An honor guard watches the airplane carrying Senegalese President Macky Sall land at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Monday. The summit is taking place this week in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images An honor guard watches the airplane carrying Senegalese President Macky Sall land at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Monday. The summit is taking place this week in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — Nearly 50 African leaders and delegates have arrived in Washington this week…
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Biden’s Africa Summit Seeks to Reset Relations The Wall Street Journal Source link
When I interviewed Jan Morris about her extensive book collection running to more than 8,000 titles, I had known her personally for seven years, had been familiar with her writing for more than two decades, and written a monograph on her in the “Writers of Wales” series. She agreed to what turned out to be a lengthy interview about the books that inspired her and those that she often re-visited and cherished or were in some way special. The interview ran in The Book and Magazine Collector (issue No. 200, November 2000), a monthly magazine published in London from 1984-2010.…
A semifinal berth already secured, India would look to continue the momentum and notch up a hat-trick of wins when they take on lower-ranked South Africa in the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup here on Wednesday.World number eight India are so far undefeated in Pool B with wins over Chile (3-1) and Asian Games nemesis Japan (2-1) and victory against the 20th ranked South Africa would enable them to top the pool, which means they won’t run into hosts Spain (7th ranked) in the semifinals.Besides India, Spain has also secured a semifinal spot from Pool A with two wins from…
For his senior capstone, Max Ludwig researched the queer experience in Latin America, which is influenced by dictatorships, machismo culture and colonization. Ludwig, a Spanish major with a music minor from Ballwin, Missouri, said the senior capstone project requires reading a whole book in Spanish before the semester starts, then writing a research analysis paper over it throughout the course of the semester and giving an oral presentation. Ludwig said he wanted to pick a book related to LGBTQ+ themes, such as alienation in Latin American culture, as Latin America deals with strong homophobia and patriarchy in what’s referred to…
KERNERSVILLE – Riley Neal, who just turned 15, could have been doing anything on Saturday afternoon, but he chose to do something that possibly has more impact than he realizes.Neal, a freshman at South Stokes who had an outstanding rookie season as a driver at Bowman Gray Stadium this past summer in the Sportsman Division, helped deliver 12 brand new bicycles to the Kernersville Masonic Lodge as part of a toy drive for a children’s home in Oxford, located about 30 minutes north of Durham.With help from his parents, Lori and Kevin, the family gathered the bikes to deliver to…
A bilingual Mass in honor of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. John’s Cathedral was held in Lafayette on Monday, December 12, marking the 488th Anniversary.Church goers celebrated with a reception following the Mass. “Our Lady de Guadalupe is the most important person in the world, in Mexico and now in Latin America. We want our kids, our community to continue our culture and our celebrations,” community member, Cuca Ruben told KATC. Source link
from FUTHI MBHELE in DurbanKwaZulu Natal BureauDURBAN, (CAJ News) – PREPARATIONS for Africa’s Travel Indaba 2023 have officially begun, with Durban confirmed as the host for the next three years. This is anticipated to boost the local tourism sector. The Indaba will be held from May 9-11 at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC). Mxolisi Kaunda, the EThekwini Municipality Mayor, welcomed the return of Africa’s largest travel show to Durban. “Africa’s Travel Indaba is the perfect platform to promote South African products,” he said. “As registration is now officially open, we invite businesses in the tourism sector not…
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via Tuesday, December 13, 2022 2:39AMCHICAGO (WLS) — It’s a book many families buy for their kids: “I Love My Hair.” The book recently celebrated 20 years in print.Now, author Natashia Anastasia Tarpley has a new series focused on the main character, Keyana.SEE ALSO | Chicago’s spray-painting poet brings positivity to the streets”This book has been important to so many families and children’s lives,” said Tarpley. “We wanted to release this character with a whole new look, so you’ll see she looks a little bit different, but that whole spirit of exuberance and joy is very…
Africa Today – December 12, 2022 KPFA – 94.1FM Source link