Society, Community & Life
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WILLIE & GEORGE MUSE – The Men From Mars
The Muse brothers had an incredible career. The story of the two black albino brothers from Roanoke, Virginia is unique…
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What You Need to Know About Candida Auris
C. auris is a mysterious and dangerous fungal infection that is among a growing number of germs that have evolved…
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Nipsey Hussle
Ermias Asghedom, better known by his stage name Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), is an American rapper from…
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Alfredo Bowman
Alfredo D. Bowman, better known as Dr. Sebi, was a Honduran vegetarian herbalist, healer, pathologist, biochemist, and naturalist of holistic…
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Nigerian Poet Gabriel Okara Dies At 97
Born in 1921 in Boumandi in present day Bayelsa State, Mr Okara was part of the golden set of pioneer…
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Meet Disney’s First African-American Animator, Floyd Norman
If no one ever told you no, would you think to limit yourself? Floyd Norman's peers were surprised when he…
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South African Surgeon Implants World First 3D-Printed Middle-Ear Bones
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane has successfully completed the world's first ever middle ear transplant, using 3D-printed middle…
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Sahrawi people
The Sahrawi, or Saharawi people, are the people living in the western part of the Sahara desert which includes Western Sahara (claimed by the Polisario and mostly controlled…
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1898 Silent Film Is the Earliest Cinematic Depiction of Black Love
The film, Something Good–Negro Kiss, subverts the corrupt racism imbued in the history of American minstrelsy. The film will join the…
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The little town in Niger keeping the lights on in France
Welcome to Arlit, the impoverished uranium capital of Africa. From Niamey, the capital of the landlocked West African nation of Niger,…
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Turning Junk into Art
John Kasongo is a Congolese scrap metal artist and art dealer based in the tourist town of Hartbeespoort, in the…
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Why are you not ready to say we found love online?
“There is not a morsel of me that wants to say we met online.” This is the sentiment of a…
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What My Life-Threatening Battle With Fibroids Taught Me
For most women, the chance of developing uterine fibroids at some point in their life is very likely. In fact,…
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