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11 Incredible Guinness World Records Held by Black People

Jun 06, 2023 12:00PM ● By Boitumelo Masihleho

It’s frequently claimed that records are set only to be surpassed and replaced with better ones.

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THE BEAUTY OF THE MASSAI TRADITIONAL JUMPING DANCE

Jun 05, 2023 02:00PM ● By Okechukwu Nzeribe

The Massai people of Kenya in East Africa are known for their various cultural traditions, a lifestyle that is nature-focused, and the age-old ceremonies amongst which is the famous Adumu dance.

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Is Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation?

Jun 04, 2023 10:00AM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Cleopatra’s story told by Western experts on Egypt’s behalf is an act of separating the culture from its people.

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Obaro Ikime was one of Nigeria's great scholars - he showed why history matters in building Black African nations

Jun 03, 2023 02:00PM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

He taught us all – and is still teaching us – about the need to challenge what seem to be conventional narratives of society that are largely informed by vested interests.

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National anthems: how composers in South Africa and India are reimagining them

Jun 03, 2023 10:00AM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

In recent work, two prominent contemporary composers, Philip Miller in South Africa and Amit Chaudhuri in India, have explored fresh ways of interpreting national anthems.

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Beatrix Potter’s famous tales are rooted in stories told by enslaved Africans – but she was very quiet about their origins

Jun 02, 2023 10:00AM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

The similarities between Beatrix Potter’s tales and the Brer Rabbit stories demand further consideration.

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Winnie and Nelson: new book paints a deeply human portrait of the Mandela marriage and South Africa’s struggle

Jun 01, 2023 02:00PM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives

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Nigeria’s city of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ has survived and thrived for 1,000 years: here’s how

Jun 01, 2023 10:00AM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Ilé-Ifẹ̀ occupies a central place in Yorùbá history and identity. It is claimed to be the harbinger of Yorùbá civilisation.

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Sign language is set to become South Africa’s 12th official language after a long fight for recognition

May 31, 2023 02:00PM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed to amend the constitution to this end.

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Accra: the Ga people's annual ban on noise restores a spiritual connection with the sea

May 27, 2023 10:00AM ● By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Once every year, between May and September, the Ga impose a ritual ban on noise-making and funeral rites in Ga towns for a period of one month so as to commemorate their annual harvest festival known as Hↄmↄwↄ (pr. hor-mor-wor).

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