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How Tribesmen Of North Africa Developed Their Own Clothing From Animal Hide 120,000 Years Ago
Their tools are antelope and wild cattle rib bones with thin openings that have been smoothened into […]
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Prospect Hill, One Of Virginia’s Largest Plantations With A Dark Past That Became A Country Inn
Prospect Hill, with 1,576 acres of land, was a thriving slave plantation in the 1700s. It was […]
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The Story Of First African American To Gain His Freedom After Being Caught Under The Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850
James Hamlet lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with his wife and two children, until he was apprehended under […]
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Ex-Google Executive On Starting Skincare Line For Melanin-Rich Skin With Dermatologist Mom
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Sabrina Thompson: The NASA Aerospace Engineer Designing Women’s Clothes For Space
Sabrina Thompson is a NASA engineer and the founder of the Girl in Space Club streetwear brand. […]
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The Black War: Violent Conflict Between British Colonists And Aboriginal Australians
The Black War, which lasted from the mid-1820s to 1832, was a bloody conflict between British colonists […]
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These Black Entrepreneurs Own 38 Grocery Stores and Just Received $13.5M to Buy Six More
Three African American entrepreneurs — Michael Nance, Ademola Adewale-Sadik, and Walker Brumskin — who met while attending […]
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DR Congo Town Set To ‘Disappear’ As Mines Expand
“We’re screwed,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a plot of rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine […]
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Cameroon: Entrepreneur Recycles Charcoal Into Green Gas
Tonnes of coal waste are thrown away each year in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. The […]
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Kenyan MP Blames Corruption For Building Collapse In Nairobi
A Kenyan member of parliament has blamed corruption for the collapse of a multi-story building that was […]
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Qatar: World Cup Trophy Unveiled As Teams Join Base Camps
On Wednesday (Nov 16) FIFA unveiled the 18-carat-solid-gold trophy that will be awarded to the winner of […]
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South African ‘Ghost Hunters’ Venture Into The Night Looking For Answers
Shortly after nightfall, flashlight in hand, Rivas Bright knocks twice on the broken window of an abandoned […]
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Interpol SA Arrests Israeli Fugitive Wanted For Several Attempted Murders
South African police have announced the arrest of an Israeli suspected of belonging to a mafia gang […]
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Two Killed In Second Deadly Kenya Building Collapse In Three Days
A second tragedy in three days. In the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, a multi-story building under construction […]
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Roslyn Singleton, the lady who went viral for her emotional appearances on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and […]
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Rejected Nigerian Asylum Seeker Allegedly Attacks And Injures Two French Border Officers
A Nigerian national who had been refused asylum in France was arrested for an attack on border force […]
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Qatari Royal Family Demand Total BAN On Alcohol Sales At World Cup Stadiums
Alcohol could be banned completely at World Cup stadiums following a late U-turn. The Qatari royal family […]
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DR Congo Sends Warplanes Against Advancing M23 Rebels
The Democratic Republic of Congo deployed two warplanes against advancing M23 militants on Thursday in the country’s […]
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Zelensky Says Over 10m Ukrainians Without Electricity
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that millions of Ukrainians had no electricity, as fresh Russian strikes hit […]
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Senegal Star Mane Out Of World Cup As Iran Shrug Off Protest Talk
African Player of the Year Sadio Mane was ruled out of the World Cup through injury on […]