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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack
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Uganda: UNAIDS Voucher Policy Ends After Transforming Vulnerable Women
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Pulpit to presidency: Malawi's new president takes office
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Africa: Commemorative Message By His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob President of the Republic of Namibia, On the Occasion of the 57th Africa Day - the Africa We Want
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Africa: Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Other Global Ills Share Root Causes
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Sudan: Six Month Extension of UNIFSA Mandate Welcomed
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Malawi re-run: opposition candidate wins, unseating Mutharika
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
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Africa: COVID-19 - Caring for Care Workers
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Africa: Unctad - African Countries Should Use Official Development Assistance to Diversify Their Economies
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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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