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Gucci pulls ‘blackface sweater’ from stores after complaints

ROME (AP) — Gucci has apologized after complaints that a wool sweater with an oversized collar designed to cover the face resembled…

21 Savage’s English origins stun fans of the Atlanta rapper

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration…

Zimbabwe and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) —One of Zimbabwe and Africa’s most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died on Wednesday at age 66 after…

Trump’s Cuba policy hurts private sector, new figures say

HAVANA (AP)—President Donald Trump’s Cuba policy is driving millions of dollars from the island’s private entrepreneurs to its state-run tourism…

Retired from politics Zuma reveals plans for new career

(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN)—After a brief spin as President of South Africa, the multi-talented Jacob Zuma is plunging into a new and exciting…

African leaders confront a ‘blue wave’ demanding change

(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN)—When Democrats captured one House seat after another in the midterm elections, observers brushed it off as a “blue trickle.”…

Flags fly for ex-president of Nigeria ‘too nice’ for the job

(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN)—Former President Alhaji Shehu Usman Shagari, a devout Muslim, a former school teacher, son of a farmer, trader and herder,…

Food bloggers bring Africa’s rich cuisines to the world

NGAPAROU, Senegal (AP)—In the quiet hours before lunch, two women worked side by side in an airy kitchen. One, a…

2019—The ‘Year Of Return’ to Ghana — More African Americans moving to Ghana for good

The year 2019 is the “Year of Return,” according to Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. During a September 2018…

At new Museum of Black Civilizations, a call to come home

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) —The Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal opened this month amid a global conversation about the ownership…