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'It's Hard to Remove a Seating African President'
Another election, another win, another loss, another dispute, another positive endorsement by the ‘international observer teams,’ and another litany of…
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Regime Change in Charlottesville
If you understand why that Civil War statue really went up, the debate over removing it looks a lot different.…
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America is hooked on the drug of white supremacy. We're paying for that today
The United States is in a tailspin. White supremacists are on the march – and have left a trail of…
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Encountering the promised land: Rastafari in Ethiopia and Shashamane
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie would have been 125 this year. Perhaps coincidentally — and indeed meaningfully for Rastafari repatriates in…
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The offspring of Africa’s strongmen are living it up
THE Mugabe brothers are having a night out again. Here they are showing off their outfits: distressed white denim, high-top…
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From the Archives: Black Brazil
This article was first published in the New Internationalist issue 226 – 05 December 1991 Brazil has the largest black population…
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The Richest Man Ever To Live -Mansa Musa Of Mali
When we usually discuss Black History we usually talk about well-known individuals like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm…
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‘Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa’ – Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara, the former leader of Burkina Faso, was the apparent opposite of everything we are often told that success…
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Scouting was founded in West Africa
Baden-Powell brought many ideas home from the Ashanti campaign, in what is now Ghana in West Africa. Many of them…
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After Namibia, could other former German colonies demand reparations?
Namibia is demanding reparations from Germany for the colonial-era genocide that took place more than hundred years ago. Are other…
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LIBYA AFTER GADDAFI: What really happened after David Cameron's famous victory speech?
NEARLY six years ago former British Prime Minister David Cameron told a cheering crowd in Benghazi, Libya, the city was…
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The Real History of American Immigration
Trump’s break with tradition may be good or bad, but it’s definitely different. The United States is currently experiencing a…
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Malema Might Have A Point About South African Indian People
After Economic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief Julius Malema made controversial comments about Indian people during the party’s 4th-anniversary celebrations in Durban…
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12 Ways In Which Tech Is Uplifting The Agricultural Industry In Africa
As with many sectors in modern business, the agricultural industry in Africa is embracing technology to enhance productivity and ensure…
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