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Imagine the power of the Black diaspora if we truly united globally – Yahoo News

| October 7, 2021

OPINION: The need for Black unity on a global scale could not be any clearer. The 21st century whippings of Haitian people in Texas are proof of that.

Party Demands Registration of All Kenyans in the Diaspora as Voters – Mwakilishi.com

| October 7, 2021

United Green Movement (UGM) party has opposed plans by IEBC to register Kenyans in only 11 countries to take part in the 2022 general election. The party termed the commissions decision to enroll diaspora voters in select countries as discriminatory and illegal, adding that all Kenyans abroad are entitled to vote because it is their democratic right.

The brief: `London Mansions; Increased pressure; Igbos in Diaspora – Daily Trust

| October 7, 2021

There is increased pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe one of his key allies and other Nigerians fingered in Pandora papers. Still on the latest leaks of financial documents in the world, Pandora Papers, has uncovered how Senator Stella Oduah secretly paid N5b cash to acquire mansions in London.

Afenifere in Diaspora backs southern govs on anti-open grazing laws, others – Guardian

| October 7, 2021

The Afenifere in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe has backed the southern governors on anti-open grazing laws, resolution on Value Added Tax (VAT) and quest to produce the next President of Nigeria in 2023. In a statement by its Secretary, Anthony Ajayi, the group submitted: We urge southern governors to further explore more areas to deepen democracy and enhance the frontiers of true federalism in Nigeria. Since the northern governors hold the belief that they are the majority in Nigeria, they should use their population advantage to develop their region and stop the malicious statement that the judgment of the Federal high Court on VAT is questionable.

UGM party says IEBC should register all Kenyans in the diaspora to vote – Capital FM Kenya

| October 7, 2021

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 4 United Green Movement (UGM) party has protested plans by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to enrol Kenyans in select countries to take part in the 2022 General Election. The party said all Kenyans across the world are entitled to vote back home and should be given a chance to do so because it is their democratic right. Augustine Neto, a co-party leader of UGM said the move by the electoral body to list new voters from 6 countries over and above the five listed in the 2017 election will deny hundreds of thousands of voters in the other countries a chance to exercise their right as enshrined in the Constitution.

OP-ED: Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Wanderings in the diaspora as exiled, stateless, brand-new parents – Daily Maverick

| October 7, 2021

Terry and Barbara Bell, December 1969, with daughter Ceiren, aged three months. (Photo: Supplied) After arriving, hot and sweaty down a dusty road through the bush, the well-built Zambian border post appeared like an oasis, but of bricks and mortar. And the reception by crisply uniformed officials was the epitome of polite officialdom.

The rise of Hindutva and hate in Aotearoa’s Indian diaspora – Stuff.co.nz

| October 7, 2021

Deep divisions are brewing within Aotearoas Indian diaspora, highlighting parallels to the mindsets that preceded the March 15 Christchurch terror attack. Those fighting the rise of a far-right Indian nationalist ideology have spoken out. But they worry no-one is listening.

‘We have never catered to an exotic idea of what art from Africa is about’: Tiwani Contemporary to launch gallery in Lagos as it celebrates ten years…

| October 7, 2021

Maria Varnava, the founder of Tiwani Contemporary, a London gallery specialising in artists from Africa and the diaspora, has a long-held fear of financial speculation and bubbles when it comes to the art market. Working in business development at Christies in her 20s gave her an "education in terms of how markets can be built but also illustrated how a specific market can crash just as fast as it is created, in a very dangerous way, especially for young artists. She was at Christie's when the Indian market went crazythey were selling things for millions, and then suddenly you could not get those prices

FUBUNATION explore the myth of masculinity in Ruins – FACT

| October 7, 2021

Interdisciplinary artists and choreographers Rhys Dennis and Waddah Sinada lead an emotional exploration of generational trauma, Black masculinity and the struggle for vulnerability. FUBUNATION was founded back in 2017 by dance artists and choreographers Rhys Dennis and Waddah Sinada as a collective and platform with which to create more representation and and visibility for dancers of colour in contemporary dance. Ruins is their ambitious, genre-spanning, multidisciplinary project exploring the myth of masculinity within the Pan-African diaspora.

The Katumba Halloween Carnival is headlining a new Liverpool festival for Black History Month – The Guide Liverpool

| October 7, 2021

A new festival comes to Liverpool this month and it includes the annual Katumba Halloween Carnival. Routes & Roots will see two weeks of free family-friendly cultural, arts and wellbeing activities & events across Liverpool, created to celebrate Black History Month and to include the iconic annual carnival.


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