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Sophie Okonedo leads a powerful cast in the real life story of Sandra Laing, a black child born to white parents in apartheid South Africa in the new movie, Skin.
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Fashion and Life Style
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Anglo-Nigerian Artist Yinka Shonibare Makes History
Yinka Shonibare will make history on May 24th, when his artwork, “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle,” is exhibited at London’s Trafalgar Square. He will be the first black British artist whose work will be displayed at the Fourth Plinth in the north-west of Trafalgar Square.
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2012 Miss Angola USA Crowned
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Estelle Teams Up With H&M For Fashion Against AIDS
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Liberian Teenager Makes Jewelry from Bullets
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Model Behavior: Nyasha Matonhodze
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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No Dalai Lama, No Peace Conference
The South African government refuse to issue a visa to the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama to attend the World Peace Conference and cause an uproar all over the world.
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Nigeria’s New Slogan Hopes To Shed Bad Reputation
Technology
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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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Afrisonore launches new online music portal
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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Right to Dream Academy
In 1999, Tom Vernon established the football school “Right to Dream Academy” in the city of Kumasi. The academy places emphasis on academics as well as football. Graduates have gained scholarships at universities in the United States.
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Spain versus Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup Finals