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Uganda: Samurai, Uganda Name Safari 7s Squads

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Samurai Barracudas and Uganda have officially announced their lineups for the upcoming Safari 7s scheduled to take place at Nairobi's RFUEA Ground from November 17-19.

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(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public

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Hall, Stuart (1932-2014)

Stuart Hall was a leading 20th Century cultural theorist and a sociologist. Hall, widely known as a founder of British Cultural Studies and the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, pioneered theories of multiculturalism. He is generally credited with expanding the field of cultural studies to

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Rwanda: Rwamagana Leaders' School Reaches Out to Citizens

Rwamagana Leaders' School, a secondary school in the Eastern Province has undertaken a commendable initiative of supporting the community during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Dillard University [New Orleans] (1869- )

Dillard University is a private, Historically Black liberal arts college located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church. Dillard University is a result of the merger between Straight College and New Orleans University in

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Witness tells of cheques in his name for work not done by him

• His evidence in terms of the process he explained occurs when he does legitimate work for the council (preparing, signing and submitting contractor invoice; the work is assessed and he visits the council to collect the cheque from the cashier where he presents his ID and signs for the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Simone Biles Celebrates Husband Jonathan Owens' First NFL Touchdown On Thanksgiving Day

Simone Biles celebrated her husband, Jonathan Owens, success during his Thanksgiving Day game vs the Detroit Lions

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East Africa: Tanzania First EAC State to Reopen Schools

This makes Tanzania the first east African country to reopen its schools after Covid-19 outbreak forced the government to suspend

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China Harbour breaks ground for St Catherine housing scheme

THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) on Wednesday officially broke ground for the 1,650-unit Catherine Estate housing project, to be developed in St Catherine, as a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a company known for building roads and

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Paine College [Augusta] (1882- )

Paine College is a private liberal arts institution affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church and the United Methodist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Founded in 1882 as a joint effort between the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America (now Christian Methodist Episcopal) and

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BOOK REVIEW: The witty adolescence of an African girl

A plucky young girl in West Africa tells the story of her growing up in the novel Of Women and Frogs by Bisi

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Source: The East African

Kenya Advised to End Reliance on Schools for Blood Donations

The Global Blood Fund, which has been assisting Kenya in blood donation initiatives, wants the country to seek ways of ending dependency on learning

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Haiti

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Free education in Sierra Leone – a lot done, yet much more to do

53.4% of pre-primary, 78.7% of primary, 76.7% of junior secondary and 80.4% of senior secondary schools are now

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Brazil coronavirus toll hits 50,000

Brazil registered its 50,000th death from the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, underlining Latin America's desperate struggle to contain the disease, as Europe's gradual emergence from lockdown was marked by Spain reopening its

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Thenjiwe Mtintso

Thenjiwe Mtintso , (born November 7, 1950, Soweto, South Africa), South African antiapartheid activist and journalist who occupied various leadership positions within the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) and later served in multiracial governments in

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Uganda: Why Busoga Farmers Stopped Growing Cotton

Prince Emmanuel Babalanda, the deputy prime minister of Bugabula Chiefdom, on Monday said the cotton industry was "killed" by the privatisation policy when government started paying farmers through

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Soul Train Awards 2023 complete winners list to wrap up year’s end | New Pittsburgh Courier

The 2023Soul Train Awards, held on Nov. 26 in Los Angeles, as always was a night full of our favorite contemporary A-listers along with a choir of voices and songs from the past, those that we all sang back in the day and will always remember. Keke Palmer helmed the 2023 Soul Train Awards that

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Rwanda: From Hawking Clothes to Owning a Boutique - Entrepreneur's Journey

As a young boy, Clement Gutunga always knew he would one day become a business person, just like his

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Source: allAfrica.com

COVID-19 takes away excitement in release of PEP results

SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Munro College moves towards 'digital classrooms' for September

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Principal of Munro College Mark Smith has announced that plans are being undertaken to advance e-learning at the St Elizabeth institution, even after the current COVID-19

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Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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Namibia: Pupils to Be Divided Into Smaller Groups for Teaching

Pupils will be divided into smaller groups for teaching when schools reopen on 3 June, the executive director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has

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Rays Win Second Consecutive Dana Richardson Flag Football Tournament

Three schools from St. Croix joined three schools from the St. Thomas-St. John district to compete in the Dana Richardson 9 v 9 Flag Football Tournament held on Nov. 2 – 4 at the Joseph Aubain Ballpark on St. Thomas.

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City Council Places Oakland Youth Vote Measure on November Ballot | Post News Group

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously at its Tuesday meeting to place an Oakland Youth Vote measure on the November ballot, which would give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in Board of Education

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Two Families, Two Destinies: A Personal Perspective on the Rwandan Genocide of 1994

From April to July 1994 Rwanda suffered through a period of government-sanctioned mass murder which resulted in the deaths of nearlyone million Tutsi men, women and children. Most observers point to myriad factors which caused the slaughter including government corruption, longstanding ethnic

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Primary, secondary schools reopen in Cameroon

More than two months after suspension of classes due to the coronavirus in Cameroon, primary and secondary school students returned to school on

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We have an opportunity to re-imagine and improve Grade Six assessment

Recent revelations regarding the Ministry of Education’s plan to stage the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in about two months, have caused concern among parents and

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Felix Eboué: First Black Man Appointed Governor in the French Colonies

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