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Local Electro Chill-Pop Artist Diaspoura Creates Her Own Narrative With Demonstrations

Anjali Naik's rural South Carolina upbringing was different from that of anyone else she knew. "My dad's from Africa and my mom's from India, so I'm first-generation Americ...

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Gender

How Live Storytelling Can Help Women Around The World To Find Their Voices

“These are stories that nobody gets to tell in the mainstream media … the quiet, desperate stories of everyday lives” Sarah Austin Jenness of The Moth ha...

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Bill Gates Launches Chicken Plan To Help Africa Poor

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens.
The billionaire and philanthropist ...

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Environment

Renewable Energy Smashes Global Records In 2015, Report Shows

An upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy smash global records last year, according to a report on new supply.
Some 147 Gigawatt...

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Alternative Entertainment

Big Audio Dynamite: How Theatre Is Moving At The Speed Of Sound

Long treated as a final flourish, sound design is now sitting at the heart of theatre productions – and new technology means it can make drama more tense and terrifyi...

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Human Rights

Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without bei...

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Festivals

4th Turkish Film Festival Builds Ties With South Africa

A Turkish film festival showcasing everything from comedies to documentaries opened on Friday evening in Cape Town, South Africa. South African moviegoers were invited to t...

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Environment

Attack By 'Avengers' Militant Group Forces Chevron To Close Oil Facility In Nigeria

Chevron has been forced shut down oil production at its Escravos terminal in Nigeria following an attack by militants, the second time in recent weeks that violence has imp...

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Designed In Seattle, This $1 Cup Could Save Millions Of Babies

When babies in poor countries can’t breast-feed, the results can be deadly, but a trio of Seattle researchers has found an innovative way to help.
Experts at the...

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Festivals

Africa's Film Festivals That Shed New Light On The Art Form's Growing Power In The Region

The Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, founded in 1969, is the oldest biannual film festival dedicated to African films TAKING a city or region as the...

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