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In separate incidents in Burkina Faso, armed men kidnapped a group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits

  In separate incidents in Burkina Faso, armed men kidnapped a group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits. In the incidents on January 12 and 13, approximately 50 women and girls were taken. Some of the women and girls were abducted about 15 kilometers from Arbinda, while others were abducted from another location in the Soum province. “While out foraging for wild fruits, these wives, mothers, and daughters were unjustly attacked by armed men,” according to the statement. Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, has been the epicenter of the violence that began in neighboring Mali but has since spread across the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert. […]

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Food and Wine comes to Fort Lauderdale

     This past weekend Sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida presented us with a gem, the Fort Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival hosted in the heart of Las Olas Beach on A1A Ocean Drive! From grand tastings by South Florida’s best restaurants, liquor, wine, and beer brands, to local vendors, to the true highlight of the festival was none other than Alexander Star and his multi-talented band “The Golden People!” […]

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Mother and Daughter Authors Expanding Diabetes Awareness

    Dr. Phyllisa Smith Deroze is a global diabetes advocate and Founder of Black Diabetic Info and the blog Diagnosed Not Defeated. She was inspired to write this book with her 7-year-old daughter after seeing Jalanah mimic checking her blood sugar at three years old. After discovering that there were no age-appropriate diabetes resources to explain diabetes to a child who wasn’t diagnosed with diabetes, Dr. Deroze knew the two would write one. […]

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Black & Native Bond

     Our bond with the Native community was enigmatic, because most of the time we fought a common oppressor. Recall the proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Whites enslaved Natives first and introduced Black slaves shortly there after. That built a mutual loathing of the slave masters. […]