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My brush with death and the lesson I learned
The pride we take in the security of our existence is a fantasy that ought to give way to the reality that we are nothing at all in this world, that we can be swept off our feet and thrown into the bottomless...
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Winnie Mandela was a heroine in the fight against apartheid
I celebrate Winnie Mandela, a heroine of an African revolution from the state of South Africa (African Continent). A heroine who went against all the dictatorial rules of the apartheid regime to make an...
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Kofi Annan at 80: Memories and reflections
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to go there – Kofi A. Annan. The quotation above reflects my...
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Prostitution and ambivalence in Africa and beyond
A lot has been said about prostitution in both local and international media. The practice has been linked to human trafficking and modern-day slavery, to patriarchy, abuse, and exploitation of women,...
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Foreign-Born Black Americans: The invisible target market
Marvel’s latest entry into the superhero movie genre collection, Black Panther, is breaking multiple box office records and with numerous cast members of African and Caribbean descent, it’s...
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KJM3 returns to the film distribution game with Nollywood 3.0
The New York premiere of Ojukokoro is scheduled for April 13, 2018 KJM3 Entertainment Group, the film distribution and marketing company behind the success of Julie Dash’s groundbreaking film “Daughters...