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  Watermelon stereotype, a sickening persistence of racism against black people in the U.S.

  Mweha Msemo

  In Europe, hurling banana at black soccer players has been commonplace; it has been a tool used by racists to express their contempt for blacks, treating them as apes or monkeys. In the United States,...

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  Manute Bol: from herdsboy in Sudan to the tallest player in NBA history

  Mweha Msemo

  It is an undoubted fact that height ran in Manute Bol’s family. His father and sister were 6ft 8in, his mother 6ft 10in, and his great-grandfather Nyuol Bol, a Dinka tribal leader, was reportedly...

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  Remembering Peter Tosh, the indomitable reggae musician who fought for justice and equality of mankind

  Mweha Msemo

  Peter Tosh was genuinely revolutionary in his thoughts and ambitions for his music and he really did want to change the world with his lyrics. Although he was thought by many to be a complicated individual...

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  Why Germany is still cashing in on Tanzania’s dinosaur skeletons after over 80 years

  Mweha Msemo

  Between 1909 and 1913, approximately 250 tons of Brachiosaurus brancai bones were recovered from more than 100 sites in Tendaguru in the southern province of then German East Africa (present-day Tanzania),...

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  Nellie Robinson, the Antiguan hero who brought secondary education to black children on the island

  Mweha Msemo

  Georgiana Ellen “Nellie” Robinson was a second child born on 7 December 1880, into George and Margaret Robinson’s family of eight, in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. Miss Robinson...

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  Poll[Quiz] Test your knowledge of Africa’s water bodies

  Mweha Msemo

  Welcome to Face2Face Africa quiz series that tests your knowledge of Africa and anything African. We ask ten questions based on themes ranging from politics, history, geography, culture, entertainment...

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