Tamyra Mensa-Stock Becomes First Black Woman To Win Gold In Olympic Wrestling Event
Written by Ashlee Banks Published on 4th August 2021 Tamyra Mensah-Stock / Photo Credit: Jack Guez Tamyra Mensah-Stock made history this week as the first Black woman to win an …
This Olympic Victor Is A Harvard Grad And Neurobiologist
Written by Ashlee Banks Published on 5th August 2021 Gabby Thomas / Photo Credit: Ina Fassbender Gabby Thomas, a Harvard University alumna, is the epitome of Black girl magic after winning the …
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Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dead at age 70
Published on The Afro – The Black Media Authority on 7th August 2021 In this Aug. 3, 2008 file photo, Dennis Thomas performs with the band “Kool and the Gang” …
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Broadway’s neon lights shine with 10 new Black plays, musicals
Written by Stacy M. Brown Published on 7th August 2021 Broadway officials have said the shows will go on, but only at 100 percent capacity. So, if New York reinstates …
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Igad backs women equal rights to own land
Written by Fred Oluoch Published on 4th August 2021 WORKNEH GEBEYEHU, The executive secretary of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad), says that skewed land ownership is the region’s oldest …
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As oceans warm, Zanzibar’s women sea farmers grow sponges to stay afloat
Published by Reuters on 6th August 2021 Nasir Hassan Haji holds up her harvested sponges in a bag from her home in Jambiani in Zanzibar, Tanzania. June 21, 2021. PHOTO …
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Renowned dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze dies aged 65
Written by Leah Mahon Published on 6th August 2021 Jamaican poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze MBE leaves a longstanding mark in the literary world following her passing. (Picture: Renaissance One) …
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Jamaica sweeps women’s 100m at Tokyo Olympics as Elaine Thompson-Herah sets record
Written by Meredith Deliso Published on 31st July 2021 Elaine Thompson-Herah, center, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning the women’s 100-meter final with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, of Jamaica, second place, and …
Racism of rioters takes center stage in Jan. 6 hearing
Written on Aaron Morrison Published on 28th July 2021 U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell left, and U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn stand after the House select committee …
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