AFRICA’S EVOLUTION OF HEADWRAPS: BEYOND BEAUTY

AFRICA’S EVOLUTION OF HEADWRAPS: BEYOND BEAUTY

Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Sub-Saharan Africa gave rise to headwraps in the early 1700s, which soon became popular among Nubian queens in Egypt. A traditional African garment, the Yoruba in Nigeria call their artfully folded wraps geles, Ghanaian women call their dukus, and South African and Namibian women call them doek. Headwraps may be worn for a variety of reasons, […]

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 KILLER TO NICKI MINAJ’S DAD SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN JAIL

KILLER TO NICKI MINAJ’S DAD SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN JAIL

Lisa Mugo Charles Polevich, has been sentenced to only one year in prison, for killing Nicki Minaj’s father, Robert Maraj, in a hit and run accident. Maraj, was killed back in February 2021, when he was walking Mineola, Long Island, in the evening. He got struck by a 1992 Volvo Station Wagon. According to Nassau County Police Detective Steven Fitzpatrick, Polevich was […]

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 IMAN SHUMPERT ARRESTED FOR WEED POSSESSION

IMAN SHUMPERT ARRESTED FOR WEED POSSESSION

Lisa Mugo NBA player and Teyana Taylor’s husband Iman Shumpert, was arrested at Dallas Airport on Saturday for felony weed possession. According to TMZ, the player was caught with a ‘sizeable’ amount of marijuana which was inside a plastic bag that was stored inside his backpack. Shumpert even went ahead and admitted that the contents of the […]

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 EX-NIGERIA COACH WANTS HIS OUTSTANDING DEBT SETTLED

EX-NIGERIA COACH WANTS HIS OUTSTANDING DEBT SETTLED

Wayne Lumbasi Gernot Rohr, a former head coach of the Super Eagles, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay off his debt. The NFF terminated Rohr’s employment in December 2021 as a result of the Super Eagles’ underwhelming performance in the qualifier for the Africa Cup of Nations. The Franco-German was fired from his […]

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 DR CONGO CALLS FOR UN PEACEKEEPERS SPOKESMAN TO LEAVE

DR CONGO CALLS FOR UN PEACEKEEPERS SPOKESMAN TO LEAVE

Renson Mwakandana The Democratic Republic of the Congo has requested that the UN peacekeeping mission’s spokesperson (Monusco) leave the country, signaling a breakdown in ties that has been sparked by protests against the foreign soldiers. Mathias Gillmann, who has represented the mission in its fight against local protesters, is being expelled due to “indelicate and […]

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