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TAYO Fatunla’s SOUTH AFRICA Diary – Vilakazi Street Where Two Nobel Peace Prize Winners Advanced Their Fight Against Apartheid

*More from South Africa as I visited Soweto about 25 minutes by road from Johannesburg. I remembered Nigerian musician, Sonny Okosuns' liberation songs such...

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Uganda’s President Signs One of the World’s Harshest Anti-LGBTQ Bills Into Law – US ‘Deeply Troubled’ | VIDEO

*(CNN) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international...

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Bola Tinubu – NIGERIA’s New President – Nigerians Expect A Lot

*The shambolic Naira currency debacle before Nigeria's 2023 Presidential election last February, the political and tribal rifts almost destabilized Nigeria. At 71, Hercules, he...

Africa

OUR ROOTS Remembers Tina Turner and So Does the World

*When news broke that she had passed at 83, I went through my OUR ROOTS collection to retrieve another of the black and white...

Africa

Harry Belafonte – OUR ROOTS Documenting His Story and the Time He Met Cartoonist Zapiro in South Africa

*News recently broke out that the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, Harry Belafonte, had died. This was a day...

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Tabitha Brown Made A Falcon Fly Away in Dubai – Social Influencer Causes Diaspora Cookout War & More | Videos

*Webbies, we going to make Social Heat do what it do. Check out the first story. Social media influencer, actress, and entrepreneur Tabitha Brown...

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Nigerian Chef (Hilda Effiong Bassey) Cooks for 100 Hours in World Record Attempt | WATCH

*(CNN) — Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a...

Drake Highlights Dad’s Nigerian Roots from Ancestry.com: ‘Does This Mean I’m a Naija Man Finally?’

*Drake appears excited to learn the results of an ancestry test that reveals he has Nigerian roots. On May 8, the rapper posted an image...

Social Heat

Social Media Erupts Over Anita Baker N’ Dem Preventing Babyface’s Performance – Coco Jones Killed Nat’l Anthem & More | PicsVideos

*Ayo Webbies, as we wind down this week, one would think things would be simmering down on Cardi B's internet, but nah, check out...

Social Heat

Pras Found GUILTY on 10 Criminal Counts – Nick Cannon Says Ex-Mariah Carey May Have Fumbled Him + Lots More | PicVideos

*Webbies, it's hump day and things are real out here in these streets for Social Heat. Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a member of the hip...

Mass Shootings

10 Members of Same Family Killed in South Africa Mass Shooting | VIDEO

*(CNN) -- Sound familar? Ten members from the same family, including seven women and three men, were killed by gunmen Friday in the city...

Africa

TAYO Fatunla’s Our Roots: Eid Al-Fitr Celebration and Islam in Africa

*It's Eid Al-Fitr this weekend long when Muslims all around the world celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Eid Al Fitr...

Africa

Dr. Bruce Onobrakpeya – Nigerian Artist Extra-ordinaire: The Mask and the Cross Showcased in Atlanta

*The Mask and the Cross exhibition describes the artist’s creative phase from 1967 through 1978, during which he created numerous works marrying Nigerian tradition,...

Social Heat

Twitter Not Feelin’ Rumored Couple Megan Thee Stallion & Travis Kelce – Tia Mowry and Daughter Cairo Share Cute Dance Video + More |...

*Webbies, the rumor mill, is spinning for Social Heat. The tweets are out here saying that Megan Thee Stallion and Kansas City Chiefs Travis...

Murder

Edward and Grace Morema: Minnesota Couple Attacked & Killed in Kenya | VIDEO

*Out of Kenya comes news that a Minnesota couple was brutally attacked and killed inside a home where they were staying. The couple, Edward and...

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This Woman (Pelumi Nubi) Drove from London to Lagos in A Tiny Car – All by Herself! | PICsVideo

Idris Elba Believes Africa’s Creative Youth Are ‘Significant Driver of Economic Growth’

Wait. Whaaat?! This Nigerian Woman Reviewed Some Tomato Puree Online – Now She Faces Jail | WATCH

MikeyMuzik: A Journey of Musical Excellence | Interview

African American Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft’s Editorial Cartoon Workshop in Nigeria with Tayo Fatunla As Guest Facilitator

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Why Asking for a Receipt at McDonald’s Can Make a Big Difference | Video

Elon Musk on the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence @ Breakthrough Prize the ‘Oscars of Science’ | WATCH

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