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Writers from 22 African countries vie for 2021 Caine Prize

The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced 153 submissions from 22 African countries via their new online submissions platform this year, including an entry from Burkina Faso, for the first time. Also announced, are the five Judges for the 2021 Prize. Caine is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. …

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Zimbabwean named UK’s first Black billionaire

THE London-based Zimbabwe-born businessman Strive Masiyiwa has been named the United Kingdom’s first Black billionaire. He has been reported to be worth £1.087 billion. Masiyiwa is the first billionaire of African origin to be included on the Sunday Times Rich List – a ranking of the wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom. The list is updated annuallyand …

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Importance of ‘traditional’ dresses to Africans in diaspora

Clothes are important to us humans in our daily activities as they do far more than covering our nakedness. Clothing and dress as a social activity and obligation show our sex, profession, social status/class, and are symbols of communication, have aesthetic value, indicates one’s nobility, shows one’s ethnic or other identities, protect from the environment etc. We give impressions and …

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