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Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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Source: Black Past
Africa: U.S. Seeks Creative Solutions to Prepare African Nations Against Viral Threat
Field hospitals, ambulances, ventilators, masks and even personnel are among the hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of assistance the U.S. has recently diverted to African nations in their fight against the coronavirus
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Queen Nzingha Joins the Ancestors
Queen Nzingha, amazon queen of matamba west africa, joins the ancestors on this day. Nzingha was a warrior queen who waged war again Europeans. Her formation of strategic alliances and fighting prowess urged other great african leaders totake a stand against the colonialism/imperialistic regimes of
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Liberia: A Call Coming a Bit Too Late - COVID-19 Voluntary Testing Should Have Started Started With the President, Long Ago
On Sunday, May 17, the Minister of Health, Dr. Wilhemina Jallah flunked by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh, followed by the WHO Representative to Liberia Peter Clement, Dr. Desmond William head of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) in West Africa and Liberia and USAID Resident
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,918 cases, update on hot spots, jumbo recoveries awaited
May 19: govt to explain boom recoveries and address hot spot case management
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Mali
On Nov. 25, 2014, Malis Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases of Ebola. This was seen as a setback because it happened after the country thought it had overcome an earlier outbreak of the virus. Both cases were connected to previous ones. One case was the 23-year-old fiancée of a 25-year-old
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Nigeria: jihadist attacks increase ahead of Eid
It has become a pattern every year for insurgents to step up attacks near Eid to sabotage the celebrations
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Veteran Tanzanian journalist Fili Karashani dies
At 12.21 pm on Sunday, May 10, 2020 I spoke to Mr Kagina Karashani about the progress of his father’s treatment, and we discussed visitation plans following the decision of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) administration that due to the Covid-19 scare, only one person would be allowed to see him
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Monrovia, Liberia (1821- )
Monrovia is the capital of Liberia as well as its largest city. It is located on Bushrod Island and Cape Mesurado along the Mesurado River. A 2008 census showed its population as
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25
1822
Hubert Ogunde
Hubert Ogunde , (born 1916, Ososa, near Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria—died April 4, 1990, London, Eng.), Nigerian playwright, actor, theatre manager, and musician, who was a pioneer in the field of Nigerian folk opera (drama in which music and dancing play a significant role). He was the founder of the
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4
1990
Sierra Leone coronavirus: Record 100 new cases, tally now at 721
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Ghana coronavirus: 7,303 cases, voter registration to proceed - EC
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Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole (kréyol la lwizyàn; French: créole louisianais) is a French-based creole language spoken by far fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the state of Louisiana.[3] Due to the rapidly shrinking number of speakers, Louisiana Creole is considered an endangered
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Nigeria coronavirus: 8,344 cases, chloroquine trials to go ahead - NAFDAC
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Kunta Kinte
Kunta Kinte is the central figure in Alex Haleys 1976 book Roots. According to Haleys research, Kunta Kinte was a real historical figure who was 17 when he was captured and taken to America as a slave aboard the ship Lord Ligonier in 1767. Roots traces the lives of Kinte and his descendants down to
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COVID-19 forces cultural shift in West Africa weddings
Omoh, a realtor, and Mamza, a microbiologist, had set the date for April 25, with a big-budget ceremony that was to include at least 500 guests, who were to be transported to the wedding by
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BOOK REVIEW: The witty adolescence of an African girl
A plucky young girl in West Africa tells the story of her growing up in the novel Of Women and Frogs by Bisi
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(1964) Malcolm X’s Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity
Malcolm X’s life changed dramatically in the first six months of 1964.  On March 8, he left the Nation of Islam.  In May he toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.  While in Ghana in May, he decided to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity
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Pinkney, William “Bill”(1935- )
William Bill Pinkney is the first African American, and only the fourth person in the world to circumnavigate the globe alone by boat. Pinkney was born on September 15, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois to Marion Henderson Pinkney and William Pinkney, Sr.  He attended Tilden Tech High School in
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5
1990
African Slave Traders: A History
During the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Europeans did not have the power to invade African states or kidnap African slaves at will. For the most part, the 12.5 million slaves transported across the Atlantic Ocean were purchased from African slave traders. It is a piece of the triangle
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Nigeria 'accepts' Madagascar syrup, Buhari orders strict pharmaceutic scrutiny
May 12: Nigeria accepts COVID-Organics
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington , byname of Edward Kennedy Ellington (born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1974, New York, N.Y.), American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half
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24
1974
Africa: Why Malaria Treatment Shouldn't Take a Back Seat to COVID-19
It has issued an impassioned appeal to malaria-endemic countries not to compromise on the delivery of malaria control activities and healthcare services as they battle
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Mali - Splendor in Medieval Africa
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Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup
May 12: Cases hit 4641, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar donation
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West Africa: Food Insecurity in West Africa Could Leave 43 million at Risk as Coronavirus Hits
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North Africa: France Confirms Death of North Africa's Al-Qaeda Head
French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly confirmed on Friday that France and its military partners had killed Abdelmalek Droukdal, the North African head of the terror
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Downing, Henry Francis (1846-1928)
Henry Francis Downing was an author, playwright, consul and sailor. He was born in New York City in 1846, the son of Henry and Nancy Downing. His family maintained an oyster business that had been owned by his grandfather, Thomas Downing, a well known freeman.  His uncle was famed New York
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(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”
By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world.  Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival.  In his closing night speech to the
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