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Uganda: 32 Media Houses Sue Govt Over Licence Fees
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George Duke
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Book on Fashion of Miles Davis, Legendary Jazz Musician | Afro
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Nelson Mandela is released
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Hammonds House Museum presents Black Classical Muse virtual concert
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Op-Ed: Tabletop's Value in Shaping Disaster Response
Tabletop exercises test the territory’s strengths and weaknesses in the face of disaster, and they test emergency workers' ability to respond to them.
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Albert Ayler
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Coltrane, John
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Marvin Gaye
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AC Green on Saving Homes and What to Avoid with Banks During COVID-19
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Using Songs to Address Inequality – The Wilmington Journal
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Fisherman's Wharf Legacy Shares Stories and Recipes
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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by music critic Scott Yanow as having 'one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century.' Nicknamed 'Sassy' and 'The Divine One,' Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner. Vaughan was born on March 27, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey, as the
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West Africa: Bitter Sweet Experience-West Africa Media in the Throes of COVID-19
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Herbie Hancock | Black Cultural Events
One of the most inventive artists in the history of American music, the brilliant and always-innovating Herbie Hancock returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall for a night of freewheeling, thought-provoking, mind-expanding, galactic-traveling jazz and
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Nigeria: Mixed Reactions As Govt Orders TV, Radio Stations to De-Install Twitter
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