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  The sad end of Togo’s first president who died with the country’s democracy

  Farida Dawkins

  Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio was a Togolese Prime Minister who later became the first president of the country. After being in office for three years, Olympio was assassinated in his home after a military...

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  Charles Deslondes: The Haitian slave overseer who led a failed 1811 uprising in New Orleans

  Farida Dawkins

  Charles Deslondes was a Haitian slave who led the 1811 German Coast Uprising on January 8 along the Mississippi River. He compiled a group of 200-500 slaves and Maroons and they marched from the sugar...

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  Meet Marjorie Joyner, the black woman who created the permanent wave design

  Farida Dawkins

  As part of Face2Face Africa’s commitment to informing and connecting black people around the world, we are devoted to celebrate black women inventors and to highlight their inventions. In 1939, Marjorie...

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  These 5 musical artists refuse to let their disabilities derail their dreams

  Farida Dawkins

  Promoted by the United Nations since 1992, December 3 marks the annual observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to the UN, the day is set aside to “to promote the rights...

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  This Sierra Leonean man led the Amistad slave revolt and won his freedom in a U.S. court in 1841

  Farida Dawkins

  Sengbe Pieh was an African slave who led an uprising on the Spanish slave ship, La Amistad. The ship was later confiscated by the United States Revenue Cutter Service. Later Pieh and the other slaves involved...

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  For working with the French, Central African Republic’s first president was deposed twice

  Farida Dawkins

  David Dacko’s first round of presidency was from August 14, 1960, to January 1, 1966.  And although he had planned to resign, he was ousted in coup d’état. He would take back the...

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