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WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 31 December 2022

Recreational Ganja/Marijuana now legal in New York, brisk sales reported

NEW YORK, December 31, 2022 - The publication Marijuana Moment is reporting that New York’s first legal adult-use marijuana sales got underway on Thursday morning, with the inaugural purchase being made by the state’s top cannabis regulator. Broader sales to the general public began later in the afternoon at the symbolic time of 4:20 PM.

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 31 December 2022

Recreational Ganja/Marijuana now legal in New York, brisk sales reported

Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia

In 1994, the Australian federal government finally extended recognition to Australian South Sea Islander people as a distinct cultural group. This recognition was important: racism put Australian South Sea Islanders...

Clare Corbould and Hilary Emmett Culture & Lifestyle 29 December 2022

GUYANA | Dr. Eric Phillips: The Caribbean Response To The Netherlands Apology For Slavery

MONTEGO BAY, December 28, 2022 - The public apology by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the Netherlands’ participation in the transatlantic slave trade, elicited a number of responses including...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 28 December 2022

JAMAICA | Commemorating Sam Sharpe Day, December 27- The Strike for Freedom

MONTEGO BAY, December 27, 2022 - Today December 27 is Sam Sharpe Day, and marks the 191st anniversary of the Sam Sharpe War which began just after the Christmas festivities...

Calvin G. Brown Culture & Lifestyle 27 December 2022

Netherlands PM Mark Rutte apologises for Dutch government’s role in slavery

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 19, 2022 - While Britain and the United States, two of the major beneficiaries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade remain shamelessly silent about their role in...

WiredJA News Team Culture & Lifestyle 19 December 2022

AFRICA | Why the Dutch royal family’s golden coach draws so much criticism

2015 was the last time the Golden Coach which chauffeurs the Dutch monarchs to open the parliamentary year was seen. This is because the usage of the coach is seen...

Stephen Nartey face2faceafrica.com Culture & Lifestyle 18 December 2022

AFRICA | Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual

Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like...

Retief Müller, VID Specialized University Culture & Lifestyle 17 December 2022

AFRICA | Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?

The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market...

Dominique Somda, University of Cape Town Culture & Lifestyle 16 December 2022

JAMAICA | Falmouth Needs Help to Preserve the Town, its History, and earning power

MONTEGO BAY, December 3, 2022 - The historic town of Falmouth in Trelawny is ‘bawling’ out for help, as it's in a disgraceful and dilapidated condition. It needs the political...

Calvin G. Brown Culture & Lifestyle 06 December 2022

UNITED NATIONS | Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief

UNITED NATIONS | UN News - December 5, 2022 - The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing. So says UN...

UN News Culture & Lifestyle 05 December 2022

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Recreational Ganja/Marijuana now legal in New York, brisk sales reported

Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia

GUYANA | Dr. Eric Phillips: The Caribbean Response To The Netherlands Apology For Slavery

JAMAICA | Commemorating Sam Sharpe Day, December 27- The Strike for Freedom

Netherlands PM Mark Rutte apologises for Dutch government’s role in slavery

AFRICA | Why the Dutch royal family’s golden coach draws so much criticism

AFRICA | Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual

AFRICA | Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?

JAMAICA | Falmouth Needs Help to Preserve the Town, its History, and earning power

UNITED NATIONS | Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief

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