Tag: African Diaspora

Lee Edward Colston: ‘I share the same name as a British slave owner’

Lee Edward Colston was in his home when he heard that a…

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Sam Okyere: I want to change mindsets about race in South Korea

Sam Okyere is a television personality and an actor in South Korea.…

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Bonga Kuenda: Making music for Angola’s freedom

Bonga Kuenda is the living master of Semba, Angolan folk music. Bonga…

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Kaycee Madu: Nigerian becomes Canada’s first black justice minister

A Nigerian lawyer has been appointed Canada's new minister of justice and…

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Chadwick Boseman: The Black Panther lives on forever

He brought life, and identity to the African community with his tremendous…

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Surfer Imani Wilmot teaches girls to overcome troubles through surfing

Surfer, Imani Wilmot always has confidence when she rides the waves. She…

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Rodney King: A symbol of police brutality against black people

Stories of police brutality in the United States have long been a…

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BL Shirelle: From drug dealer to recording artist

B.L. Shirelle was notorious in her neighbourhood by the time she was…

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Omoyele Sowore: Defying brutal cults in Nigeria

When he was barely a teenager, popular dissident journalist, Omoyele Sowore, knew…

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Why a Somali-born fighter is being honoured in Rome

Rome's city council voted earlier this month to name a future metro…

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