Personality
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Nigerian Helen Williams holds record for longest handmade wig
Nigerian wigmaker Helen Williams holds the record for world’s longest handmade wig, measuring 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in). Helen spent…
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John C. Robinson, father of Ethiopian Airlines and Tuskegee Airmen
John Charles Robinson, an American pilot, was a pioneer in aviation history. He was pivotal to the historic movement that…
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“Nelson Mandela is Dead” exhibit opens in South Africa
A decade on from the death of Nelson Mandela, an anniversary exhibition entitled “Mandela is Dead” was opened on Friday,…
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Dr. Anim-Mensah gets President Biden Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Alexander Anim-Mensah, Ghanaian chemical engineer, educationalist, inventor, author, business strategist and innovation specialist based in the United States (U.S.)…
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Burkina Faso renames boulevard after the heroic Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso’s transitional government paid tribute on Sunday (Oct. 15) to late pan-Africanist icon and revolutionary president Thomas Isidore Noël…
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Ghanaian TV presenter Paa Kwesi Asare wins 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award
Ghanaian TV presenter and journalist Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. The 36-year-old is…
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Motivational speaker Daniel Appiah hits trifecta with 3 exciting books
Ghanaian public speaker and CEO, Daniel Appiah has set a writing pace with three motivational books that details the important…
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Ghana renovates founding father’s mausoleum, the Nkrumah Memorial Park
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) in Accra. Popularly known as the…
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Renowned Ghanaian author & feminist, Ama Ata Aidoo dies at 81
One of Africa’s most-celebrated author, poet, playwright and academic, Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81. As a renowned feminist,…
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Ghanaian royalty, the Ga Mantse attends Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference
The traditional ruler of the Ga State in Accra, Ghana, His Majesty King Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, attended the…
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