Queen Fatoumata Soumah Speaking at the 2011 F.A.C.E LIST Awards in New York City. The Fascinating Africans Committed to Excellence Awards (F.A.C.E. List) The Fascinating Africans Committed to Excellence Awards (FACE LIST) is the brain Child of FACE2FACE Africa, a media company highlighting the excellence of Africans world wide.  This is an annual event designed [...]

New York, January 2011—On Friday, February 18th, 2011, philanthropist MacDella Cooper, Founder of the MacDella Cooper Foundation and the MCF Academy will host L’AFRICANA NIGHT at the finale of New York Spring fashion week. The event honored Mr. Barry Segal with a Lifetime Achievement Award (for his philanthropic commitment to sub saharan Africa) Ms. Bisila [...]

PLEASE JOIN FIFI SOUMAH (MISS AFRICA USA 2010-2011 ALONG WITH ADIAT DISU, ALSION ROACH, CHENISA SHANNON, CHEREAH JACKSON, CHRISTINE KONTENSKI, ERIN BROWNE, FARRAH FOGARTY, INGVAR LJUNGGVIST, MALINDA KNOWLES, MARTIN SEGAL, MATTHEW K. SIMON, MELISSA BLASSO, PAMELA BELL, PAMELA BROGDEN, PETER JALLAH, SIMON TIEMTORE, STEPHANIE MATTERA, TAYLOR SELE, TILO STOLTZ, TONIEMAE KING ANDREWS, VERNA BROGDEN   [...]

It is an honor indeed for Miss Africa USA 2010 Fifi Soumah to have been invited to participate in the World Bank Series looking at the perspectives of African youth on the development of Africa.  This project is quite similar to President Obama’s Open House with Young African Leaders which took place at the White [...]

“I know some people get disheartened, and I know some people want to throw in the sponge and give up but I can’t do that. My feeling is too strong that it’s God’s will that we live together in harmony and peace. It’s God’s will that we grow beyond our racial animosities and that we [...]

Our Time Together We believe that the peace, balance and preservation of our planet will be significantly fueled and nurtured by women who have learned to take care of themselves and each other. The International Women’s Luncheon Theme:  ‘ I’M EVERY WOMAN’ is as expressive, multi-nuanced and yet as simple as women around the world. [...]

  “I make no excuses about it, I am like Robin Hood. I take from the rich and give to the poor. It is high time at last for the world to wake up and do more for Africa.” ( Leon H Sullivan) The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation empowers underprivileged people worldwide by promoting the [...]

The Miss Africa USA 2010 VIP Banquet and Awards  ceremony was hosted at the University of Maryland Marriott Conference Center. The color theme for the night for all 32 delegates was gold. The girls were elegantly dressed in different shades of gold as pictured above. 32 finalists representing different African countries.  The purpose of the [...]

For the first time in the Miss Africa USA Scholarship Pageant 5 year history, the Platform presentation night became a separate event from the main pageant night competition. Reason being that the platform segment is one of the most important segments of the competition which deals with the humanitarian and public speaking aspects.  In this [...]

THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND PROCLAMATION Whereas: Founded in 2005, the African Women’s Development Foundation USA is a network of dynamic African Women across the United States of America who work together to help communities in need in Africa and the United States; and Whereas, the Foundation organizes community programs that embrace cultural [...]