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  Meet the African Superheroes Saving the Continent’s Growing Comics Industry

  Deidre Gantt

  American comic book heroes like Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman have become beloved around the world, including in Africa, where I recently watched an entire season of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”...

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  New Museum, Same Old Police Shootings: Bittersweet Reminders Black Lives Matter

  Deidre Gantt

  A couple of years ago, I visited the newly opened National Museum of the American Indian in downtown Washington, D.C. It was incredible — built with an inspiring level of detail that reflected the...

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  Nkrumah Speaks: Nine Memorable Quotes on Ghana’s Founders’ Day

  Deidre Gantt

  On this date 110 years ago, a great philosopher and statesman was born. Kwame Nkrumah was born on September 21, 1909 in Nkroful, an Nzema village in the Western Region of what was then known as the Gold...

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  Meet Tendo Nagenda: Disney Exec and Mastermind behind ‘Queen of Katwe’

  Deidre Gantt

  Who is the most powerful African in Hollywood? I wouldn’t dare to answer that question definitively, but Tendo Nagenda would definitely make the shortlist. He is the executive vice president of production...

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  Togo to Host Africa-Israel Security Summit Next Year

  Deidre Gantt

  During a recent visit to Israel, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbé offered his nation’s capital Lomé as a host site for the 1st African-Israeli Security and Development summit, CP-Africa...

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  Senegalese Archaeologist Searches the Coast for Wrecked Slave Ships

  Deidre Gantt

  When Ibrahima Thiaw was a boy growing up in Senegal, he once visited the infamous Goree Island, which is one of the many ports along the West and Central African coast where slaves were sold and transported...

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