The Black senator who could go to prison for ‘injuring’ a Confederate monument

Charges have been brought against Virginia Democratic state senator Louise Lucas and 14 others for the partial dismantling of a Confederate monument in June. According to Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene, the act caused “life-threatening” and “permanent injury” of a man. Some fellow Democrats say these charges are ridiculous as Lucas’s opposition to the racist confederate monument was ‘good trouble’, as John Lewis would have put it.

How the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father became VP candidate in U.S.

For two decades in public life, Kamala Harris has achieved a lot of firsts: the first Black woman to serve as San Francisco’s district attorney, the first woman to be California’s attorney general, first Indian American senator, and now, the first Black woman and first Asian American to be picked as a vice presidential running mate on a major-party ticket.

Why the Huli Wigmen of PNG grow their hair and then cut it off to make flamboyant wigs

Papua New Guinea’s approximately 312 diverse tribes are increasingly drawing in global people thanks to their unique ways and increasing tourist attractions.

UNILAG Senate picks Professor Folasade Ogunsola as acting VC

The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as its Acting Vice-Chancellor. The senate gathered this morning on August 24 to elect an acting VC.

I was racially shamed at US college for being black – Davido

Nigerian superstar singer, Davido has narrated how he was subjected to racism while in college in Alabama, United States. In an interview with Recording Academy, organizers of the Grammy Awards, the singer said he was mocked for being black in the college filled with whites.