Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- The Guyanese actress Letitia Michelle Wright was born on 31 October, 1993 in Georgetown, Guyana, and moved to England with her family when she was seven. She grew up in Tottenham, North London, England. The culture shock was unavoidable – from the climate to the people. “In Guyanese culture, we are accustomed to […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- Due to the many values inherited from Nigeria, Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria Clara Pulido-Escandell has described Nigeria as a great country in Africa that has a boundless cultural influence on the Cuban people. During the sidelines of the international Arts and Crafts Expo in Abuja, Pulido-Escandell said, “The influence of Nigerian culture is present in […]
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Avellon Williams LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- People with type 1 diabetes have a higher risk of developing kidney disease based on their ethnicity for the first time, new research confirms. Researchers from King’s College London have published one of the largest studies of its kind in Diabetes Care. Those with African-Caribbean heritage and diabetes have a 60% […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- During apartheid, Africans were constantly imprisoned for reasons that were seldom given, making it difficult for them to resist. Although black South African men are well known for being imprisoned and tortured by the government, women were also victimized. In South Africa, women were the inspiration for men and their children […]
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Avellon Williams On August 31st every year, Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its National Day. It is the day on which Trinidad and Tobago marks its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Brief History of Independence Day As one of the first islands encountered by Europeans, Trinidad was one of the first islands Christopher Columbus landed on July […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- In a conference last week, Javier Larrondo, the president of the Prisoners Defenders Association, said “there are State Security agents” among the 641 Cuban doctors hired by Mexico. Several members of Mexican civil society attended the conference at the Casablanca Hotel in Mexico City, entitled “The military truth behind Cuban medical missions in […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Born in 1789 at the Gamtoos river in the Eastern Cape, Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was a woman of great importance. She belonged to the Khoikhoi Gonaqua subgroup, which tended cattle. The majority of Sara’s childhood was spent working on colonial farms where her family members were servants. Her mother died when she was two years […]
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Avellon Williams MEXICO CITY- A visa requirement imposed by Mexico on Venezuelans in January briefly reduced the number of Venezuelans detained at the U.S.-Mexico border. However, it is now apparent that this only led to migrants taking more dangerous clandestine routes. Due to the intense jungle along Colombia’s border with Panama, Venezuelan migrants were suddenly unable […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- For centuries, African women have been at the center of historical movements. The diaspora and enslaved communities in Africa have successfully challenged dominant power structures in order to shift the global realities of Black people, from empowering enslaved communities to nation-building on the continent. A great number of these ancestral women — mothers, […]
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Avellon Williams SAINT GEORGE’S, GRENADA- As a leader of the New Jewel Movement, Maurice Rupert Bishop (1944-1983) proclaimed Grenada’s independence in 1974. A subsequent coup in 1983 led to his death as prime minister of Grenada following a 1979 coup. A native of Aruba, Netherland Antilles, Maurice Rupert Bishop was born on May 29, 1944, to […]
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