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(1946) W.E. B. DuBois, “Behold the Land”
On October 20, 1946, seventy-eight year old W.E.B DuBois delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia South Carolina.  Although this was one of his last major orations, he used the occasion to inspire his audience to continue the struggle for racial
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Rwanda: What Civil Society, Genocide Survivors Think of Kabuga's Arrest
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Rwanda: Uganda-Rwanda Border Talks End in Stalemate
The virtual meeting of the ad hoc commission for the normalisation of relations between Uganda and Rwanda ended on Thursday evening without a position, especially on the opening of the Gatuna border
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Africa: Families Are Major Source of Abuse for Gay Women, Trans People, Report Says
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A Brief Intro and History of Benin, Africa
Benin was the seat of one of the great medieval African kingdoms called Dahomey. Europeans began arriving in the area in the 18th century, as the kingdom of Dahomey was expanding its territory. The Portuguese, the French, and the Dutch established trading posts along the coast
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MTN partners with UN-backed mobile virus tracker set to reach over 600 million in Africa
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Joy, tears in Darfur as International Criminal Court arrests wanted war crimes suspect
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Tunisia: International Day of Family Remittances - Ifad Calls for Remittance Service Providers to Be Declared Essential Businesses in Times of Crisis
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Africa: Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Other Global Ills Share Root Causes
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Africa: Periods in a Pandemic - Women and Girls in Low-Income Settlements Need More Support
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Nigeria: Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala As Nigeria's Candidate for World Trade Organisation's DG Election
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Africa: Ads 2020 - Africa's Free Trade Area and Integration Will Help Silence the Guns, Say Uneca Chief Vera Songwe and Other Experts
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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Uhuru gives hint on reopening of schools
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(1964) Malcolm X’s Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity
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