Freed American slaves established Liberia, 1824

Africa: Dr. Dougbeh Nyan Postulates Herd Immunity in Parts of Africa

Invited for second speaking engagement at Rowan UniversityOne of Africa's prominent infectious diseases experts from Liberia, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan of Shufflex Biomed, has postulated that many African countries including Liberia could be "going through a stage of Herd Immunity at this point of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Findley Reaffirms Liberia's Commitment to Africans

Liberia's Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar M. Findley has reaffirmed the country's commitment to work with other Africans in the region and the rest of the continent to promote the achievement of

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Source: allAfrica.com

American Express Pledges $10 Million To Fund Grants for Black Businesses Affected by COVID

Finance giant American Express is now the latest to come forward with its own commitment to cultivating Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 1: On ‘I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.’

Winner

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Source: Unpublished Black History

Africa: 'Celebrate Africa Basketball Legends' - Fiba Media Council Official

Monrovia — The head of Media Council for the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) Africa Zone 3, Naomi Tappia says it is time for African basketball legends to be celebrated and

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction

In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was the first significant gathering of independent and soon-to-be independent nations in Asia and

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Source: Black Past

Africa: Coronavirus Poses Leadership Test for Africa's Heads of State

He expelled a WHO representative and three public health experts coordinating the virus response, and his administration insisted the country would be spared because of its Christian

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Source: allAfrica.com

Lungi international airport may not reopen anytime soon despite pressure on government

Last week, the Director-General of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority Moses Tiffa Baio presented a case to the country’s National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) calling for the reopening of Sierra Leone’s airspace for commercial flight

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost subregion of Africa. West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, the island nation of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory

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Source: BlackHistory.com

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8

2006

President Bio calls on regional leaders to unite on single currency adoption

Yesterday, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone chaired a zoom online meeting of the West African Monetary Zone Authority of Heads of States and Governments, where he encouraged his colleagues Heads of State and Governments across the region to unite, in ensuring that the proposed single

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Garnet, Henry Highland (1815-1882)

Born into slavery near New Markey, Maryland on December 23, 1815, Henry Highland Garnet escaped from bondage via the Underground Railroad with his parents, George and Henrietta Trusty in 1824. After residing briefly in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the family settled in New York City, New York

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Source: Black Past

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1815

Super-sized Racism: Former McDonald's Execs Strike Back In Explosive Race Discrimination Lawsuit

However, that image was shattered this year in an explosive lawsuit brought by two African American female executives who claim that under new leadership the company not only deliberately divested from the Black community and businesses, but hurled racist, sexists insults at them including

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Africa: At UBA Web Summit, Leaders Outline Path for Africa's Recovery

The leaders and experts made the call yesterday at the United Bank for Africa's (UBA) 2020 Africa Day Conversations, with the theme: "Growth, Jobs, and Sustainable Development Amidst a global Pandemic," that was moderated by the Chairman of the bank, Mr. Tony

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Source: allAfrica.com

DRC declares end of Ebola outbreak in east

The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued elsewhere in the

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Source: The East African

Five Things You Don't Know About Africa

1. Africa is not

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Source: ThoughtCo

From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South

In the following article Melissa Milewski, a graduate student in history at New York University, describes her research which has uncovered the surprising success of African American litigants in court cases in the post-Civil War

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Source: Black Past

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1854

10 Facts About Africa

Africa is an amazing continent. From its start as the heart of humanity, it is now home to more than a billion people. It has jungles and desert and even a glacier. It covers all four hemispheres. It is a place of superlatives. Learn about the continent of Africa below from these ten amazing and

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Holloway, Anne Forrester (1941- 2006)

Anne Forrester Holloway was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Mali on November 6, 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. She was the first African American woman to hold that

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Source: Black Past

Nov

6

1979

Williams, Bisa (1954- )

Ambassador Bisa Williams was a career member of the Foreign Service of the United States Department of State. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010 to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Niger. After Senate confirmation, she headed the U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger from

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Source: Black Past

Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician

Born: October 17, 1956

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Oct

17

1956

CDC chief warns that US has ‘way too much virus’ to control

Workers check in residents at a mobile COVID-19 testing site set up on a vacant lot in the Austin neighborhood on June 23, 2020 in

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Source: theGrio

Sierra Leone Creole people

The Sierra Leone Creole people (or Krio people) is an ethnic group in Sierra Leone. The Creole people are descendants of freed African American, West Indian and Liberated African slaves who settled in the Western Area of Sierra Leone between 1787 and about 1885. The colony was established by the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Fauci warns Congress that new US coronavirus cases could rise to 100,000 a day | The Atlanta Voice

Coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a stark warning on Tuesday to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, telling them he wouldn’t be surprised if the US sees new cases of coronavirus rising to a level of 100,000

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Liberia: U.S.$9 Million of Food Distributions U.S.$30 Million to Be Used On Administrative and Operational Cost, Commerce Minister Discloses

Capitol Hill — Commerce Minister Wilson Tarpeh has presented to the Liberian senate a working plan for the distribution of the government's food

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Source: allAfrica.com

Liberia: National Christian Task Force of Liberia Wants Government Puts More Resources in Obtaining COVID-19 Test Kits

Monrovia — National Christian Task Force of Liberia has praised President George Weah for the leadership he has provided in the fight against the deadly coronavirus but added that more need to be done in obtaining test kits to prevent the loss of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)

The Second Liberian Civil War was an intense four-year conflict that involved child soldiers on all sides and extensive civilian casualties. It was also one of the few civil wars that spread into neighboring countries, in this case, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The conflict began in April 1999 when

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Source: Black Past

Aug

11

2003

Bandung Conference, 1955

The Afro-Asian Conference, known generally as the Bandung Conference, was to that date the largest gathering of Asian and African nations. On April 18 to 24, 1955, twenty-nine representatives of nations from Africa and Asia came together in Bandung, Indonesia, to promote African and Asian economic

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Source: Black Past

Westerfield, Samuel Z. (1920-1972)

Westerfield was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1919 to Dr. Samuel Z.C. Westerfield and Rachael Weddleton Colquitt. His father was the first black student to graduate with a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Nebraska. Westerfield married Helene Bryant in 1945. She was an

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Source: Black Past

Nov

15

1919

Liberia: The EU Signs Over U.S.$59 Million Support to Liberia's Social, Economic Development

In a unique e-ceremony for the signing of two Financing Agreements worth USD 59 million, EU Ambassador HE Hélène Cavé reiterated EU's commitment to support Liberia's development agenda and recovery from the Coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

Guyana participating in WHO clinical trial seeking effective treatment for COVID-19

Guyana is participating in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Solidarity” clinical trial with several treatments being used to treat COVID-19 patients in the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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