'Drag Race South Africa' Announced: What We Know So Far About First Version Of Franchise In Africa - Blavity

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'Drag Race South Africa' Announced: What We Know So Far About First Version Of Franchise In Africa - Blavity

It’s official: Drag Race is coming to Africa. The very first African-based iteration of the hit global franchise, RuPaul’s Drag Race, has been announced for the continent with Drag Race South Africa , Blavity’s Shadow and Act has confirmed. WOW Presents Plus has officially greenlit the series, which will be produced by World of Wonder. The series will air worldwide, including locally in South Africa, on the primarily drag content-powered streamer from the makers of Drag Race. Casting will begin in 2025. As World of Wonder states, Drag Race South Africa “will feature a brand-new cast of queens sashaying on to the mainstage and bringing with them their unique style, talent and culture.” Fans have asked for a Drag Race set in Africa for years, dating as far back as to the first season of the mothership U.S. version, which crowned BeBe Zahara Benet , who made her Cameroonian heritage (and her overall African heritage) a focal point of her drag, as winner. Fenton Bailey and Randy...

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Kenya receives €188m AfDB loan to boost COVID-19 response

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social

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Perry, June Carter (1943- )

Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas. After completing grade school, Perry was accepted at the Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois where in 1965 she earned her degree in history. Two years later she earned a master’s degree in European History at the

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Egypt ē´jĭpt [key], Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic of Egypt, republic (2005 est. pop. 77,506,000), 386,659 sq mi (1,001,449 sq km), NE Africa and SW Asia. It borders on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Israel and the Red Sea in the east, Sudan in the south, and Libya

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Paul S. Williams

Paul S. Williams is a Partner with Major, Lindsey & Africa, the largest legal recruiting firm in the nation. Previously, Williams was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Cardinal Health, Inc., a Fortune 20 healthcare services company with $80 billion in revenues and

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Source: Savoy Network

What Was the Mfecane in South Africa?

The word mfecane is derived from Xhosa terms: ukufaca to become thin from hunger and fetcani starving intruders. In Zulu, the word means crushing. Mfecane refers to a period of political disruption and population migration in Southern Africa which occurred during the 1820s and 1830s. It is also

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Kenya: ARM in Assets Disposal Spree to Offset $284 Million Debt

Troubled cement maker Athi River Mining (ARM) is seeking to dispose of its Rwanda and South African subsidiaries, bringing closer to de-listing of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) listed

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ingrid Saunders Jones

Ms. Jones also leads the Company’s philanthropy efforts, which under her leadership has contributed more than $460 million to support sustainable community initiatives. She also serves on the boards of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and The Coca-Cola Scholars

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Negro Year Book

Monroe Nathan Work marries Florence Evelyn Hendrickson. Greatly assisted by his wife, Work will publish The Negro Year Book, and annual encyclopedia of African American achievement. He will later publish A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and American (1928) with over 17,000 entries. Reviewers

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Cape Verde vûd [key], Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. It is an archipelago made up of 10 islands and 5 islets. Praia, located on the

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Black nationalism

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Mauritania môrĭtā´nēə [key], officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,087,000), 397,953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km), NW Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Western Sahara in the northwest and north, on Algeria in the northeast, on Mali in the east and

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Tunisia to͞onē´zhə, tyo͞o– [key], Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,075,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded on the west by Algeria, on the north and east by the

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Somalia coronavirus: outrage as dual citizens, govt officials 'evacuate'

May 15: Somalis outraged over ‘fleeing

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the New Negro Movement, named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural

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Ethiopia coronavirus: field hospital on Addis outskirts nears completion

May 28: Field hospital on Addis outshirts

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Crockett, George William, Jr. (1909-1997)

George William Crockett Jr. was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 10, 1909 to George William Crockett Sr., and Minnie Amelia Jenkins. His father was a Baptist minister and railroad carpenter and his mother was a Sunday School teacher and poet. Crockett grew up in Jacksonville, attending

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Brown, Gayleatha Beatrice (1947-2013)

On July 2, 2009 President Barack Obama appointed Gayleatha Beatrice Brown to be the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa. This was her second ambassadorial appointment. Previously, Brown had been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to

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Mali mä´lē [key], officially Republic of Mali, independent republic (2005 est. pop. 12,292,000), 478,764 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km), the largest country in W Africa. Mali is bordered on the north by Algeria, on the east and southeast by Niger, on the south by Burkina Faso and Côte dIvoire, and on the

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Covid-19: Eritrea flattens curve

"Indeed, it is vital that every citizen continue to fully adhere to, and diligently implement, the government of Eritrea guidelines in force until the ongoing task of detailed and comprehensive assessment to gauge the spread of the pandemic in the entire country with full certainty is

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When Blacks Succeed: Part Two

The second part of the award winning video, When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

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Lomé, Togo (1880 -)

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. Lomé was founded by the Ewe, an indigenous ethnic group, in 1880. Located on the southwestern Atlantic coast of Togo, Lomé has a long history of trade. In 2000, an estimated 900,000 people resided in

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Sierra Leone coronavirus: Record 100 new cases, tally now at 721

April 21: President Bio enters in quarantine

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James A. Bell - Savoy Network

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Bayard Rustin (/ˈ b aɪ ər d/; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where his family was involved in civil rights work. In 1936, he moved to Harlem, New York

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Burkina Faso burkē´nə fä´sō [key], republic (2005 est. pop. 13,925,000), 105,869 sq mi (274,200 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Mali in the west and north, on Niger in the northeast, on Benin in the southeast, and on Togo, Ghana, and Côte dIvoire in the south. Ouagadougou is the capital and

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Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming

Grandmother Millicent Agata’s small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of other Kenyans seeking shelter from the worst floods in three

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Source: The East African

When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

This is part five of the award winning documentary, When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

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Parliament approves SLPP chairman Dr. Harding and nine others for high office

Parliament of Sierra Leone last Thursday approved several appointees nominated by president Bio for high office in the public sector, including his ruling SLPP party chairman – Dr Prince Harding, who will take over as Chairman of the National Commission for

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Cameroon university suspends professor for asking a legal question in a law class

Cameroon’s University of Buea suspended a law instructor more than a month after he asked students a legal question during a political and constitutional history

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Côte dIvoire kōt dēvwär´ [key] or Ivory Coast, officially Republic of Côte dIvoire, republic (2005 est. pop. 17,298,000), 124,503 sq mi (322,463 sq km), W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Liberia and Guinea on the west, by Mali and Burkina Faso on the

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