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(TMU) — Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, a Brazilian government official who has been working with indigenous people to preserve the Amazon rainforest for over a decade, was shot and killed in front of his family in an apparent assassination on Friday. Santos was shot twice in the head while riding a motorbike through Tabatinga, a small city located in the Amazon rainforest, along Brazil’s border with Colombia and Peru.

Source: Maxciel Pereira dos Santos ‘Assassinated’ in Front of His Family

She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.

Source: My Family’s Slave

HomeHip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and LifestyleHip Hop Community News Akon Owns the First Black Solar Energy Company Akon Owns the First Black Solar Energy Company Miss2Bees September 4, 2019 Akon is not only a musician, but he’s a businessman. He has a record label, clothing brand, numerous charities, and a number of philanthropic endeavors in Africa. He also has a hand in cryptocurrency and launched his first solar energy efforts in the states last year.

Source: Akon Owns the First Black Solar Energy Company | The Source

Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, Modernist… We are familiar with many different styles of ‘Western’ architecture because they are celebrated and rightly so. Ottoman-style mosques and the pagodas of East Asia are also instantly recognizable, as well as the temples of the pre-colonial civilizations that flourished in Central and South America.

However, the Great Pyramids Of Giza aside, the glories of African architecture are often shamefully overlooked. Sadly, this is a symptom of a larger problem overall, where the rich diversity and culture of the African continent is largely glossed over in international media. Most reporting from the continent focuses only on issues that reinforce negative stereotypes – those of poverty, disease and war.

Source: Guy Says African Architecture Isn’t Showcased Compared To European And Asian, Posts 44 Of Its Gorgeous Examples | Bored Panda

A Vietnam War veteran who was dying of cancer was found in his nursing home room covered in ants twice, leaving him with more than 100 bites, his daughter told Channel 2 Action News.

Source: Vietnam veteran found covered in ants before dying at nursing home

Despite the fact that he doesn’t do drugs, ColinResponse says on a weekly basis he gets harassed by people, “usually just white dudes,” who assume he’s selling them.

Source: Memo To White Dudes: Stop Asking Black Men With Dreads For Drugs – VICE

The number of young African girls trafficked to Europe for prostitution has increased by almost 600 percent in the first half of this year. In its report, which was released last week in Italian, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that the sexual exploitation of African migrants in Europe has reached disturbing levels, with the majority of victims being young girls who are already subject to abuse on their way to Europe.

Source: Number of Young African Girls Trafficked to Europe for Prostitution Reaches Alarming Levels