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Japan’s Health And Clean Water Investments In Africa
Japan’s overall policy of assistance to Africa is to boost economic growth and accelerate infrastructure development with $ 3.2 trillion JPY, equivalent to $32 million USD of public and private investments in the next five years. At this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development VI (TICAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, the focus was on…
Movement to Change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day Grows
For every second Monday of October since 1937, millions of Americans have observed a federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus’ ‘discovery’ of the Americas. Now there is a growing movement to rectify history and honor the indigenous peoples who actually discovered North America first. In an article for the Washington Post, Kristina Guerra explains how…
81-Year-Old South African Ndebele Artist Helps Design BMWs
Born on November 11, 1935 in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, artist Esther Nikwambi Mahlangu began painting at only 10 years of age. First taught the art of mural painting–a common tradition among women in her South Ndebele tribe–by her mother and grandmother, Esther went on to gain international attention and even earned a contract…
Hurricane Matthew’s Destructive Path Through Haiti
On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew tore through the Caribbean and made landfall in Haiti. The Category 4 storm left extreme devastation in its wake. The affected area was still reeling from the damage caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled much of Port-au-Prince in 2010. The Tiburon Peninsula took a direct hit…
