After the Nigerian paralympians brought joy to our hearts earlier this year by excelling beyond our already high expectations and shattering a bunch of world records, three other Nigerian athletes are set to make history again.
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Nigeria: 400,000 children at risk of famine
After army advance against Boko Haram in the north, many people found on brink of starvation amid humanitarian crises.
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The Future of Nigeria’s Art World Is In the Hands of its Young Artists
Victor Ehikhamenor is an award-winning writer, photographer and visual artist who’s had a career that spans over two decades and has covered Nigeria’s creative industry.
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1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Will Be Back in New York in 2017
Europe’s leading contemporary African art fair will return to New York City for a third time in May 2017.
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‘Very real risk’ of South Sudan atrocities, UN secretary general warns
Ban Ki-moon claims UN peacekeepers currently deployed in South Sudan would not be capable of preventing mass killings.
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6 Books That Shaped Post-Apartheid South Africa
South Africa | OFFICIALLY, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana […]
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Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora
Sheena Wagstaff, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary art department, was relatively new on the job in 2013 when Pamela J. Joyner, a prolific art collector and supporter of artists of African descent, invited her on a trip to Washington to visit the studio of the Color Field painter Sam Gilliam. They looked at Mr. Gilliam’s in-progress pieces, a series of striking works with a thin stream of paint poured on board.
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21 of the Missing Chibok Schoolgirls Have Been Released
21 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls have reportedly been freed. The news comes 30 months after 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
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Our 5 Favorite Highlights of 1:54 Contemporary African Fair London 2016
The fourth edition of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair brings together over 40 exhibitors from 18 countries to showcase a diverse range of contemporary work by leading artists from the continent and diaspora.
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Jackie’s son impacting lives in Tanzania
David Robinson forging own path in coffee, community development
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