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Courtney Adeleye: the vlogger who built a multi-dollar brand with just $500 from her kitchen
With a paltry $500, Courtney Adeleye started “The Mane Choice” in her kitchen in 2013. She formulated a science-based product line to help women and men in the African diaspora take care of...
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Amazing Atlanta Black teens win third consecutive Harvard debate competition
A team of African American students known as ‘The Atlanta Great Debaters’ won the championship title for the international Harvard debate competition for the third time in a row this year....
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Meet the man behind the world’s first African and Caribbean rum
The famous spirit, Rum has inspired culture far beyond the cocktail world. It also has a history weaved in colonialism, slavery, economic oppression, especially in the Americas. Considered one of the staple...
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From DRC as a refugee to Belgium’s first black mayor, the story of Pierre Kompany
Pierre Kompany left the military camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he was imprisoned on the orders of Mobutu Sese Seko, the country’s ruthless dictator in 1975 as a refugee. Today,...
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Colson Whitehead: The youngest winner of the Library of Congress lifetime achievement prize
Pulitzer Prize-winner Colson Whitehead has been honoured by the Library of Congress. On Monday, it announced that he had won the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, making him the youngest...
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Ghana’s Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh becomes IBM’s 1st female boss for Africa
Ghanaian Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh has been appointed by technology giant, IBM Corporation, as its Regional Head for North, East and West Africa. She was IBM’s first female country head and becomes...
