Akosua Report: Miriam Makeba

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"I ask you and all the leaders of the world, would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing...

Great Britain: Slave-owners Given Huge Payouts After Abolition

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written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. When many people speak of slavery reparations, they debate the merit of whether descendants of slaves...

Black Filmmakers That Changed the Game

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Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton highlights black filmmakers that changed the game for blacks in...

Australia Passes Bill to Officially Recognize Indigenous Population

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BBC  News UK is reporting that Australia's lower house has unanimously passed a bill recognizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples...

Mali Takes Back Hombori from Islamist Rebels

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BBC Africais reporting that Malian and French troops have retaken the town of Hombori, officials say, as they continue their campaign...

Akosua Report: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

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by Akosua Lowery Arturo Alfonso Schomburg “History must restore what slavery took away from the Negro, his glorious past to act as stimulation...

Liberia: Prosecutors Want Taylor Prison Term Lengthened

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  AllAfrica.com is reporting that prosecutors at the ongoing appeal hearing of ex-president Charles Taylor have asked judges of the UN backed...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Turns 105

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  by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Happy Founders Day to the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.* Founded on January 15, 1908...

Akosua Report: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Burton Wire is proud to announce the addition of The Akosua Report: Facts on The African Diaspora, written by Akosua...

African Diaspora: New Year's Eve Traditions

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  In a photo gallery, Chantal Martineau of the Huffington Post shares different New Year's Eve traditions that occur throughout the African...

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