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You’ve heard of So You Think You Can Dance, America’s Best Dance Crew and other dance shows but have you ever heard of a Fierce African dance competition in the nation’s capital?
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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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Rihanna Named the New Face of Armani
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Fashion at AfroExposure 2011: Kreatif Designs
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This Day/Arise Has First Showing at NY Fashion Week
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Korto Momolu Returns to Project Runway
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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Nigeria’s President Dies After Battling a Heart Ailment
President Yar’Adua at age 58 died after an ongoing struggle with an acute heart condition. A state funeral will be held in his native Katsina, followed by seven days of national morning.
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2010 Caribbean Carnival paraded through DC
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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Africa’s Cell Phone Usage
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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Africans and Breast Cancer Awareness
Sports
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Sudan Opens First Golf Course
The Soba Golf Course is the first golf course to open in Sudan.
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Caster Semenya: The Controversy Continues