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Kathryn Watt, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Chris Desmond, University of the Witwatersrand Culture & Lifestyle 26 October 2024

AFRICA | Education and gender equality: focus on girls isn’t fair and isn’t enough – global study

For the past two decades, investing in girls’ schooling has been hailed as a cornerstone of promoting gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2016 and 2018 the World Bank Group invested US$3.2 billion in education projects benefiting adolescent girls.

Kathryn Watt, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Chris Desmond, University of the Witwatersrand Culture & Lifestyle 26 October 2024

AFRICA | Education and gender equality: focus on girls isn’t fair and isn’t enough – global study

CULTURE | An 1877 stained-glass window which depicted Jesus as Black Man for the first time

A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and...

Virginia Raguin Culture & Lifestyle 21 September 2024

AFRICA| Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed?

Should African people be called black – or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial...

Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria Culture & Lifestyle 31 August 2024

BARBADOS | Jackie Opel, The Forgotten Musical Hero of Barbados and Jamaica

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 26, 2024 - The Barbados-born Jackie Opel –will be celebrated on Tuesday August 27 in Barbados, with the day named in his honour on the anniversary of...

David Comissiong Culture & Lifestyle 26 August 2024

DIASPORA | Jamaica Fest Dazzles with Vibrant Display of Culture and Generosity

WASHINGTON DC, August 19, 2024 - The vibrant tapestry of Jamaica's cultural heritage was on full display at the third annual JAMAICA FEST, held on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, at...

Derrick Scott Culture & Lifestyle 20 August 2024

JAMAICA | PNP Pays Tribute to Marcus Mosiah Garvey on the Anniversary of His Birth

Kingston, Jamaica. August 17, 2024: The People’s National Party proudly commemorates the anniversary of the birth of Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 18 August 2024

Did the king just get a pay rise? How the crown estate and the royal family’s income work

The crown estate has just published its accounts for the last year, revealing record profits. This news was accompanied by indignant headlines about a massive pay rise for the royal...

Philip Murphy, School of Advanced Study, University of London Culture & Lifestyle 16 August 2024

HAITI | Vodou grows more powerful as Haitians seek solace from continued organized violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles.

DÁNICA COTO - AP Culture & Lifestyle 12 May 2024

Top School In Britain Tests A Historic Constitutional Principle

A daughter of the Caribbean – Katharine Birbalsingh, Oxon – is about to test a theory and rule of democracy, that was first promulgated in Britain as The Toleration Act...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 24 January 2024

Lloyds of London, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, and The Zong Massacre of November 29, 1781

In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolised the brutal economics of slavery. Two years previously, the Liverpool slave ship Zong had set out...

Katie Donington Culture & Lifestyle 29 November 2023

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BARBADOS | Jackie Opel, The Forgotten Musical Hero of Barbados and Jamaica

DIASPORA | Jamaica Fest Dazzles with Vibrant Display of Culture and Generosity

JAMAICA | PNP Pays Tribute to Marcus Mosiah Garvey on the Anniversary of His Birth

Did the king just get a pay rise? How the crown estate and the royal family’s income work

HAITI | Vodou grows more powerful as Haitians seek solace from continued organized violence

Top School In Britain Tests A Historic Constitutional Principle

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