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  Akara, the street snack for West Africans serving as food for the gods in Brazil

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  It will stun many that the bean cake called akara among the Yoruba, kosai in Hausa, acarajé in Brazil and kose in Ghana is not just a street food, but also serves a religious function or better...

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  A woman of many feats, Willa Brown was first African-American to earn a pilot license

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  Willa Beatrice Brown was the first African-American woman to earn a pilot license (1938) and a commercial license (1939) in the United States. She was one of a small group of pre-World War II black women...

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  How Orisha veneration by the Yoruba and Ewe crossed over as Santería in the Americas

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  An Orisha is a manifestation of Olodumare (God). Orisha involves the veneration of any of the deities of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. They are also venerated by the Edo of southeastern Nigeria;...

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  How soul great Al Green became a preacher after his lover poured scalding-hot grits on him

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  Al Green was one of the greatest soul and pop singers but when his lover Mary Woodson threw hot grits on him in the shower, it changed his life prompting him to become a preacher. In his Memphis, Tennessee...

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  Pete Brown; first African-American to win a PGA Tour event in 1964

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  One of the golfing greats from the African-American stock is Pete Brown who despite not being the first to play the PGA Tour event was the first African-American to win it. He won the 1964 Waco Turner...

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  Ernie Barnes; first American professional athlete to become a notable painter

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  While many are noted for one thing, Ernie Barnes proved himself to be a multi-genius, becoming a professional football player, painter, author and an actor. He is considered a leading African-American...

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