Personality
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Hayford Okine, Croatia-based Ghanaian is world ‘King of Balance’
Croatia-based Ghanaian performer, Hayford Okine holds multiple Guinness World Records for balancing objects. He’s known as the ‘King of Balance’ internationally,…
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10 remarkable black professors and scholars
It’s no doubt that black scholars and professors have also made some significant contributions to academia and society. Their works…
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Lesley Lokko now 1st African woman to win RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator and author Lesley Lokko as the 2024 recipient…
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Ghanaian Chef Failatu completes a record 227 cooking hours
Ghanaian chef Failatu Abdul-Razak appears to have broken the world record after cooking non-stop for more than 227 hours. Her…
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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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