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The rise and fall of Debi Thomas, the best African-American figure skater
Debi Thomas was one of the most popular female sports stars of the 1980s when she made Olympic history as the first black athlete to ever win a medal at the Winter Games. She became the first African-American...
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Namibia’s first lady pledges all her $3m wealth to charity
Namibia’s first lady, Monica Geingos, is promising to give away all her wealth, estimated at $3 million to charity when she dies. “I strongly believe that inheritance is one of the biggest...
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This man created your favourite Famous Amos Cookies
In 1962 Wallace “Wally” Amos Jr. became the first Black talent agent with the William Morris Agency of New York representing legends such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Sam...
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The fascinating eight-room house built on a truck by an Ethiopian
Abinet Tadesse is an inventor and garage owner whose idea of a home is quite different from what others think. He needed a place to live and the only solution that he could think of was turning his truck...
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Belachew Girma, the African who laughs hours non-stop
“I am the world laughter master,” Belachew Girma noted about his prowess of laughing for hours on end. The Ethiopian holds the world record of ‘longest laughter’ after clocking...
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Dorcas Muthoni: the face behind some of the most widely used web and cloud applications in Africa
Kenyan entrepreneur and computer scientist, Dorcas Muthoni, has been impacting lives in Africa with her leadership and technology advocacy. As one of Kenya and East Africa’s leading innovators and...
