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Black Youth Can Now Take Free Trips To Africa
Forbes - Janice Gassam
Being able to connect with one’s culture and background is a critical component in the development of an individual’s identity and self-esteem. For many Black Americans, they were not awarded that luxury.
7 hours ago
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Futura Noir 2020
The name “Futura Noir” is a nod to the global influence people of the African diaspora have had over centuries. We ensure a dynamic celebration of Black History through the themes roots, resistance, and revelations. Over the past four years #FuturaNoir has manifested as a gallery exhibit, film screening, panel discussions, and more. This year, The Culture LP presented #FuturaNoir in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum for their legendary First Saturday programming. Below are some key articles that highlight the talent and organizations that participated in creating such an epic evening. (Photograph by Kolin Mendez)
1 day ago
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African-American News
6 myths about the history of Black people in America
Vox - Jessica Machado
To study American history is often an exercise in learning partial truths and patriotic fables. Textbooks and curricula throughout the country continue to center the white experience, with Black people
3 days ago
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Anthropology
Early Humans in Africa May Have Interbred With a Mysterious Extinct Species
realclearscience.com - George Busby
One of the more startling discoveries arising from genomic sequencing of ancient hominin DNA is the realisation that all humans outside Africa have …
February 13
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The world's best scientists say that the people of Africa are facing extreme living conditions as a result of the climate
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February 9
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Evolution
Neanderthal Genes Hint at Much Earlier Human Migration From Africa
The New York Times - Carl Zimmer
In recent years, millions of people have been astonished, even thrilled, to learn from those popular genetic tests that their DNA is laced with Neanderthal genes. Those genes were first discovered in in
January 31
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The United States of Africa Daily
paper.li - Mark K. Wood
February 9
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Music
Prominent Malian Musician Alleges That TSA Destroyed His Instrument
NPR - Anastasia Tsioulcas
Updated Friday, Feb. 7 at 5:00 p.m. ET One of Mali's most prominent musicians, Ballaké Sissoko, has alleged that the Transportation Security Administration [TSA] destroyed his specially designed instrument
February 6
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Anthropology
'Ghost' population of humans discovered in ancient Africa
Live Science - Laura Geggel
During the Stone Age in what is now western Cameroon, four children who perished before their prime were buried in a natural rock shelter. Now, …
January 22
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Obama Speech in Support For a United Africa https://youtu.be/WxeP2xbOIJA via @YouTube The United States of #Africa Channel http://unitedstatesafrica.com/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLojC2RN …
Akon created his own city in Senegal called 'Akon City'
CNN - By Amir Vera, CNN
January 14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxeP2xbOIJA
Obama Speech in Support For a United Africa
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Dec 22, 2019
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The United States of #Africa Channel http://unitedstatesafrica.com/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLojC2RNPc94spYTpqqkQspCnmiyopfgKi via @YouTube
TERENCEKIZZ United States Of Africa. ft. SOUL TREE Collective
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Nov 30, 2019
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#music #party #dance #rap #rock #jazz #funk #metal #Hawaii #LA #NYC #rocknroll #AlohaMusic #headphones #alternative #kailuakona "Pyramid Walls" by Blue Turban Stone - https://www.reverbnation.com/blue …
Building Africa's City in the Sea | The B1M
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May 29, 2019
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News
Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century
The Guardian - Reuters at Victoria Falls
One of southern Africa’s biggest tourist attractions has seen an unprecedented decline this dry season, fuelling climate change fears For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa’s Zambezi river down
Dec 7, 2019
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This Couple’s African Adventure Was The Ultimate Journey ‘Home’
Essence - Danielle Pointdujour
For Rondel and Yanique Holder visiting Ghana was a life-changing experience. As the year (and decade) comes to a close, more and more Black people …
Dec 5, 2019
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Africa
Stakeholders: We need borderless United States of Africa by 2063
today.ng - Olusola Adeoye
Stakeholders in security matters have called for a borderless United States of Africa come 2063. The advocacy was made during the I6th edition of …
Nov 10, 2019
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Museums
The African-American Connection | Museum of Freemasonry
museumfreemasonry.org.uk
Oct 11, 2019
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HBCUs
Slavery's history: Angela, first recorded African woman in Jamestown
USA TODAY
She was captured, enslaved and she survived. Meet Angela, the first named African woman in Jamestown JAMESTOWN, Va. — Valarie Gray-Holmes sits quietly, her back to the audience gathered at benches under
Oct 16, 2019
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African Languages
African languages are fastest growing in the United States
Quartz - Chidinma Irene Nwoye
Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau spotlights African languages among the top ten fastest growing languages spoken at home in the U.S. The list featured three groups of African languages:
Oct 7, 2019
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South Africa
The most unusual ways many African countries got their names
Quartz - Ciku Kimeria
The concept of nation states in Africa is only a bit over a century old, arising after the 1884 Berlin Conference and the subsequent Scramble for Africa by European superpowers of the time. It is therefore
Oct 6, 2019
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The Massive, Overlooked Potential of African DNA
WIRED - Megan Molteni
Genetic studies rely almost entirely on DNA from people of European descent. A startup called 54gene wants to fix that, and fast. When evening falls …
Oct 1, 2019
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Fourth Industrial Revolution
Africa's future is innovation rather than industrialization
weforum.org - Alex Liu
Africa has taken three significant steps in recent months on its journey to a stronger economic future. In March, the African Union launched the …
Sep 1, 2019
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Aaron Burr, vice-president who killed Hamilton, had children of color
Guardian US - Amanda Holpuch
John Pierre Burr, one of two children the former vice-president Aaron Burr is said to have fathered with a servant from India, was officially memorialized as a descendant of the founding father at a ceremony
Aug 24, 2019
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Black History
The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism'
BBC News - Favour Nunoo
The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism' Having vowed to quit the US after being the victim of what he believed was a racially motivated arrest by police officers, African American
Aug 24, 2019
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News
'Willful amnesia': How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade
PRI - Rupa Shenoy | Selase Kove-Seyram
Ghana’s “Year of Return” is changing how the history of the slave trade is remembered in Africa. Ghana has declared a “Year of Return” for African descendants around the world to mark 400 years since first
Aug 20, 2019
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Ghana
The timely symbolism of a “400 years” visit to Ghana by Nancy Pelosi and black US congress members
Quartz - Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
As Donald Trump marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy in Virginia, top Democrats who had stayed away from the commemoration were observing a 400th anniversary of a different kind – one inextricably
Aug 1, 2019
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Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?
NPR - Jess Kung , Gene Demby , Shereen Marisol Meraji
When Angela Saini was 10 years old, her family moved from what she called "a very multicultural area" in East London to the almost exclusively white Southeast London. Suddenly her brown skin stood out,
Jul 10, 2019
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The fight to control Africa’s digital revolution | Financial Times
Financial Times - David Pilling
Already this year, at least six governments in Africa have shut down the internet, often with the complicity of western providers. This month in Sudan, as soldiers from a government paramilitary force
Jun 20, 2019
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Africa Needs More Angel Investors
Forbes - Meghan McCormick
Epic Games, Uber, Juul Labs, Magic Leap, Instacart, Katerra, Opendoor, and Lyft share many common traits. As you might have guessed, they are U.S.-based, male-led, venture-backed technology companies.
Jun 16, 2019