Wizkid and Rema are the first Africans to be nominated for the MOBO Best International Act twice.

Wizkid beat Drake, Jay-Z, Cardi B, Travis Scott Kendrick Lamar, DJ Khaled, Migos to win the award in 2017, and is up for 2021.

Rema received nominations in both 2020 and 2021.

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I listened to interview with . So much resonated with me about how to build a community and make deals that actually benefits us as a people. As Africans we should own our space instead of being grateful for crumbs.

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One of our exclusive breeds are Africans. They are really cute! Check them out!

We're a browser based, sandbox, virtual pet game featuring wolf-like pets. https://t.co/PVBkf7lTtx

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`Passage` by Kevin Chester.

1/2 The passenger scooner refitted below deck for its purpose was used in the illegal trafficking of Africans when the slave trade had largely been outlawed. It is seen passing in the distance unnoticed, unsuspected & as a fairly insignificant sight,

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made in Africa by africans
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artwork winner: , Kenya

The sombre face with colour represents psychological & physiological differences all in one being. “For Africans & non-Africans alike the message is that we have other ways of expression apart from blood & tears from violence.”

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Not that japanese creators have any obligation to feature africans in their works but so far, they might ask well make up their own continent of dark-skinned anime characters with random tropical aesthetics

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There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.

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A woman is the full circle. With her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

Artist: Loraine Yafee






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From what we can tell, Afro-Asiatic languages originated somewhere in West Asia during the Neolithic period before Bronze Age urbane development of Early Dynastic Egypt & Sumerian civilization of Mesopotamia. In either case, North Africans and West Asians speak similar languages.

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While yes, Europe since Neolithic times has been overwhelmingly inhabited by indigenous Europeans with Indo-Europeans grafted on top of that during the Bronze Age, it's just not factually true to say *no* Africans ever lived in Europe historically.

Also, "cohesive language"? 🤨

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North Africans eventually became Roman citizens and Greeks colonized parts of North Africa like Libya & Egypt long before Romans stepped foot there, but in Europe itself the populations were overwhelmingly indigenous European. Sub-Saharans like Ethiopians were a tiny minority.

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