One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world
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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic: Up and down the numbers go around the world

It’s a year since the world has been in the grips of COVID-19, the coronavirus that scientists believe to have originated from an outdoor market in Wuhan, China, declared...

Isabelle Racicot: Shifting Paradigms through Film
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Isabelle Racicot: Shifting Paradigms through Film

Rosie Awori (LJI) A cellphone video shot by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, filming the brutal murder of George Floyd by policemen in Minneapolis, was the matchstick that ignited a worldwide...

The rude awakening of the Duchess of Sussex
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The rude awakening of the Duchess of Sussex

In the end, it was mostly about Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor (Call him Archie.) The way his parents, Harry and Megan Windsor, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told it...

The foundation of reggae: Bunny Wailer and Toots Hibbert
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The foundation of reggae: Bunny Wailer and Toots Hibbert

In the 60 years or so that it has been around, the story of Reggae music is as complex as it is exciting. Born somewhere in the belly of...

Caribbean Paradise:  Expectations and Joy linger 21 years later
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Caribbean Paradise: Expectations and Joy linger 21 years later

In the 21 years that Babita and Danraj Parsram have been welcoming customers to their little restaurant on Newman Street in LaSalle, their biggest motivation has been that all...

Deejays offering musical solace
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Deejays offering musical solace

I’ve always believed that music can heal the wounds that medicine cannot touch, especially during unprecedented times. The entire world is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and...

Rwanda’s President Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
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Rwanda’s President Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

  Rosie Awori (LJI) Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been vaccinated against Covid-19, making him the first head of state to receive the vaccine in East Africa, where immunisation...

BLACK HISTORY IS NOT AN ANNUAL FEBRUARY PHENOMENON
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BLACK HISTORY IS NOT AN ANNUAL FEBRUARY PHENOMENON

It’s just history, world history, everybody’s history and must be treated as such, a historic norm. Much like “Perennial Philosophy” “European” or other history… there are always lessons to...

Don’t you want to be heard?
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Don’t you want to be heard?

There is a lot of talk these days about freedom of speech… why? Many want to be heard and want to be able to speak and voice their opinions....

Peace
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Peace

John 14:27 says: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be...