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Uganda: Masses Pay Heavy Price As Regime Promotes Mediocrity and Nepotism Over Meritocracy

Gen. Salim Saleh, one of the beneficiaries of the many dubious regime “wealth creation” schemes. Photo Facebook.   Harold Acemah [Aluta Continua] In July 2020, ...

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Amanda Gorman–The Inaugural Ceremony Immersed In Beauty And Truth

Amanda Gorman. Wikimedia Commons.   In “The Hill We Climb” Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman delivers a profusion of beauty and profound truths that restore ...

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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay Awarded 27th Annual Dorothy & Lillian Gish Prize

[Ava DuVernay\Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize] Jamie Bennett: “Ava DuVernay is an extraordinary filmmaker whose body of work as a writer, producer, director, distributor, ...

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My Africa Trip This Week and Recommended Summer Reading–Obama

Obama and Michelle. Photo: Facebook. This week, I’m traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office – a continent of wonderful ...

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#Proud Africans: One Africa United

Allimadi   I was given five minutes to speak at the #ProudAfricans Rally to Repudiate Donald Trump’s racism and to build Pan-African alliances, at ...

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#ProudAfricans: Not Defined By Trump’s Slur

Dr. Nurhussein This speech was delivered at the #PROUDAFRICANS Rally on Feb. 15, 2018 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City across from ...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” Leaves You Introspective And On The Verge Of Tears

 Ta-Nehisi Coates [Book Review] Between the World and Me Spiegel & Grau, 2015 by Ta-Nehisi Coates Toni Morrison Was Right With his second book, ...