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Harriet Tubman to appear on $20 bill WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Treasury Department has selected Harriet Tubman, an African-American who helped thousands of enslaved Africans in America to freedom, will replace the slaveholding U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note. Alexander Hamilton will remain on the face of the […]

Google to train 1 million Africans to boost jobs By Loni Prinsloo and Jeremy Kahn Bloomberg Google Inc. is scaling up its digital skills training programs to accommodate a million Africans in the next year, aiming to deal with high unemployment numbers on the continent. In partnership with Livity Africa, Google plans to train 300,000 […]

Historical Flashback: The power of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) Dilemma X would like to share these historical newspaper articles on the famous Tuskegee University. Tuskegee University was founded in 1881 and is located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Click images below to enlarge for better viewing. Click your return arrow to return to this Dilemma X […]

Foreign firms in Zimbabwe have till April 1, 2016 to sell shares to blacks or close RT News Companies owned by foreigners face closure unless they sell or give up 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans by April 1, 2016 announced Indigenization Minister Patrick Zhuwao. “Comply by that date or close shop, comply […]

President Barack Obama visits Cuba- A look back at African populated Cuba President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on March 20, 2016. With this visit President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president in 88 years to set foot on the island nation. The last sitting president to visit the country was Calvin Coolidge, who […]

Zimbabwe changes visas requirements for Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries African News Agency The Zimbabwean government has, with immediate effect, scrapped visas for all Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries. Immigration department principal director Clemence Masango said the move was meant to facilitate easy movement within the region. “This new position completes the circle […]

Historical Flashback: When Oregon became a state – African descent population Below are historical newspaper articles on Oregon when it was admitted to the Union, as a state, on February 14, 1859. The newspaper articles speak to the issues of the African descent population. The Oregon Constitution was framed by a convention of 60 delegates […]

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to begin testing new Metrorail train early in 2016 The first test version of the train set to replace the old Metrorail fleet is in the country TMG Digital JOHANNESBURG- The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed “Test Train No1 (T1)” to its Wolmerton Depot […]

Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan as legal currency The Guardian (UK) Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts. “They [China] said they are cancelling our debts that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the debt […]

University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum states that ancient Egypt was in fact the land of black African people There have been many people around the world who have asked the question…”Were the ancient Egyptians black?” The answer to that is simply, YES.   The University of Cambridge- Fitzwilliam Museum’s Virtual Kemet states the following: “Kemet : […]