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On May 13th and 14th, Afrisonore, an online platform profiling African music, will premiere "The Afrisonore Unplugged Series" with a special performance by singer songwriter Nneka.
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Fashion and Life Style
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Somali Twin Sisters Make a Splash in New York
Ayaan and Idly Mahallim, identical twin sisters born in Somalia, escaped the civil war at age nine for a new life in the United States. The sisters grew up in Washington DC prior to going to college, one in Boston and the other in Michigan. After graduation they headed for New York City and set up fashion label Mataano-Somali word for twins.
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Korto Momolu Returns to Project Runway
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Model Behavior: Nyasha Matonhodze
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Midnight: A Gangster Love Story
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ARISE Africa at 2010 Spring New York Fashion Week
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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Africa Mourns Michael Jackson
Africa, along with the rest of the world mourns the passing of a legend, the one and only Michael Jackson.
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Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo arrested
Technology
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The African Leadership Academy-Training the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs?
The African leadership academy is a relatively new educational institution that admits students from across Africa.
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FaceBook’s $19 Billion purchase of WhatsApp
Health
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Hollywood Surgeon: A Cameroon Native
Dr. Fobi is a bariatric surgeon for stars in Hollywood and he happens to be from Cameroon. The surgeon performs weight-loss surgeries for people that are overweight. He has been performing the surgery since the 1970s. He has performed the surgery on American Idol’s Randy Jackson and comedian Rosanne Barr. Dr. Fobi’s procedure requires cutting a patient’s stomach to the size of just a golf ball.
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Summy’s Cooking Connection – Frijon
Sports
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Refugees Given the Spotlight in Outcasts United
A new book gives refugees in a small town out side of Atlanta the spotlight they deserve playing the sport they love.
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Hasheem Thabeet Drafted by Grizzlies