Black pride is more than skin colour – Jamaican author

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Black pride is more than skin colour – Jamaican author

SOPHIA GREENE, who engages in a regular nine-to-five with the New York City Transit Authority, said there is no escaping her true passion, which is penning poems and pushing the self-awareness and acceptance agenda. Greene is a published author who...

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