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Since 2011 that respected kora player, vocalist and instrumentalist Sona Jobarteh dropped the album Fasiya, the world-renowned musician has not released any other album. Instead, she has been placing all her finances and energies into the Gambia Academy of Music and Culture she opened in her home country, The Gambia, in 2015.

The school is the first of its kind in The Gambia that teaches music and academic studies as an integrated course of study. In other words, the Academy educates children in their cultural traditions and heritage alongside the mainstream curriculum.

 

Source: Musician Sona Jobarteh is building Gambia’s first cultural academy for children to study their own culture – Face2Face Africa

 

 

A walk into the future, in a British city where housing is sustainable, energy is locally owned, food is abundant, and the work week is just three days long.

 

Source: The Sustainable Future Town of Your Imagination – Yes! Magazine

 

He was known for his illustrious career as an author and literary pioneer of the 19th century, but this came at a high cost since Alexander Dumas was a Frenchman of African descent.

Source: The rise and fall of Alexandre Dumas, the black author who ruled European literature in the 1800s – Face2Face Africa

Have a beautiful day, every single day.

Sarah Palafox, aka Sarah La Morena, has become a phenomenon on social media because of her performances of Mexican songs in a perfect Zacatecan accent.

In her videos uploaded to Instagram, which have already generated thousands of views, you can see 23-year-old Palafox holding her iPhone while singing ‘Qué me vas a dar’, by Jenni Rivera, accompanied by a mariachi band, as well as other songs she performs with her regional music band from southwestern Mexico.

 

Source: She’s A Black Woman Singing Regional Mexican Music With A Perfect Accent, So Why Are People Upset?

Exactly 100 years ago, November 2, 1920, the Ocoee Massacre America occurred, marking the worst election day violence in the history of the United States.

 

 

Source: 100 Years Ago, White Mob Killed Black Voters – Your Black World

A Fresno man who is currently on trial for murdering four white men in 2017 told detectives upon his arrest that the motive behind his action was because he got fed up with racism against blacks.

According to The Fresno Bee, the accused, Kori Ali Muhammad, told detectives he went on the killing spree after being named as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of the first victim. He said since he was going to be arrested eventually, he had nothing to lose.

If found guilty of the murders, Muhammad could receive a death sentence. His lawyers, however, argue that he has a mental disorder and is schizophrenic despite Muhammad claiming he killed them out of anger over racial discrimination in the United States.

 

 

 

Source: I got fed up of racism – California man on trial for murdering 4 whites tells detectives – Face2Face Africa

There is contention among a few historians as to whether Ethiopia deserves the accolade as the only country on the continent that was never successfully colonized.

This is because Liberia, a country founded in 1847 as a home for freed enslaved African by abolitionists ulterior motives, was also technically never colonized, at least, not in any way close to how we would speak of the imperial annexation of other places in Africa.

Source: Three amazing facts about how Ethiopia was never colonized – Face2Face Africa