Morocco: Ramadan Starts Wednesday in Morocco

(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”

By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world. Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival. In his closing night speech to the

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COVID-19 could linger for years, African govts must sit up - WHO warns

Major African stats: May 9 as of 7:00

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A List of Famous African-Americans Who Spent Time in Africa

Most people know about the forced emigration of millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves. Far fewer think of the voluntary flow of the descendants of those slaves back across the Atlantic to visit or live in

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Kid Cudi Celebrates New Single “Leader of the Delinquents” With Virgil Abloh-Designed T-Shirt

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Fitzgerald, Ella (1917-1996)

Ella Fitzgerald was a female jazz singer considered without equal at the height of the jazz era. Her voice had an amazing and vibrant range that allowed her to sing nearly every jazz style. Ella was also an accomplished composer and bandleader who performed into the

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Nigeria: Congregational Prayers Remain Suspended - Bauchi Govt

Bauchi — Bauchi State Government has declared that the order for the suspension of Jumaat prayer and Sunday services remains

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Africans at Hadrian's Wall

Hadrians Wall, named after Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), was built between 122 and 128 AD as the frontier fortification for the northernmost region of the Roman Empire, near what is the current border of England and Scotland. During their time on the island of Britain the Romans garrisoned

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Pakistan passenger plane crashes in residential area

A Pakistan passenger plane with more than 100 people believed to be on board crashed in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the country's aviation authority

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Operation Torch: Invasion of North Africa

Operation Torch took place November 8-10, 1942, during World War II

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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression

Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the

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Mary J. Blige - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman

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VIDEO: Malaysian Immigration Police Raid Apartments during COVID-19, arrest 200

Malaysian immigration authorities raided apartment buildings in Petaling Jaya Old Town on Wednesday morning, arresting about 200 people who had emigrated to the southeast Asian

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Katherine G. Johnson is born

Katherine G. Johnson, Born August 26, 1918. died February 24, 2020, worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Ms. Johnson was an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Trained

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Aug

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1918

Islam in Africa

Islam in Africa, the development of the Muslim religion on the African

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Kenya: Al-Shabaab Suspects Destroy Safaricom Mast in Wajir

Suspected Al-shabaab militants have destroyed a Safaricom communication mast in Khorof Kharar, Wajir in a predawn

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Egypt

President Morsi faced his first test in early August 2012, when militants shot and killed 16 Egyptian soldiers at an army checkpoint in Egypts Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel. Several of the militants then drove into Israel, where their vehicle was destroyed by the Israeli military. Despite

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Mozambique

Mozambique | FactMonster

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Morocco

National name: al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia

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Ferdinand Léopold Oyono

Ferdinand Léopold Oyono , (born September 14, 1929, Ngoulemakong, Cameroon—died June 10, 2010, Yaoundé), African statesman, actor, and comic writer whose two best-known works—Une Vie de boy (1956; Houseboy) and Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille (1956; The Old Man and the Medal), written while he was

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Jun

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2010

VIDEO: Malaysian Immigration Police Raid Apartments during COVID-19, arrest 200 | Afro

Malaysian immigration authorities raided apartment buildings in Petaling Jaya Old Town on Wednesday morning, arresting about 200 people who had emigrated to the southeast Asian

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Western Sahara (proposed state)

Total area: 102,703 sq mi (266,001 sq

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Angola Play Indoor Soccer World Cup in 2021

Luanda — The five-a-side soccer World Cup, in which Angola will be present for the first time in Lithuania, has been postponed for September 13 to October 4 of 2021, one year after the initial date set by the International Federation of Associated Football

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Africa's 100+ coronavirus cases: Uganda, Benin, Chad among new entrants

The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased

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Morocco Charts a Robust Post-COVID Recovery Strategy

With the growing concern for excessive reliance on China's role in global manufacturing, a great deal of analysis is being given to medium and long term alternatives to reduce vulnerabilities in supply chains in major sectors such as the automobile, textiles, electronics or, more worryingly, the

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Alphabetical List of All African Countries

Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized

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Afonso V

Afonso V , byname Afonso The African, Portuguese Afonso O Africano (born Jan. 15, 1432, Sintra, Port.—died Aug. 28, 1481, Sintra), 10th king of Portugal (1438–81), known as the African from his campaigns in

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Chenjerai Hove

Chenjerai Hove, (born Feb. 9, 1956, Mazvihwa, near Zvishavane, Southern Rhodesia [now in Zimbabwe]—died July 12, 2015, Stavanger, Nor.), Zimbabwean novelist, poet, and essayist who explored the lives of ordinary people in his homeland under British colonial rule and during Pres. Robert

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2015

In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West

Dr. Mayme Clayton was born in Arkansas and transplanted to California, where she served as law librarian at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), beginning in 1957. In 1969 she helped put together the university’s African American Studies Center Library. But her most astounding

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Moorish Science Temple of America, Newark (1914-- )

The Moorish Science Temple of America is a sect of the Islamic religion that teaches the uplifting of fallen humanity and the making of better citizens. Symbols of this religion include the star and crescent, fezzes, turbans, the Moorish Flag, and the addition of “El” of

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Guinea

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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