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The Chronicle Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent PARTNERSHIPS between diasporans and members of the community members have yielded positive results in Bulilima District where 20 clinics and eight schools are under construction with five of the schools set to be operational by next year. The projects are part of efforts by the stakeholders to improve access to health and care and reduce distances walked by learners to schools. In an interview, Bulilima Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer Mr John Brown Ncube said community members had taken the lead in ensuring development in their areas while the local authority came in to provide technical advice.
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admin | June 7, 2021
By Aaron Kamugisha By Aaron Kamugisha (Aaron Kamugisha is Professor of Caribbean and Africana Thought at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus) Part I was published on May 31, 2021 and can be accessed at https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/05/31/features/in-the-diaspora/the-responsibilities-of-caribbean-intellectuals/ For George Lamming, on the occasion of his 94th birthday (June 8th). What then are the responsibilities of Caribbean intellectuals? I draw my definition/sense of the intellectual here from figures as diverse as Antonio Gramsci, Edward Said, Claudia Jones and Audre Lorde
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admin | June 7, 2021
By Sunny Nwankwo, Aba The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Australia has commended the people of Nigerians, (especially the Southeasterners) and its members across the globe for heeding to the sit-at-home order by the groups world leader; Nnamdi Kanu. This is even as the group is insisting that nothing will stop them from their struggles in achieving a Sovereign State of Biafra and leaving Nigeria which they said their forefathers were conscripted to be part of by the colonists.
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admin | June 7, 2021
The Nigerian film industry, fondly called Nollywood, became popular in the early 1990s, although with more negative attributes than positives. Over the years, the industry has attracted a lot of criticism
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admin | May 29, 2021
Diaspora, (Greek: Dispersion) Hebrew Galut (Exile), the dispersion of Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian Exile or the aggregate of Jews or Jewish communities scattered in exile outside Palestine or present-day Israel. Although the term refers to the physical dispersal of Jews throughout the world, it also carries religious, philosophical, political, and eschatological connotations, inasmuch as the Jews perceive a special relationship between the land of Israel and themselves
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admin | May 29, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indiaspora, a nonprofit community of global Indian diaspora leaders, announced they raised USD $1 million toward COVID-19 relief efforts within the last 48 hours, and will aim to double the impact of their donations by offering to match funds Saturday during the virtual event, Help India Breathe. We are proud of our communitys response.
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admin | May 29, 2021
The Georgian diaspora needs political representation. I call on the entire Georgian society to unite around the idea, so that our [Georgian] diaspora can gain its own voice and right to represent its own interests in parliament, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said in a video address at the Diaspora Forum dedicated to Diaspora Day. The aim of the forum is to deepen ties between Georgians living abroad and the state of Georgia, discuss the challenges facing the diaspora and ways to solve them
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admin | May 29, 2021
This months Israel-Gaza war released the floodgates. In the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, the US and beyond Jews have been beaten, threatened and verbally abused, while synagogues have been vandalized and frightening messages justifying the genocide of Jews have been posted on social media. At the same time, violence and terrorism against the Jewish state has been endorsed by thousands of protesters, the symbols of the State of Israel have been publicly desecrated, and the Jewish state itself blamed for attacks on Jews around the world.
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admin | May 29, 2021
While some authors, who write on mental health can be very academic and dry, Gokhale is not one of them. She has mastered the art of bringing the wisdom of the well to the living water, meaning that she makes sense of the lives of 11 South Asian individuals navigating the culture of the West from a genuine mental health lens that speaks of love, loss, trauma, identity, family and personal hopes and expectations
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admin | May 29, 2021
Houston Celebrates Africa with a Series of Events in Observance of Africa Day 2021 May 25, 2021 -- The City of Houston will mark its 4th annual Houston Africa Day celebration on May 27 by hosting the African Union Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze, and 13 Ambassadors from African nations to Houston.
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