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“I Am Not Your Negro”: A Timely Look at Race in America
I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary directed by Raoul Peck that tells a story of race in America through the unfinished James Baldwin novel, Remember This House. All the narration comes from Baldwin’s novel, and is read by Samuel L. Jackson. Critics and viewers seem to agree that I Am Not Your Negro…
African Countries Comprise Half of Trump’s Immigration Ban List
Trump is facing another hit on his immigration ban which restricts Muslims from seven different countries from entering the United States. The latest realization: half of the nations on the list are African. Countries such as Libya, Somalia, and Sudan continue to struggle with civil unrest, war, and atrocities, causing millions to flee…
Prefabricated Homes: An Answer to Kenya’s Housing Shortage?
As one of the most advanced and developed economies in Africa, the Republic of Kenya has been experiencing some regrettable setbacks in terms of income inequality, population overgrowth, urban development, and housing supply. In 2017, housing officials in Kenya are looking for ways to ameliorate a deep shortage of affordable dwellings that has the…
Isabel dos Santos: Africa’s Richest Woman
Isabel dos Santos is not only the richest woman in Angola—a nation in which 2/3rds of the population lives on less than $2 a day—but she is by far one of the wealthiest women on the entire African continent. Dos Santos is an engineer by training and degree and she has put that knowledge…
