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Dr. Tererai Trent, a Zimbabwean author, scholar and humanitarian based in the United States, was listed among the ten most inspiring women in the world (Udodiong,2019). In addition to that, she will be honored for her efforts in ensuring gender equality by a bronze statue erected in New York City, near the iconic Rockefeller Center. This will be alongside those of Oprah Winfrey, Gabby Douglas, Nicole Kidman, Cheryl Strayed, Jane Goodall, Tracy Dyson, Cate Blanchett, Pink, and Janet Mock. This is part of the Statues for Equality project, whose objective is to increase the number of statues of women in…
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Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali, resigned late Tuesday evening after devastated troops seized him following months of widespread demonstrations. In his resignation speech on National television, 75-year-old Keita said that he had dismissed the national parliament. He also said that he did not want to shed any more blood over his cling to power. Soldiers detained Mali President Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday at Keita’s house in Bamako. The troops took Keita and Cisse to a military barracks in Kati. Demonstrators reacted to the reports of a potential rebellion of soldiers at the Kati military facility…
Derek Walcott was an icon and distinguished playwright. Many commentators of Caribbean literature celebrated him. Although he rose from a Small Island, he won international acclaim for his poetry and plays. He founded a theatre college and passed the indigenous culture to upcoming artists and actors. His work transcended barriers of culture, race, and geography. Humble beginnings Derek Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies. He was the son of Alix and Warwick Walcott. He had a twin, the playwright Roderick Walcott and a sister Pamela Walcott. He came from a complex colonial island…
When Charles Peter Mayiga was just three years old, he witnessed a theft happen in the palace that he lived in. The thieves ransacked the palace and stole cars and other valuables. Amongst the valuables and cars stolen was a Rolls-Royce Phantom, four belonging to the King. This year the vehicle stolen in 1966 from the Kingdom of Buganda is set to be returned to its owners. Who Gave the Order? Back in 1966, Milton Obote was the Executive Prime Minister of the Independent country. Furthermore, the famous strongman Idi Amin was the commander of the army. During the year,…
Of late, police brutality has been on the rise. Many countries across the globe have reported complaints of police violence on civilians. Police violence is a culture that began back in the pre-colonial times when whites discriminated against the blacks. To date, Nigerians commemorate an incident that happened back in 1949, which left a tremendous impact. The Massacre It was on 18th November 1949 when tragedy befell a village in Nigeria. On that day, Godwin Aniagbo, who back then was a teenager, recalls hearing the sound of ikoro. In Nigeria, when ikoro was sounded in the afternoon, that meant trouble.…
Rare white giraffes spotted by a Kenyan villager in June 2017 got killed this year. The villager in Kenya had, at the time, been herding his animals near the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in northeast Kenya. The conservancy situated in a large unfenced area contains several villages within it. The villager came upon a ghostly giraffe with a mighty long neck grazing in the distance. In addition, the villager discovered that a smaller pale baby giraffe accompanied the tall, majestic giraffe. The villager then decided after that to report his sighting of the pair of rare white giraffes to the rangers…
Going down the memory lane, the practice of tribal marks is as old as man and not peculiar to only Africans. It major or original purpose is for identifying members of a clan, community, tribe, and family in case of disaster or war outbreak. While other things like language can serve the same purpose, tribal marks are outward features that can easily be seen by anyone even without the carriers’ awareness. Tribal marks don’t come easy. They are made through scarification techniques with instruments like razors or sharp objects used to make cuts on faces or other parts of the…
On November 19, 2020, the Rwandan Ministry of Emergency Management; announced on their official Twitter handle the safe arrival of the fourth group of 79 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya. The ministry further stated that they would be accommodated in Gashora transit Center, a haven for the Libyan refugees and asylum seekers. The center is an Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) center. The 68 men and 11 women were all East African- with 33 being Eritrean, 42 Sudanese, and 4 Somali. They were subjected to a quick COVID-19 test upon arrival at the Rwandan airport. Accommodation of Refugees and…
. The Gambian government has named a new conference facility after the former president, Sir Dawda Jawara. The Gambia is taking this step in remembrance of the ex-president. The Gambia First President Jawara, Gambia’s first president, died the final year. Therefore, President Adama barrow named after the thousand-seater multi-purpose facility placed in Bijilo, a suburb of the capital Banjul. It’s located inside the Bijilo national park. Many know it has a “monkey park.” The Ceremony came about on January 12, 2020. “I am delighted to have inaugurated the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo. They prioritized its…
