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Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem
West Africa’s new art destination is a sprawling megacity with a generation of artists, gallerists and collectors powering the scene.…
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Ethiopia and U.S. Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Ethiopia Needs a Face-lift. The United States needs a more stable,…
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Benin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina…
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The devastating effects of Aids in Botswana
The media wrote about the disease Aids in 1985, for the first time in Botswana. One man was tested HIV…
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Do you want to contribute to UjamaaLive?
Ujamaa Live is an open platform and we invite all our followers and users to make contributions in order to…
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Who was the soldier who led Gabon’s failed coup?
Within hours on the morning of 7 January, his face had been broadcast around the world in news coverage of…
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Still shrouded in mystery – Algeria’s ancient pyramid tombs
Dating back centuries, Algeria‘s pyramid tombs are unique relics of an ancient era but a dearth of research has left…
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Forgotten Crimes – The African Holocaust
We remind ourselves of the tragedies of our past history not only to keep the remembrance of the victims alive…
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10 Fearless Black Female Warriors Throughout History
Yaa Asantewaa was the queen mother of the Edweso tribe of the Asante (Ashanti) in what is modern Ghana.
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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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Land in South Africa: dispossession, resistance and restitution
The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colonial settlement established by Jan van…
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Languages of Africa
The languages of Africa are divided into six major language families: Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel.…
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Western Sahara War
The Western Sahara War was an armed struggle between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco between 1975 and 1991, being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara…
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Madrid Accords
The Madrid Accords, also called Madrid Agreement or Madrid Pact, was a treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to end the Spanish presence in the territory of Spanish Sahara, which was…
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Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara, officially the Overseas Province of the Spanish Sahara, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it…
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