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Now the interrelated moral imperative to be ourselves and to free ourselves is intimately related to our commitment as advocates of Us to the principle and practice of unbudging Blackness and the deep-rooted and irreversible embrace of Africa as our moral ideal. To talk of our Blackness, again, is
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Plans to Unveil a Bust of Marcus Garvey in Ethiopia Revealed - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once called Marcus Garvey the first “man on a mass scale and level to give millions of Negroes a sense of dignity and destiny.” The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), a fraternal
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Trading Places: How Africa Is Reshaping The Global Economic Landscape
Toyin Umesiri, the founder and CEO of Nazaru, shares strategies on how Africa is reshaping the global economic landscape through trading.
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COVID-19: Heres how Facebooks Economic Impact Programmes support African SMBs
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Critics: Zimbabwe Stepping Up Arrests and Assaults Against Female Protesters - Voice and Viewpoint
Critics say the government detains women, who are tortured, dumped and then re-arrested for allegedly making it all up. ish Mafundikw | Zenger News Edited by Judy Isacoff and Cathy Jones and V&V Staff Recent arrests and alleged assaults against women by state agents in Zimbabwe have again brought
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Farmers flooded out by massive Cameroon dam – Dallas Post Tribune
Ma'a Anne Claire is a struggling mother of six, living in the Central African nation Cameroon. She works hard tending to crops, such as plantains and cassava, a starchy root vegetable to provide for her children. But a large-scale power project threatens her and thousands of others in the rural
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Things to keep in mind when you are planning that world-class African safari
It's important to look at when and where to go, your budget, time of year and more so you can get the best safari experience.
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DStv launches first original Pan-African lifestyle channel, HONEY
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World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks | The Atlanta Voice
For America’s allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump’s final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to change the way the world viewed the United States. From the outside, the United States has never
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NY bishop launches 'The Wakanda Project' to ignite Pan-African movement
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Locust swarm devours crops in Kenya as millions face hunger Voice and Viewpoint
Edited by Melissa Sherrard and Judy Isacoff The desert locusts—in the worst invasion in Kenya in 70 years, according to the United Nations—have destroyed huge swaths of crops and pasture in the region, said farmer Joyce Mutinda, but the extent of the damage cannot yet be determined since new swarms
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Pandemic may push 50 million Africans into extreme poverty - AfDB
Nearly 50 million Africans could be driven into extreme poverty in the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, says the AfDB.
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Kenya Names Naomi Campbell As Its New Tourism Ambassador
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SA fell short in key areas as Africa Union chair - ISS
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Facebook: Investments in Africa will yield $57bn in economic benefits
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Hopeful Future for Africa amidst Today's Reality - African Voice Newspaper
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Bode George, the unrepentant con artist - African Voice Newspaper
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