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Nigerian-born, South African based filmmaker Akin Omotoso has captured Nobel Peace Prizer winner Professor Wole Soyinka's fasicinating life in a documentary called Wole Soyinka: Child of the Forest.
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Fashion and Life Style
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African Girls Aminat and Sandra Wanna Be on Top
 African girls Aminat and Sandra, repping Nigeria and Kenya wanna be on top Tyra Banks style as contestants on America's Next Top Model.
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Korto Momolu Returns to Project Runway
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Somali Twin Sisters Make a Splash in New York
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Supermodel Oluchi Helms West Africa’s Next Top Model
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Ethnic Dressing – Key to boosting happiness
Business
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South Africa education gets e-learning digital makeover
In Africa’s schools, old-fashioned, dusty textbooks are gradually being replaced by tablets, ...
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FaceBook’s $19 Billion purchase of WhatsApp
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Future of broadcasting on display at NAB 2011
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Exit of Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph
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The African Leadership Academy-Training the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs?
World
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2010 Caribbean Carnival paraded through DC
Every year the DC Caribbean Carnival Inc. organizes a carnival in the Washington DC area that celebrate the cultures and traditions of various Caribbean Islands as well as African countries.
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Woman found not guilty of abuse at Oprah’s school
Technology
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Africa’s Cell Phone Usage
Six in ten people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, Africa is no different.
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FaceBook’s $19 Billion purchase of WhatsApp
Health
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Africans and Breast Cancer Awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer affects hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. every year. In 2006, 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,820 of them died from this disease. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.
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‘We Have No Plan B, We Have to Get Rid of This Virus’
Sports
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Kipsiro commonwealth champion named international ambassador
The relative success of Ugandan Middle to long distance runner, Moses Kipsiro has made him a darling of Ugandans.
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The World Cup 2014.. Next Up Moscow