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Kenya: FKF Yet to Pay Me Even a Penny, Says Adel Amrouche
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African Americans
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Pete's Dragon (2016)
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The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 Partition of Africa. Italy was defeated in its first attempt at conquest at the battle of Adwa in 1896, allowing Ethiopia to become the only African nation to remain free of European control. Italian
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde vûd [key], Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. It is an archipelago made up of 10 islands and 5 islets. Praia, located on the
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Doley, Harold, Jr (1947- )
Ambassador Harold E. Doley, Jr is the founder of Doley Securities, LLC, the oldest African American owned investment banking firm in the nation. Doley is the only African American to have owned a seat on the New York Stock
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Kenya: Migne Threatens to Drag FKF to FIFA in Latest Pay Dispute
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Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - Global African History - Director
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Skinner, Elliot Percival (1924-2007)
Elliott Percival Skinner, a leading late 20th Century anthropologist, also served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of Upper Volta (the West African country renamed itself Burkina Faso in 1984).  Skinner was born on June 20, 1924 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.  During World War II, he
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Free Africa Society organized
January 28, 1787 - Free Africa Society organized in Philadelphia.
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How Felicien Kabuga exploited State impunity
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Savoy Magazine Announces The Most Influential Black Lawyers of 2015
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Angola Play Indoor Soccer World Cup in 2021
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Ingrid Saunders Jones
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When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
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Tunisia
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List of Uncle Remus characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the book The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Uncle Remus himself, and a couple boys to whom he tells the tales, appear as framing devices & narrators in all the stories. The stories of Uncle Remus visitor Daddy Jack often also include unnamed stock roles
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Mauritania
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LETTERS: Kenya needs strategies for future pandemic
As leaders around the world race to catch up to this disease, policymakers in Kenya have an opportunity to not only respond to the current crisis, but also to invest in health security infrastructure that includes a suite of tools to prevent future
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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"
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The science behind Level 3 - Ramaphosa lauds 'diverse and sometimes challenging views'
As President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the downgrade to Level 3 of the national Covid-19 lockdown, he thanked scientists for challenging and pushing the government's response to the global
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