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(The Independent) – Mozambique’s Ibo island, home to crumbling forts and mansions, could soon be back on the tourist map. Chris Leadbeater explores its faded charms Rua da Republica must have looked splendid in its heyday. Laden carts must have rolled along its easy width. Well-dressed ladies must have strolled its pavements. The sound …
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(Breaking Travel News) – Africa is leading the world in mobile commerce with the travel industry at the forefront of the movement, reveals the WTM Global Trends Report released today (Monday 7 November) at World Travel Market. The report, in association with Euromonitor International, reveals Africa is leading the world in mobile commerce. This …
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(Radio VOP – Voice of the People) – Zimbabwe’s representative at Sunday’s Miss World Contest in London, England, Malaika Maidei Mushandu finished in the top 15 out of 113 contestants but could not reach the final seven from where the winner was drawn from. Mushandu joined contestants from Indonesia, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Khazakstan, Spain, US …
(The Squeeze) – The 2011 edition marks an important shift for Paris Photo, with a new venue at the Grand Palais and Julien Frydman as its new Director. The arrival of Paris Photo at the Grand Palais at last offers this perpetual movement its full scope and enables it to present all the wealth …
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(Examiner.com) – With revolutions in the Middle East and the United States’ current Occupy Wall Street movement dominating media reports throughout 2011, theInternational Year for People of African Descent as declared by the United Nations has received little attention but that didn’t stop the traveling photo exhibition “WoMen in Africa – No Color One Color," …
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By: Matt Bush // November 2, 2011 The process of becoming a U.S. citizen can be a long and expensive one for immigrants, but a new program in Maryland is trying to ease at least one of those burdens. Take Edward Zayzay, a native Liberian, who first came to the United States to go to …
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As a dynamic, world class institution, the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) brings people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds together so they can enjoy, study and appreciate, through enriching exhibitions, public and educational programs, the culture, history and art of people of African descent within the United States and throughout the world. MoAD is …