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This week in African art and culture, the 1-54 Contemporary African art fair, Africa’s biggest art fair, kicks off in London.
The post This Week in African Art and Culture (October 10 – 16, 2021) appeared first on Sugarcane Magazine ™| Black Art Magazine.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Petroleum Cabinet secretary has received powers to cut fuel prices and cushion motorists from sharp spikes in the cost of the product from a subsidy fund.
UCLA wide receiver Delon Hurt (29) celebrates his touchdown against Arizona State during the first half of an NCAA college football gameSaturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson carries the ball against Arizona State during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, […]
SAN FRANCISCO - Even as a third wave of Covid-19 crescendos across the United States, the Transportation Security Administration logged more than 3.5 million travelers in U.S. airports during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend. TSA checkpoint data show spikes on the Sundays before and after Thanksgiving Day, and on the day immediately preceding the holiday. More than 1 million travelers passed […]
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President Donald Trump is facing a barrage of calls to permit potentially life-saving transition talks between his health officials and incoming President-elect Joe Biden's aides on a fast-worsening pandemic he is continuing to ignore in his obsessive effort to discredit an election that he clearly lost. The increasingly urgent pleas are coming from inside his administration, the President-elect's team and […]
Tabitha Brown wants to spice up your life. The multi-talented vegan influencer and TikTok sensation…
The post Vegan Chef Tabitha Brown Announces Launch of New Summer Inspired Seasoning appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
THE EDITOR: Based on existing scientific evidence, the risks associated with covid19 far outweigh those associated with vaccination. By all accounts, getting the jab is a far better decision than going without it as unvaccinated individuals risk getting affected by the full effects of the virus and its many variants.
Despite this, the vaccine-hesitant should not be quickly labelled away as innately stupid or foolish. This sort of rhetoric may wrongly cast them as lost causes whose viewpoints are not liable to change. Additionally, there may be legitimate and systemic reasons for the distrust, uncertainty and anxiety that they describe feeling.
For one, trust in government institutions, especially healthcare, has been poor even before the pandemic. A 2016 UWI study found that public confidence in TT's national healthcare system was remarkably low, with less than 50 per cent of those surveyed expressing trust in it.
There has also been a tremendous amount of mixed messaging about covid19, as people are being bombarded by scientific information locally and from abroad. And it is not just 'fake news' that is the problem. Established outlets like CNN and the BBC and even international organisations like the WHO have all changed their stances on numerous issues related to covid19.
While this is normal and should be expected given the ever-changing nature of the pandemic, this onslaught of conflicting information can make anyone feel confused, distressed and doubtful about which choice is the right one.
People should not feel morally right in engaging in ridicule of vaccine-hesitant individuals either, justifying it as a way of shaming them into getting the jab. If you 'trust the science,' the science shows that shaming simply does not work.
Mocking and condemning people for making the choice to remain unvaccinated may exacerbate an already fraught situation. For oppression in all its forms breeds resistance. As has happened in other countries, the hesitant may take the negative public rhetoric directed towards them to heart, causing them to double down in their decision not to vaccinate. It becomes more of a symbolic or emotional issue than one based on practicality.
People's feelings and perceptions should therefore not be pushed aside, but openly embraced so their concerns can be addressed, and their doubts alleviated. People should feel safe to express their doubts, without being mocked and made fun of. Those who are hesitant are more likely to respond to constructive dialogue than outright criticism.
There may indeed still be people who continue to remain hesitant no matter what is said or done, but at least there is still the possibility they may change their minds, especially if they have not been tainted by the pain of ridicule and the resentment that comes with it.
ALEEM MAHABIR
via e-mail
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Nairobi — Local small scale farmers are set will benefit for Sh18million worth of technical support as part of a social-economic recovery initiative by an agricultural technology solutions provider.
The agricultural technology solutions firm UjuziKilimo has received support from Wadson Ventures; an Africa focused early-stage venture capital house.
Speaking when he confirmed the COVID-19 relief partnership agreement, UjuziKilimo Chief Executive officer Brian Bosire said the company will channel the support towards COVID-19 and locust invasion related interventions geared at facilitating swifter agricultural production recovery.
The partnership with Wadson Ventures will allow us to extend free access to digital tools to enable farmer support organizations to sustain smallholder farmer operations while fighting the pandemic and making our food production systems resilient during and post the COVID-19,\" said Bosire.
The solution to be provided to farmer support organizations countrywide provides cutting edge information technology, analytical and planning tools to help farmers enjoy faster recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and locust invasion impacts,\" Bosire said.
[Leadership] The Senate has approved the deployment of 5G network in Nigeria.
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Zamalek players etched their names in gold letters in the club's history (BAL)
Earlier this month, a group of heavily-armed Black men were
After tolerating President Donald Trump 's callous use of social media for the past four years, Twitter has decided to permanently ban the soon-to-be-former commander-in-chief. The social media platform announced its decision on Friday, saying the account is suspended "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." "After close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them -- specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter -- we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," the company stated . The suspension comes after pro-Trump supporters raided the Capitol Building on Wednesday, in an attempt to prevent the certification of Electoral College votes from the 2020 election that favors President-elect Joe Biden over Trump. The one-term president, who has consistently used social media to fuel baseless claims about election fraud, praised his supporters for standing...
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Library of Congress One of America's oldest institutions of animal conservancy finally issued an apology for racial dehumanization in a public relations gesture, which meant far too little and came far too late. This past Wednesday (July 29), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an official statement of apology via […]
Chattel slavery, despite campaigns against it by some well-meaning people, continued, making gains for slave owners and administrators till the 1860s when the practice ended. Because of its brutal nature compelling enslaved workers to attend to duties even while ill or generally weak, many people died while other Blacks perished because they dared to challenge...
The post How soil exposes racial violence against enslaved Blacks in Alabama Museum appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
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The COVID-19 pandemic sanitary measures see South African churchgoers turn to online sermons to cope with the pandemic.
Washington's health was deteriorating rapidly in 1915; he collapsed in New York City and was brought home to Tuskegee, where he died on November 14, 1915, at the age of 59.
[New Zimbabwe] Veteran Zimbabwean goalkeeper Washington Arubi has been rewarded for his memorable comeback season in the South Africa's top flight league being nominated for the Nedbank Cup Player of the tournament.
