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Babatunde Olatunji: The Nigerian drummer who set the beat for US civil rights

Three years before Rosa Parks' bus boycott, Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji protested against racial segregation in the southern states of…

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Another chance to succeed: Milly Nafula’s $30,000 life-changing scholarship

Ever prayed and long for something so much and looked forward to it for so long but it never happened.…

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He bought me like a chicken in the market

Al-Husseina Amadou never forgets the day she was sold. Like her parents, she was born into slavery in southern Niger.…

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