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The first annual AfroExposure, entitled Awakening of African Culture, was a unifying and enriching exhibit complete with exhilarating performances and presentations by young talented artists who express appreciation for their heritage through their crafts. The appropriately titled showcase truly was an awakening experience, reminding the audience to honor the past, celebrate the present, and progress towards the future as African culture continues to evolve.
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Fashion and Life Style
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African Art Renaissance
The market for temporary African art has exploded in the last five years. Ross Douglass, organizer for the Johannesburg Art Fair, told CNN there has been an explosion of interest in African art in recent years.
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Iman Stirs Up Controversy
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Somali Twin Sisters Make a Splash in New York
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Fashion at AfroExposure 2011: Kreatif Designs
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Anglo-Nigerian Artist Yinka Shonibare Makes History
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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Ghana’s President John Atta Mills dies
In a statement today from the Executive Office of the President of Ghana, it was reported that the 68-year-old President of Ghana, John Atta Mills died from throat cancer after taken ill.
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Mzoli’s Meat is the Hippest Hangout in Cape Town
Technology
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Future of broadcasting on display at NAB 2011
Online broadcasting has become a common thing in today’s culture. If you poll people today, 10 out of 10 of them would agree that they have digested media through another method other than the television.
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The African Leadership Academy-Training the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs?
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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Sadio Mané to miss Africa Cup of Nations
Southampton and Senegal attacking midfielder Sadio Mane will miss the Africa Cup ...
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Caster Semenya: The Controversy Continues