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Baca, Susana (1944- )
Susana Baca, recording artist and the first Afro-Peruvian to sit as a Cabinet Minister, was born in 1944 in Chorrillos, a seaside district of Lima, Peru, to a working class family. Her father was a chauffeur and her mother worked as cook and laundress for upper class families. Baca began singing at
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John Legend
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and
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(1792) Prince Hall, “A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge”
Barbadian-born Prince Hall spent the first thirty five years of his life enslaved. Twenty one of those years he was owned by William Hall who brought him to Boston in 1765. Prince Hall was finally manumitted in 1770. He quickly became a leader of the small African American community in the Boston
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Juba, South Sudan (1922- )
Juba is one of the newest capitals in the world.  It became the capital of South Sudan when that nation was declared independent on July 9, 2011. Juba, located on the White Nile River, is the largest city in South Sudan and in 2011 it had an estimated population of 372,410 people. Since then
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This Day in History - May 25
1961: US President John F Kennedy asks the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the
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Kenya: Kericho Police Shoot, Injure Medic During Curfew
A clinical officer is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot by a police officer in Kericho County during curfew
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The truth about the truth dressed in robes of censor
Unfortunately for them, such theories have been gaining so much traction these days; especially so on social media, that it is no longer enough to swathe them with the tag “Fake
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Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors
But while it is states’ governors and not President Donald Trump who have the final say in imposing and ending lockdowns and “shelter in place” orders in the U.S., in Indonesia, Widodo makes the call, which has the governors of the 34 provinces in the country up in
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Sanda Ojiambo: I will advance Kofi Annan’s vision
Since 2008, Ms Ojiambo has been Safaricom’s head of sustainable business and social impact, and playing that role saw her interact with UNGC many
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KZN councillor killed in 'hail of bullets' outside his home
The murder of Mtubatuba councillor Philip Mkhwanazi was met with shock and sadness by colleagues and comrades on
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Green disappointed with lacklustre GAW - Stabroek News
Guyana Amazon Warriors have been unceremoniously booted from the Caribbean Premier League and their captain, Chris Green, is not happy with the team’s performance. The article Green disappointed with lacklustre GAW appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors | Afro
But while it is states’ governors and not President Donald Trump who have the final say in imposing and ending lockdowns and “shelter in place” orders in the U.S., in Indonesia, Widodo makes the call, which has the governors of the 34 provinces in the country up in
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COVID-19 in Zim: Where are we going?
Subsequently, government reserved 425 hospital beds and five ventilators for COVID-19 at one of the tertiary care hospitals in the capital, Harare, and is upgrading and refurbishing infectious diseases hospitals around the
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Pierre Says Saint Lucia Economy Underperforming Since 2019 - St. Lucia Times News
Opposition leader Philip J. Pierre says the Saint Lucia economy has been underperforming in terms of both growth and revenue since 2029. Pierre made the comments during his contribution Friday to the  debate  on the 2021/2022 appropriations bill. Citing the Social & Economic review, he asserted
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African-American businesses
African-American businesses, also known as black-owned businesses or black businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865. Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction Era (1863–77) and afterwards. By
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Pierre Urges Calm As Government Seeks To Extend State Of Emergency - St. Lucia Times News
Opposition leader, Philip J. Pierre, called for calm Tuesday as parliament considered a motion to extend the current state of emergency. The government wants to extend the measure by another five months. Nevertheless, Pierre said the state of emergency is not necessary. He told reporters as he
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The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel
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Kenya, Tanzania call truce on border row
Kenya and Tanzania on Friday agreed to reopen their borders after a tense week marked by a simmering trade dispute occasioned by the Covid-19
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Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash
One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people on board has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential
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Mliswa savages government
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday savaged the government for allowing minority sports to resume activity, while keeping the majority disciplines which earn the country money on
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Rift Valley leaders divided over Uhuru, Ruto war
A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley — Deputy President William Ruto’s political bastion — are divided over the ruling party’s purge, which has seen some of the DP’s key allies kicked out of plum leadership
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Raila’s men plan purge to rid House of ‘rebels’
Two days after Jubilee Party leader Uhuru Kenyatta carried out a brutal purge in the Senate that saw him sack high-ranking members, including the deputy speaker Kithure Kindiki, ODM leader Raila Odinga is this week set to de-whip a number of legislators from committees in the National
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Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944
On August 14, 1944, African American soldiers “rioted” against Italian prisoners of war at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, an Army staging area for combat in the Pacific. American officers and POWs under their guard were severely beaten. The next morning one of the POWs, Guglielmo Olivotto, was
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1944
One Way To Save The Airline Industry: Hire More Black Pilots
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'America told us to get over it': Black Vietnam veterans hail Spike Lee film that finally tells their story
Black veterans across America are hoping this painful and enduring legacy will get the attention it deserves in Spike Lee’s new film, Da 5 Bloods, which chronicles the journey of four African American vets who return to Vietnam in search of their fallen squad leader and buried
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Have mercy on Washiali, troubled Echesa tells Uhuru
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has pleaded with President Uhuru Kenyatta to have mercy and pardon Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali, the Majority Chief Whip, amid a looming purge as the Head of State seeks to stamp control over the Jubilee parliamentary
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97 dead, 2 survivors from Pakistan plane crash
Ninety-seven people were killed and two survived when a passenger plane crashed into homes in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, health officials said
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