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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 1h
New York Historical celebrates the ‘Guggenheim Fellowship at 100’
New York Historical celebrates the ‘Guggenheim Fellowship at 100’
A new exhibition at the New York Historical (NYH) showcases archival documents from the Guggenheim Foundation’s 100-year fellowship program.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 15h
Las raíces negras en la cocina mexicana
Las raíces negras en la cocina mexicana
La cocina mexicana se nutre de técnicas e ingredientes africanos, que se volvieron herencia en nuestra forma de alimentación
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 17h
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/mackenz...
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action. Scott awarded two grants totaling more than $100 million to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Morgan State Un...
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 20h
Final evictions being issued to Li’l Abner residents
Final evictions being issued to Li’l Abner residents
Moving trucks were spotted overnight at the Li’l Abner mobile home park in Sweetwater as the eviction saga there continues.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 1d
MJAF’s #DisruptingTheHateWeek 2025 amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/10...
MJAF’s #DisruptingTheHateWeek 2025
Organizers from the nonprofit Melquain Jatelle Anderson Foundation (MJAF) are calling on the community to participate in their “Disrupting the Hate Week."
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 1d
A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
The man, Roberto Mosquera del Peral, was among a group of migrants sent to Eswatini in mid-July as part of the Trump administration's expanding third-country deportation program. The program has been…
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 1d
Crítica: Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Crítica: Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
20/10/2025 - El documental de Yemi Bamiro explora la vida de la pionera fotógrafa y activista del título, celebrando su revolucionario trabajo y su duradero impacto en la cultura afrodescendiente
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 1d
Amy Sherald on her portraiture, her subjects' gaze, and the impact of painting Michelle Obama's portrait
Amy Sherald on her portraiture, her subjects' gaze, and the impact of painting Michelle Obama's portrait
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History
Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History
After waging a thirteen-year revolution against slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, the island’s Black freedom fighters declared their independence on January 1, 1804. In the country’s …
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’
Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’
San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local government
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
More than 150,000 NYC public school students experiencing homeless, nonprofit finds
More than 150,000 NYC public school students experiencing homeless, nonprofit finds
Tanya Rivero has the details on this story.https://abc7ny.com/post/more-150000-new-york-city-public-school-students-homeless-nonprofit-finds/18043792/Check o...
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 2d
The new Thematic Collection in the Journal of the British Academy, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa' highlights the under-representation of Global South scholars, particularly early career researchers, in gender knowledge production.

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Person in a teal shirt reading "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe with a white cup next to the book.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/mackenz...
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action
MacKenzie Scott awards more than $100 million, urges communal action. Scott awarded two grants totaling more than $100 million to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Morgan State Un...
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
Friday briefing: Is Black British history finally being remembered? | | The Guardian buff.ly/NEstSdy
Friday briefing: Is Black British history finally being remembered?
In today’s newsletter: Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987 – but the learning of moments in Britain’s own civil rights struggle has been a long time coming
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 2d
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders says that ongoing violence in Haiti has forced it to permanently close its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
The $9 trillion ‘sideways succession’ of women inheriting money has begun—but 93% say they don’t need the cash and are building their own financial independence | Fortune
The $9 trillion ‘sideways succession’ of women inheriting money has begun—but 93% say they don’t need the cash and are building their own financial independence | Fortune
Three in four women say they’re well on track to achieve their financial milestones without receiving any inheritance from family or spouses.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
Rap legends help raise millions for Hip Hop Museum buff.ly/XZDcx4s
Rap legends help raise millions for Hip Hop Museum
Members say the museum is on track to open in fall 2026.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
The 'radical' Manchester event that changed Africa forever
The 'radical' Manchester event that changed Africa forever
A 1945 Manchester congress was a key moment in the efforts to end British rule across Africa.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
Hidden history of fugitive slaves revealed
Hidden history of fugitive slaves revealed
A Bristol artist is exposing the history behind slaves who ran away from ships in the 18th Century.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
Why wealthy Nigerians are turning to Greece for status and security
Why wealthy Nigerians are turning to Greece for status and security
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 3d
Speaking the Language of New York’s Outdoor Sculpture - WSJ
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 4d
Harlem River Greenway Breaks Ground In East Harlem, Manhattan
Harlem River Greenway Breaks Ground In East Harlem, Manhattan
Work has broken ground on the Manhattan Greenway Harlem River project, a $353 million, 7-acre greenway connection in East Harlem, Manhattan.
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 4d
Latest Ranking: Top African countries with strongest passport
Latest Ranking: Top African countries with strongest passport
Business Insider Africa presents the African countries with the strongest passports in 2025
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 4d
The $15 trillion African alliance: How Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is proving his IMF friend wrong
The $15 trillion African alliance: How Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is proving his IMF friend wrong
Many African cities have long struggled to keep pace with the rapid and innovative infrastructural advancements synonymous with the world-class cities situated within the confines of countries…
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afropresencia.bsky.social @afropresencia.bsky.social · 4d
Africa's week in pictures: 10 - 16 October 2025
Africa's week in pictures: 10 - 16 October 2025
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
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