BAGHDAD -- Randa Abd Al-Aziz was relaxing in a Baghdad cafe, making her friends laugh by reading a cosmetics pamphlet aloud in classical Arabic, the exaggeratedly formal language of speeches, official decrees -- and TV anchors. Overheard by a talent scout, Abd Al-Aziz soon got a totally unexpected and life-changing offer: How would she feel about reading the news on … [Read more...] about First Black Iraqi television newscaster (video)
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Panama’s Black Christ Festival Stirs Up Sorrow and a Sense of Survival
For Afro-Panamanians, October offers a chance to celebrate Catholicism and their Blackness By Shannon Sims Smithsonia For three days each October, 26-year-old Evelyn Guerra treks 50 miles up and down jungled hills, until she reaches the Caribbean town of Portobelo, Panama, and the Festival del Cristo Negro. Along with several changes of clothes for the route’s rain and … [Read more...] about Panama’s Black Christ Festival Stirs Up Sorrow and a Sense of Survival
2023: Tools used by Old Guards to hold Power in Nigeria – Tribe, Religion, Election rigging and Bribery
The 2023 election is arduously at hand with festive campaigns and Nigerian voters anxiously waiting to return to the polling booths to elect their leaders and representatives especially the president and the governors. The Nigerian populace at this juncture is squarely prepared to face the old guard politicians who have always found the ways and means to manipulate them … [Read more...] about 2023: Tools used by Old Guards to hold Power in Nigeria – Tribe, Religion, Election rigging and Bribery
IHEDIOHA: UNLEASHING HELL OVER A PHANTOM GOVERNORSHIP AMBITION.
By Kenneth Uwadi. One thing that cannot be taken away from Fela Anikulapo Kuti's music is its consistent defense of both the political and economic interest and aspiration of the working people. Fela`s songs lampooned the level of corruption and looting in public sectors. He lampooned killings and destruction. He lampooned various anti-poor neo-liberal capitalist … [Read more...] about IHEDIOHA: UNLEASHING HELL OVER A PHANTOM GOVERNORSHIP AMBITION.
Oyo Govt. Inaugurates 33 Education Secretaries, Warns Against Abuse of Office
The Oyo State Government, on Friday inaugurated Education Secretaries across the 33 Local Government areas of the state, warning them not to abuse the privileges of the office. Inaugurating the secretaries on behalf of the State Governor, in Ibadan, the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran implored them to improve … [Read more...] about Oyo Govt. Inaugurates 33 Education Secretaries, Warns Against Abuse of Office