“It was intended for use among enslaved Africans in the British West Indies, which is modern day Caribbeans, so Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua,” he says.
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April 24, 2021
SHOCK G
Gregory Edward Jacobs
25.08.1963 – 23.04.2021
Digital Underground
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April 21, 2021
UNITED NATIONS CONDEMNS SEWELL REPORT
“In 2021, it is stunning to read a report on race and ethnicity that repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact, twisting data and misapplying statistics and studies into conclusory findings and ad hominem attacks on people of African descent,” the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.
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April 5, 2021
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON
IN JUNE 2018, SHEKU RECEIVED THE MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR AND THE CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS AT THE RE-LAUNCHED CLASSIC BRIT AWARDS, AND IN JULY 2018 BECAME THE FIRST ARTIST TO RECEIVE THE NEW BRIT CERTIFIED BREAKTHROUGH AWARD, HAVING SOLD OVER 30,000 COPIES OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM IN THE UK AND SURPASSING 100,000 ALBUM SALES WORLDWIDE.
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March 31, 2021
The Sewell Report (Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: The Report)
“For some groups historic experience of racism still haunts the present and there was a reluctance to acknowledge that the UK had become open and fairer.” – Tony Sewell
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March 21, 2021
SHAKA ZULU
Shaka’s actions became simultaneously more tyrannical, ruthless and bizarre as power concentrated in his hands.
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March 8, 2021
SAMORA MACHEL
“Personalities and fame pass; revolutions must remain.”
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February 28, 2021
SARAH FORBES BONETTA
Less than a year after she arrived, however, young Bonetta developed a cough believed to be caused by the climate of Great Britain.
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February 26, 2021
SHIRLEY BASSEY
On July 4, 2005, Kanye West introduced Shirley to a new generation of fans when he sampled “Diamonds Are Forever” for his hit, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone”.
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February 20, 2021
SIDNEY POITIER
“Charm them, son, into neutral,” his mother once told him. And that’s what he did, in New York City.