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*Admitted in Critical Care unit since January 15 under best medical treatment *Death sparks an outpouring of grief from teammates, fans and the non-league football community in England *Deceased a

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World Council celebrates OTUNBA OLUSEGUN RUNSEWE in Kuwait, becomes First Nigerian to receive Icon of Crafts, Culture & Hospitality in Africa

*Commends Runsewe for unwavering commitment to the preservation, promotion and sustainability to empowering crafts communities in Africa *“The plaque stands

25 YEARS CELEBRATION!

We are Pacesetters in Arts, Culture & Tourism in Africa-NNEKA Isaac Moses, Managing Director, GOGE AFRICA …We are a pan-African

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Historic Discovery in South Carolina! CHARLESTON: Largest port city in America where 20 million Africans were sold inside Old Slave Mart …African slaves bound in chains mouth, feet from home town in Nigeria’s Calabar/Ibo Bite of Niger-Delta, Angola, Ghana, Gambia; Benin Republic *Corrupt African Kings collude with Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese; British authorities to trade African men, women and children into Slavery in exchange for gifts *African Slaves cried until no tears in the eyes, separated against their will, forced to work on farms for long hours without payment, built Ellis Island in the South while in bondage; sold for 100 and 200 sterling per person ($11,630 and $23,200) in today’s money *End of the Civil War in 1865 marked the ‘official’ end to slavery-the year 13th Amendment to United States Constitution outlawing slavery *Enslaved Africans performed various jobs-from manual labor, housekeeping to skilled trades, Slaves traded or ‘rented’ out to other masters and if an enslaved person worked for someone else, his or her owner would be paid the wages-INVESTIGATION *80 percent African Americans trace one of their ancestors in family to those who arrived in Charleston-International African American Museum *Charleston city council apologizes to Black community for role in Slave trade at Juneteenth *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN International Investigative Editor who was in Charleston

Historic Discovery in South Carolina! CHARLESTON: Largest port city in America where 20 million Africans were sold inside Old Slave

By EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 16 Min Read