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Nigerians unhappy as Ghanaian Attah plays Dayo role in new film ‘Tazmanian Devil’
Ghanaian actor, Abraham Attah, found fame with the Cary Joji Fukunaga directed film – ‘Beasts of No Nation’. He has since featured in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ making the...
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Kanye West’s recent outburst is due to unresolved grief after mom’s death. Here’s why
Kanye West’s July 4 declaration via a Tweet to run for president surprised many. But his latest outburst at a Charleston, South Carolina rally has been a source of pain for his wife, mother-in-law...
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Dropping out of school at 15, Fats Waller became a jazz great to influence Thelonious Monk
Fats Waller is regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists. Waller was as gifted as he was comical. He also pioneered the use of the pipe organ and Hammond organ in jazz. As a composer and improviser,...
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Woman charged with arson for setting jeep on fire, owner says she is not his lover
Social media went agog last week when a woman set a jeep vehicle on fire and nearly died from the resultant blast. Authorities have identified the woman in the video as Sydney Parham from Fraser, Michigan....
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How Billie Holiday was tormented to death handcuffed to her hospital bed
When Harry Anslinger, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, got his mandate in 1930 to rid America of its drugs vice, he set his eyes on practitioners of jazz music which he called black man’s...
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Alonzo Clayton is the youngest-ever Kentucky Derby winner at 15
History bears out the strong African-American presence in the Kentucky Derby races until the white invasion which spelled doom for the black jockeys. Of the black greats who won the Derby, Alonzo “Lonnie”...
