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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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Remembering the values of empathy and service that his mother taught him, Barack put law school and corporate life on hold after college and moved to Chicago in 1985, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment. The group had some success, but Barack had come to realize that in order to truly improve the lives of people in that community and other communities, it would take not just a change at the local level, but a change in our laws and in our politics. |
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Friday, 26 October 2007 |
Lucky Philip Dube was born on the 3rd of August in 1964. After a few failed pregnancy attempts by his mother Sarah, Lucky came into the world. Giving birth to a boy was considered a blessing and his mother considered his birth so fortunate that she aptly named him 'Lucky'. His birth took place on a small farm outside the town of Ermelo, a dry, unspectacular area some 150 kilometers west of Johannesburg. Born into a single parent family, times were tough for a black boy born into poverty and with the Group Areas Act and the Pass Laws of the time, many families relocation was restricted, therefore children grew up not knowing their fathers at all, as they were often forced to leave home to find work in the cities.
Lucky's parents had separated before he was born. His mother was the only bread winner in the family and was forced to relocate to find work, leaving Lucky and his siblings Thandi and Patrick to be cared for by his grandmother. Unfortunately for Sarah, work was scarce and survival became her objective as she took a job as a domestic worker, barely able to send money home for her children. |
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Thursday, 22 February 2007 |
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The new United Nation Deputy Secretary General is the notable law professor, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro. Dr. Migiro is the First African Woman to hold this prestigious post. |
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Professor Isidore Okpewho is an expert in oral history. His areas of specialization are in African and comparative literatures, with a specialist emphasis on comparative oral traditions. He was named a distinguished professor in 2004. |
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Florence Margai is associate professor and co-chair of the Department of Geography at Binghamton University. With a Ph.D. in geography from Kent State University, Florence focuses on environmental justice and equity, spatial analysis methods, environmental pollution, and health hazards. |
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Professor Sadik is a professor of Chemistry at Binghamton University who is doing groundbreaking work in the microelectrode biosensors. Prof. Sadik specializes in Bioanalytical, Materials & Environmental Chemistry. One of Prof. Sadik's patents include her innovative work which enabled doctors to provide HIV results immediately rather than the long wait. She heads the Center for Advanced Sensor Research & Environmental Systems (CASE). |
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Chemist Patrick Obukowho created Advantage Research Lab LLC in New Jersey to specialize in ethnic beauty development. Mr. Obukowho holds several patents for his work and is seen as an expert in the beauty industry. |
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Saturday, 19 August 2006 |
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Dr. Thomas Mensah is the chairman of Supercond Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds several patents in Fiber Optics for his innovations and inventions. Dr. Mensah is a recognized leader in the development of advanced composite materials and "smart" structures, and is one of four scientists in the world to develop a mechanism for manufacturing fiber optics. His innovative process have had a huge impact on the industry and the Internet. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Kase L. Lawal is the chairman and chief executive officer of CAMAC International Corporation and chairman of Allied Energy Corporation in Houston, Texas. He also serves as a member of the board of directors and is a significant shareholder in Unity National Bank, the only federally insured and licensed African-American-owned bank in Texas. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Tim Berners-Lee was credited for discovering the Internet. The power and speed of the Internet could not be understood without the pioneering work of Philip Emeagwali with the supercomputer. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is a pre-eminent African scholar. He is one of the most important scholars in the field. In 2006, he received the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Class of 1933 Distinction of the Humanities Award. Zeleza’s work not only challenge the traditional Euroamerican framework, but he is among the scholars who are redefining a framework that is strongly Africa-centered. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy is an accomplished Nigerian artist based in London. As a sought after artist, she was commissioned to paint Queen Elizabeth II, which has become part of the royal family collection. Indeed, not only is an artist to watch, she is also studied as part of the national curriculum in the United Kingdom. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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The first woman president in Africa. Meet Liberia's Iron Lady, Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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A Nigerian woman wins the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Award. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement is the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Professor Anthonia C. Kalu developed the Black Studies program at the University of Northern Colorado. She recently published a book on Biafran War, also known as the Nigerian Civil War. |
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