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Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995), a scholar-librarian and bibliographer was born in Warrenton, Virginia in 1905, to her father, Hayes Joseph Burnett, a physician, and her mother, Bertha Ball Burnett, a tennis champion.  After receiving her A.B., from Howard University in 1928, she became the first
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The shortfall, attributed to the double whammy of the headwind caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the slump in oil price due to a sharp drop in demand and price war between two powerful producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, representing a 31 per cent of the prorated oil revenue
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Nigeria: Ikoyi Building Collapse - Sanwo-Olu Declares Three Days of Mourning in Lagos
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Jones has ‘hot hand' as Memphis burns No. 20 Arkansas in the Battle 4 Atlantis semis - TSDMemphis.com
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Nigerian Police Assault, Detain Journalists Covering Memorials Marking Lekki Toll Gate Killings
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Africa: Commemorative Message By His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob President of the Republic of Namibia, On the Occasion of the 57th Africa Day - the Africa We Want
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