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Today is the first day of the year. The idealistic amongst us usually see this shift in calendar dates as being a precursor for grand changes in their lives and that of others. The article Cyclical trauma & media accountability appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Africa: Museums Must Come Clean On How They Acquired African Collections
[The Herald] In June 2020, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote: "We cannot now try to edit or censor our past. We cannot pretend to have a different history," in response to the removal of statues associated with racist or imperial ideologies in the United Kingdom.
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Justice Ginsburg’s Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy – Observer News Group
Through her cancer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that's how she'll be remembered, Obama expressed in a written statement. "But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored," observed President Barack
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Sterling K. Brown on voicing Black characters and speaking out: ‘All art is political’
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Soli Philander rallies District Six to free the Marion
Soli Philander has lent his voice to the campaign to 'Free the Marion', with a peaceful protest organised for Sunday 28 June.
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PR quota system a stepping stone for female MPs: Jaja
STRUGGLES during her early stages as a girl child did not deter proportional representation legislator Joyce Jaja (MDC Alliance) from fulfilling her dream of becoming one of the country’s lawmakers. Jaja opened up to NewsDay on her struggles as she grew up in a polygamous family in the rural areas
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Langston, John Mercer (1829-1897)
John Mercer Langston, the youngest of four children, was born a free black in Louisa County, Virginia in 1829. Langston gained distinction as an abolitionist, politician, and attorney.  Despite the prominence of his slaveowner father, Ralph Quarles, Langston took his surname from his mother, Lucy
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Former model dreams big - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY KIMBERLY KARIATI FORMER model and actress Charlene “Shizz” Katsa is set to launch Shizz Modelling Agency to assist Zimbabwe’s girl child The post Former model dreams big appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Expecting Their Second Child
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A Tale of a Blue-Eyed 'Chaiwalla' | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
In October 2016, a tea seller (chaiwalla) caught the fancy of South Asian social media for his remarkable looks. And it was not Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tends to flaunt his chaiwalla past, but a beautiful,blue-eyed 17-year-old tea seller from Islamabad. Arshad Khan wasphotographedby
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Kenya: Meru County, YWCA Launch Project to Promote Youth Leadership
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Xesus Johnston
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Kenya: Curtains Fall On Loreto High Principal
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Over-regulation is bad for democracy. Nigeria should stop it - Face2Face Africa
Nigerians are recently confronted with a barrage of new bills even as the pandemic hits hard at the economy. The government seems to be more involved with people’s daily and personal lives with its oft-needless regulations. The Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), for instance, is made to
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Jacobs, Harriet (c.1815-1897)
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Murals highlight heroines and heroes during ELEVATE Art Festival
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Black mother falsely accused of kidnapping her adopted white son - TheGrio
This week, mother and writer Keia Jones-Baldwin went viral after writing a post on Facebook about the time a woman... View Article The post Black mother falsely accused of kidnapping her adopted white son appeared first on TheGrio.
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Angolan cartoonist Sérgio Piçarra wins EU human rights prize | Africanews
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Vapostori champion fight against GBV, child marriages
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The Sky Is No Limit For Botswana’s First Female Air Force Pilot
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How Californians Can Craft A More Just Society By Voting Yes On Proposition 16 - Blavity
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Accused in rape of teen found not guilty - Stabroek News
Rickardo Maniram, called ‘Rocky,’ was yesterday acquitted in the rape a 16-year-old girl who prosecutors say he had also impregnated. The article Accused in rape of teen found not guilty appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Zimbabwe: Uneducated, Undocumented and Married Off Early - the Agony of Teenage Girls From Mbire
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