Setting off fireworks at home looks like a pandemic trend in retrospect.
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Setting off fireworks at home was as much a pandemic trend as buying a Peloton.
A woman selling Nigerian flags in preparation for Nigeria’s independence anniversary in Lagos on September 30, 2020. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
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If Nigeria’s public office holders behave, there’s no reason why the country can’t progress.
Russian tanks and military systems are exhibited in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2022.
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Ukraine is marking its 31st year of independence on Aug. 24, 2022. A scholar of protest movements explains why Ukrainians have never taken its independence for granted.
Kwame Nkrumah’s vision still resonates with Ghanaians.
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Nkrumah’s rhetorical vision used the politics of the crowd to build a postcolonial community outside of the conscripts of colonialism.
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Peace on its own is not enough to meet the unfulfilled promise of prosperity and economic advancement.
Nigeria’s Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, leader of the Northern region, Ahmadu Bello and the Governor General, Nnamdi Azikiwe, at the celebration of Nigeria’s independence, on October 1, 1960.
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Nigeria’s albatross is its political leadership and its limited capability to provide effective and modern governance.
Indigenous Peoples protested for the arduous labor to get their customary lands recognized, despite the Constitutional Court decision in 2012.
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After 75 years, Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia is still fighting for their existence to be equal in the Republic of Indonesia.
Protesters against racist police violence encounter police in Washington, D.C., on May 31.
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When African Americans press ‘record’ to film police brutality, they are challenging a nation not to look away.
To some Americans, the figures on Mount Rushmore are patriotic leaders; to others, they’re colonizers.
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For some viewers, President Trump’s July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore represented love of country. Others saw it very differently.
Dance troupes mark the anniversary of Ghana’s independence in the grounds of Kwame Krumah’s masuoleum in Accra in 2007.
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Studies of Kwame Nkrumah have been influenced by the political climate both within and outside Ghana.
John Adams believed the fourth of July should be filled with ‘illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.’
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An economist explores data on injuries, which states ban fireworks and other interesting stats on what President John Adams referred to as ‘illuminations.’
“Remember, remember the fifth of November”…
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A chemical found in products as diverse as fireworks and food packaging, perchlorate can interfere with thyroid function as well as foetal brain development.
Uganda’s small and medium sized enterprises would facilitate firm growth.
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Uganda’s economy has seen many changes since independence. Trends in recent years are positive, although some key challenges remain.
Amy Adams and the weird pods.
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New sci-fi movie has a fascinating approach to an old question.