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Nigeria: Still a Fragile Nation
This is a threat that must be taken seriously, especially against the background of the latest report on Fragile States Index (FSI) which ranked Nigeria as the 14th most fragile state in the
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Africa: Beyond the Narratives of Africa's Doom and Gloom
Africa has recorded successes on many levels which are often ignored by global media -- and we need to embrace and celebrate our unique contribution to the
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Range Rover Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary With Limited-Edition Vehicle
In 2012, the latest generation Range Rover became the world’s first SUV to feature an all-aluminum lightweight construction, making it lighter, stronger and more
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Tesla's secret batteries could revolutionise the car industry
Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with petrol models, and allow EV batteries to have second and third lives in the electric power
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Worst Virus Fears Are Realized in Poor or War-Torn Countries
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Richard Allen (bishop)
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831)[1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of Americas most active and influential black leaders. In 1794 he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the United States. He opened his first
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A List Of All The Retailers That Will Carry The Nike x Travis Scott Air Max 270 “Cactus Trails”
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Confounded: The Enigma of “Blind Tom” Wiggins
I am astounded.I cannot account for it, no one can.No one understands it, a St Louis man uttered after watching Blind Tomperform in concert in 1866. Hismystification was by no means isolated. Few other performers on thenineteenth century stage aroused as much curiosity as Blind Tom Wiggins. Borna
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Dr. Carter G Woodson: "The Father of Black History"
Woodson would choose the second week of February to celebrate Negro History Week because of the birth days of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. He also would provide many different types of black institutions with information and instruction on what Negro History Week was and why it had
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Ivorian Defense Minister to sue over 'cocaine trafficker' allegations
Ivorian Defense minister Hamed Bakayoko has strongly denied allegations of being a drug
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Ancient mammoths found at Mexican airport site feed archaeologists’ studies
Remnants of at least 60 mammoths and 15 human burials have been discovered in Mexico City during construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport on the site of the Santa Lucía military airbase in
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African-American history
African-American history is the part of American history that looks at the African-American or Black American ethnic groups in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of Africans forcibly brought to and held captive in the United States from 1555 to 1865. Blacks from the
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The illness, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), was first reported in Britain in late
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Tar-Baby
The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1880; it is about a doll made of tar and turpentine used by the villainous Brer Fox to entrap Brer Rabbit. The more that Brer Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he
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Africa: Racism and Self-Hate - Why Africa Is Not Innocent
Just as it was an enabler of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism, tribalism has also manifested in post-colonial Africa in the form of divisive, exclusionist, conflicting and destabilising politics of ethno-geographic identity, which has proven to be an anathema to the collective
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Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery inNorth America; slavery is
Rhode Island enacts the first law against slavery in North America; slavery is limited to 10 years.
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Uganda Tourism Banks on Local, Regional Markets
Tour operators, resort owners and tourism authorities in Uganda are planning to use a large amount of their promotional spending to target local and regional visitors after the sector was heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and international tourist arrivals dropped
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Kanye West Donates $2 Million to Floyd, Arbery, Taylor Families
On the same day it was announced that Kanye West is the world’s highest paid musician, the entertainer used some of those funds to donate $2 million to the families of recent police killing victims George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery according to
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List of topics related to the African diaspora
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Zoom Parties, Missed Proms, Uncertain Futures. High School Seniors Share What It’s Like To Come Of Age During A Pandemic | The Oklahoma Eagle
The young adults graduating from high school this year will be defined by their Zoom educations and viral TikToks, but also by their lost summer jobs and unpredictable
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The Annual Bay Area Book Festival is Back On
The annual Bay Area Book Festival, originally scheduled for May 2-3, has been resurrected in virtual form with Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND after organizers were forced to cancel the in-person event to prevent further spread of
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Slave narrative
The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations. Some six thousand former slaves from North America and the Caribbean gave accounts of
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Uganda: COVID-19 Shows Schools and Universities Have Been Left Behind
In these days when all our schools and universities have been closed, one would expect to see a prominent link to e-learning resources for
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Michael White Named Principal at Morningside Middle
White joins the district from Dorchester County School District 4 where he has served as principal at Woodland High School for the past three
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Freetown, Sierra Leone (1792- -)
Freetown is the capital, principal port, commercial center, and largest city of Sierra Leone.  The city was founded by British Naval Lieutenant John Clarkson and freed American slaves from Nova Scotia.  Freetown was part of the larger colony of the Sierra Leone which was founded by the Sierra Leone
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) (1980-- )
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a Viacom–owned cable network based in Washington, D.C. The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black
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Fort Mose (Florida)
Established in 1738, Fort Mose was the first free black settlement in what is now the United States.  Located just north of St. Augustine, Florida, Fort Mose played an important role in the development of colonial North
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Uganda: Landslide Victims Demand More Land and Relief Food
The landslide victims at Bunambutye resettlement site in Bulambuli District are protesting the decision by the district leaders to allocate them one acre of land for farming instead of the two that had been proposed by the
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Minneapolis Public Schools approves district redesign plan
The Minneapolis School Board on May 12 approved by a 6-3 vote the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Comprehensive District Design
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