in staying focused on one’s dream, he believes having a strong sense of dedication enables success in whatever human endeavor we find ourselves in. It is on the backdrop of this mentality that Mr. Johnson has come this far with his grocery shop business called International Foods located off the Richmond Highway in Alexandria, VA.

Hiplife 3:16, The gospel according to Reggie Rockstone

By Oral Ofori

The final chapter

Here are the 1st & 2nd publications of this three part blog.

Reggie, all grown up but still looking young in his 50's

After the release of Rockstone's first and second albums, a lot of young artiste started to take hiplife and run away with it, among the many who did this are the group Akyeame. Rockstone called this group as the first to ever release an album that lived up to his precepts when he started hiplife. Akyeame succeeded in excellently rapping in the local Ghanaian Twi dialect over traditional highlife (traditional Ghanaian music) rhythms with hip-hop undertones, something which greatly impressed Reggie.