February 2012
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Feb 29th
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TEDx Observer - Baaba Maal Why Women Are the Future of Africa
Feb 28th
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Feb 28th
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Co­lo­ni­al­ism in Africa helped launch the HIV... →
For decades nobody knew the reasons behind the birth of the AIDS epidemic. But it is now clear that the epidemic’s birth and crucial early growth happened during Africa’s colonial era, amid massive intrusion of new people and technology into a land where ancient ways still prevailed. European powers engaged in a feverish race for wealth and glory blazed routes up muddy rivers and into dense...
Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Colombia’s FARC rebels say they’ll stop kidnapping →
Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you...”
– Roberto Clemente
Feb 26th
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Ending the Code Language: Race-Baiting and Stereotypes in Public Benefits Debate
Feb 23rd
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Debunking Poverty Myths and Racial Stereotypes →
1. President Barack Obama is not a “food stamp president.” According to recent figures, more food stamp recipients were actually added under President George W. Bush than under President Obama. Under President Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. 2. Blacks are not the primary recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs. 35.7 percent of Supplemental Nutrition...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Oakland Police Shoot Oscar Grant’s Cousin
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Pan-African History IS Black History! →
Should we limit the celebration of our history just to the United States?
Feb 21st
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“in Navajo, Nádleehí means ‘one who constantly transforms.’”
– (via imaniuzuri)
Feb 20th
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Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Demarcate Border →
dynamicafrica: Delegations Khartoum and Juba agreed to immediately demarcate the border between the two countries in a bid to settle a number of pending issues they started to discuss before the independence of South Sudan in July 2011. Border demarcation, oil, external debt, citizenship, security arrangements are the main issues of disputes between the two countries. The parties failed to...
Feb 20th
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Feb 16th
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