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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth , legal name Isabella Van Wagener (born c. 1797, Ulster county, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Mich.), African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights
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Namibia Says Germany Ready to Apologize for Genocide
Namibia's state media is feting President Geingob's announcement that Germany is ready to apologize for the colonial-era genocide against the Herero and Nama
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The unresolved murder of Nigeria Airways' only female pilot Capt. Hadiza Oboh who was buried in a septic tank - Face2Face Africa
Murdered at 39, the grim tale of Captain Hadiza Lantana Oboh, Nigeria’s first and only female pilot of the defunct Nigeria Airways is still hard to take by the nation. To make matters worse, her assailants when eventually captured and arraigned before court, secured bail and vanished never to be
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How to Achieve Cultural Diversity in the School System
Cultural diversity as an issue wasnt even on the radar of most private school communities until the 1990s. To be sure, there were exceptions, but for the most part, diversity was not at the top of the list of priorities back then. Now you can see genuine progress in this
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Africa: How Africa Can Take This Moment to End a 500-Years-Old Economic Model
Governments can take the opportunity of COVID-19 to change Africa's place in global economic structures, but it will take pan-African
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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Family Tree and Genealogy
Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother. According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he was the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the first African American
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Chica da Silva (1731/5-1796)
Francisca da Silva de Oliveira, better known as Chica da Silva (or spelled Xica da Silva), was a Brazilian woman born into slavery, who went on to gain her freedom and become a powerful and well-known member of Brazilian
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Coronavirus in Africa: 297,112 cases; 7,919 deaths; 142,622 recoveries
There are now more than over 290,000 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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Senate Democrats Criticize Republican Policing Bill
“Let us all be clear about what is happening in the politics of this moment. The Republican bill has been thrown out to give lip service to an issue with nothing substantial in it that would actually save or would have saved any of those lives.” California Senator Kamala Harris Before Demoncratic
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Nigeria: Over 140 Nigerians Killed in Violent Attacks Last Week
Sunday: PREMIUM TIMES reported that gunmen attacked three communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. In a separate attack, armed men killed no fewer than 20 people in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. It erupted over a land dispute between Lunguda and Waja communi
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Mozambique: MSF Suspends Medical Support After Healthcare Centre Is Damaged Due To Recent Attacks
Our Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have been forced to suspend medical support in Macomia in the northern region of Mozambique following a recent attack on the village that also resulted in the destruction of our healthcare
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Congress Stalls on Policing Overhaul, Despite Public Outcry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, as Senate Democrats on Tuesday opposed a Republican proposal as inadequate, leaving the parties to decide whether to take on the hard job of negotiating a compromise or walk away despite public outcry over the killings of
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Botswana coronavirus: final 'day of prayer' amid health protocol campaign
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South Africa: With Enough Support, People Can Grow Their Own Food
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how impoverished people and the working class suffer when food prices rise and jobs disappear, prompting a renewed interest in working the
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Bandits kill 99 people in northern Nigeria
At least 99 people were killed Tuesday by bandits in Borno and Katsina states, in northern
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The Enemy Within - Houston Forward Times
At least six Black children were killed during the Fourth of You Lie weekend.  They… The post The Enemy Within appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Desperate Indian girl bikes 745 miles home with disabled dad
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Eritrea coronavirus: case load at 96; over 50 new cases in two days
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Namibia: Presidency Apologizes After Journalists Barred From Covering Launch of COVID-19 Facility
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Millions of African Women At Risk Because of COVID | Afro
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rebecca Nakamanya rolls her eyes, dismissing a question about school fees. What really worries her is how to feed three children and a jobless partner on a daily wage of less than $3, minus transport to and from her job as a cook. “We have
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Religious divisions in India sharpen as nationalism rises | Afro
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(2003) Rev. Jeremiah Wright, “Confusing God and Government”
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, whose most famous congregant was Illinois Senator Barack Obama, burst unto the national political scene when media outlets reported and aired segments of previous sermons.  The segment which
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Congo extends virus lockdown on village near Pointe-Noire
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Goliath vs Hlophe: 3 allegations Chief Justice recommends tribunal investigate | News24
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The seasonal floods in the Rupununi region during the annual rainy season have continuously been affecting region 9, which in extreme cases had adversely affected many
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Namibia: State of The Nation Address by His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of The Republic Of Namibia
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Burkina Faso: Out of Sight, People Suffer From Rise in Violence in Burkina Faso
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