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AFRICANS MOURN THE PASSING OF A DISTINGUISHED THINKER AND TWO OUTSTANDING ARTISTS The Wilmington Journal

While the rate of fatalities in Africa is still much below that of developed countries, every life lost is a library gone, according to the saying. Here are three noted Africans who passed this year [...]

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