Togo becomes independent

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May

22

1932

Africa COVID-19 stats: 522,643 cases; 12,233 deaths; 252,944 recoveries | Africanews

There are now more than over 500,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

NDERITU: One Burundian lesson for East Africans in enduring

In September last year, Doudou Diene, chairman of the commission of inquiry set up by the UN on Burundi, said the country was primed for

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Source: The East African

Douglas, H. Ford (1831-1865)

Captain H. Ford Douglas was born in Virginia in 1831 to a white man named William Douglas, and an enslaved mother named Mary. He escaped from slavery sometime after his fifteenth birthday, and moved to

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Source: Black Past

Jul

26

1862

Africa's Media Hit Hard By COVID-19 Crisis

In normal times, reporters at the Nigerian independent radio network Dandal Kura International earn the equivalent of around $100

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Source: allAfrica.com

Robert Mugabe

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Mozambique: Businessman Kidnapped in Beira

Maputo — Unidentified assailants kidnapped a 67 year old businessman, Lyacat Umargi, in the central Mozambican city of Beira on Friday

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Source: allAfrica.com

Essence Responds to ‘Toxic Culture’ Allegations; Names New Interim CEO

Black-owned media giant Essence Communications, which publishes Essence magazine, has responded to allegations made by an anonymous group of women that it created a toxic work culture for employees with the announcement of an independent review and a new interim

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Source: The Black Chronicle

The grandiose life of DRC's Mobuto Sese Seko who built Africa’s largest nuclear bunker

Making himself a cult, the dictator, among other things, established the Mobutu Good Will Fund as a fundraising effort to end poverty in the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Angola's independence

Angola proclaimed independent.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

11

1975

Togo issues arrest warrant for ex-prime minister Agbéyomé Kodjo | Africanews

A Togolese court has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition figure Agbéyomé Kodjo, who came second in the February presidential election won by president Faure Gnassingbé, and who now lives in “hiding in Togo”, according to one of his lawyers on

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom – Voice and Viewpoint

In the wake of worldwide efforts to call out systemic racism, Black business organizations are speaking out against the restrictions that AB 5 has placed on African American entrepreneurs in including the bill’s author Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), say they are open to making

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Juvenile Garrison Independent Society

In the 1830s and 1840s Black Bostonians were providing for the education and intellectual stimulation of their youth. The Juvenile Garrison Independent Society, mostly teenagers, provided Black history education for themselves and services for the community - sponsoring lectures, community fix-up

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Geography of the Countries of Africa

The continent of Africa is the worlds second-largest based on land area and population just after Asia. It has a population of around one billion people (as of 2009) and covers 20.4% of the Earths land area. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to

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Source: ThoughtCo

Susan Bogle was shot in the chest, autopsy reveals

Susan Bogle, who was shot during a police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew last month, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Coronavirus in Africa: 84,521 cases; 2,759 deaths; 32,322 recoveries

There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Somali proclaimed independent

Somali proclaimed independent.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

1

1960

Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup

May 12: Cases hit 4641, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar donation

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Zimbabwe: Anjin Gets Fresh Diamond Chiadzwa Mining Claims

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has allocated fresh diamond mining claims to Anjin Investments in Chiadzwa, in Manicaland province, four years after the company was evicted from the mineral-rich area alongside other miners on allegations of under-declaring proceeds, the Zimbabwe

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mozambique proclaimed independent

Mozambique proclaimed independent.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

25

1975

Somalia: 97 New Covid19 Cases Reported in Somalia

97 new COVID19 cases and five deaths have been reported in Somalia, the Ministry of Health and Social Care announced in its daily

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Joseph Jenkins Roberts

President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a native of Virginia, declared Liberia an independent republic.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

26

1847

Clarence's Hollywood

Katherine Stockett’s excellent novel, The Help, is about the African American maids who worked in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. Stockett reflects the brutal realties of 20th Century slavery being carried out in pretentious southern white households that continued from

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Source: Black Past

Jan

12

2010

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery, becomes an independent missionary and travels the U.S. and three other continents.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

23

1837

Kendrick Lamar

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Trinidad-Tobago proclaimed independent

Trinidad-Tobago proclaimed independent.

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Aug

31

1962

Zaire proclaimed independent

Zaire proclaimed independent.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

30

1960

Fatal shooting in St Mary

One man was fatally shot during a confrontation with the police in Stewart Town, St Mary on Monday. 9mm pistol with an extended magazine was seized during the confrontation, according to the police.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Left of Black with Byron Hurt

Left of Black - Season 3, Episode 15

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Coronavirus in Africa: 115,892 cases; 3,479 deaths; 46,553 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

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