5 Things High School Seniors Should Know Before They Graduate
When graduating from high school, most students become very overwhelmed with life coming at them all at once
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Uncovering the Unrecognized Linguistic Diversity within the Black Community: A Closer Look at Africa’s Multilingualism
Studies of African multilingual contexts are almost non-existent in high-impact scientific journals.
The Reading Quilt: Finishing Strong
Cody’s book helps the reader answer the question “Are you living up to who you want to be?”
African Women Lawyers on the Rise, Yet Facing Obstacles in the Profession
The African continent currently leads the world in the number of women chief justices and presidents of constitutional courts.
Confronting the History of Black Exclusion in US Music Education
When it comes to achieving racial diversity, music education at the university level in the U.S. still has a long way to go.
Juneteenth vs. July 4
Both observances commemorate freedom, but they represent distinct milestones in the journey of African Americans.
Empowering the Black Community: Sign Language Officially Recognized in South Africa – Revolutionizing Education in Schools for the Deaf
There are 43 schools for the Deaf across the country. Of these, 38 use South African Sign Language (SASL) as the language of teaching and learning.
The Reading Quilt: Kitchen
This month’s selection is Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Megan Backus.
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come.
Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names, especially in Black communities – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica
Many scholars regard the Olmec as the “mother culture” of ancient Mesoamerica, a civilization where particular types of monumental architecture, sculpture and gods originated.