Nate Parker receives award for the Birth of a Nation, at Sundance Festival of 2016

Nate Parker has become a household name since he produced, directed and stared in the Birth of A Nation.  The Birth of a Nation has changed the conversation in the United States about slavery and race and the role Blacks played in the birth of America, as the nation known today. It is a biographical film about Nat Turner, the Black slave who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831 against White supremacy.  

 

 Nate Parker, who often underlines the inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in

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John Pombe Magufuli, Tanzanian President Has Pledged to Rout Corruption in Public and Private Sectors

Born in October 1959, the 56-year old John Pombe Joseph Magufuli is the incumbent President of Tanzania, in office since November 5, 2015. Since assuming office, he has shown unusual strength to fight deep-rooted corruption in Tanzanian public and private sectors.

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2015 Nobel Prize Winners: Medicine and Physiology

Malaria affects the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the World, especially in Africa.  Roundworm parasites infect millions of people living in the poorest countries in the World.  The roundworm parasites cause river blindness and elephantiasis.

River blindness, an eye and skin disease that ultimately leads to blindness, has affected millions of the people in Africa. Elephantiasis,  also known as  lymphatic filariasis, causes painful swelling of the limbs.  Both of these diseases are on the verge of extinction.

Malaria is in control, thanks to the research by a Chinese woman, Professor Youyou Tu. Professor Youyou Tu graduated in the 1960s from

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Empire Season 2 Ready- Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.

Are you ready for another roller coaster season with  the phenomenal TV Show called "Empire"? If not, do. Please do! Please be ready! The runaway success of the  show about a family-run hip-hop music company that has  surprised the experts since it has started to air early this year. It  hit all the records and ended with the highest note ever leaving us with a hunger and thirst  for more. Now, it is about to outdo itself, hence there is no other show to beat.

Read more …Empire: Anticipation Builds Up for The Biggest Black Show That Has Defied Stereotypes

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