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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”
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(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"
In an 1869 speech in Boston, Frederick Douglass challenged most social observers and politicians (including most African Americans) by advocating the acceptance of Chinese immigration. His argument is presented
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Pretoria, South Africa (1855- )
Pretoria, home to the Union Buildings where the office of the President is located, is one of three capital cities in South Africa.  The others are Cape Town and Bloemfontein. The city was first called Pretoriusdorp after Voortrekker (Afrikaans for “pioneer”) leader Andries
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Zimbabwe: ZCTU Drags Govt to Court Over COVID-19 Regulations
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has dragged government to court over perceived illegalities contained in various Statutory Instruments (SIs) outlining Covid-19 lockdown
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Barnes, Shirley (1938- )
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes is a former United States Ambassador to the African country of Madagascar, 1998-2001.  Barnes was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 29, 1998 and after confirmation by the U.S. Senate, arrived in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, and presented her
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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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Western Sahara
Western Sahara, territory (2005 est. pop. 273,000), 102,703 sq mi (266,000 sq km), NW Africa, occupied by Morocco. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Morocco in the north, on Algeria in the northeast, and on Mauritania in the east and south. Sections in this article:
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Details emerge on the all-new 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin
Update: Pricing has been officially announced for the 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin. The standard bikes price will be $12,999, and the dual-clutch equipped DCT model will be priced at
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Somalia Looks to First Full Elections in 51 Years, Despite COVID-19 Crisis
James Swan, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Somalia (UNSOM), told the Security Council that 2.6 million internally displaced persons are particularly at risk from the novel
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Queries raised over Kabuga's Kenya link
For many years believed to have been hiding in Kenya, Kabuga, born in 1935 in Muniga, Rwanda, is said to have been one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than a million people were
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Kenya: Gor Defender Yet to Recover From Afcon Disappointment
Harambee Stars defender Joash Onyango says he is yet to move on from the disappointment of missing out on the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"
In 1995 Minister Louis Farrakhan was the leader of the Nation of Islam.  That year his organization became the driving force in the Million Man March, a call for African American men to come to Washington D.C. on October 17, 1995, in what was billed as “a day of atonement.”  Although
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Kenya coronavirus: Tally hits 1,471 after record 123 new cases
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Kenya: Bill Protects Women From Non-Consensual Sterilisation
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Angola
Angola ăng-gō´lə [key], officially Republic of Angola (2005 est. pop. 11,191,000), including the exclave of Cabinda , 481,351 sq mi (1,246,700 sq km), SW Africa. Angola is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Congo (Kinshasa) on the north and northeast, by Zambia on the east, and by
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WATIMA: Will Africa access Covid-19 vaccine easily?
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Slave narrative
The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations. Some six thousand former slaves from North America and the Caribbean gave accounts of
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Ingrid Saunders Jones
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S. Africa to ease Covid-19 lockdown
South Africa will ease the Covid-19 lockdown from level four to level three beginning from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday amid a surge in confirmed
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Somalia Confirms 71 New COVID-19 Cases As Tally Rises to 1,573
Somali Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 71 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally of infections to
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MAEMA: Why Pandemic Bill spells injustice to Kenyan employers
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Cameroon university suspends professor for asking a legal question in a law class
Cameroon’s University of Buea suspended a law instructor more than a month after he asked students a legal question during a political and constitutional history
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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”
Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans.  In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped
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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) (1990- )
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), founded in 1990, is one of the earliest and highly regarded LGBTI (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Intersex) advocacy organizations in Southern Africa. GALZ is the country’s only gay rights group and the first one in the nation to start HIV/AIDS awareness
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Nigeria
Nigeria nījĭr´ēə [key], officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in the south, on Benin in the west, on Niger in the northwest and north, on Chad in
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Kenya coronavirus: 715 cases, Kenyatta joins summit of EAC leaders
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Bridging the gender gap in the energy sector [Morning Call]
According to a 2017 report by the World Petroleum Council, women represent just 22% of employees in the industry worldwide. Elizabeth Rogo, President, Africa Energy Chamber AEC for East Africa tells us why this is the case. She also shares some insights on how this could change
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Sameer Africa in the red as losses double
Kenya tyre maker Sameer Africa doubled its losses last year, with the management blaming its exit from the tyre production for the poor
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