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A SPECIAL GUIDE FOR ALL THE AFROPEANS, SEEKING TO RELOCATE BACK TO AFRICA
Sure, we welcome all you Afropeans back to the third world, our beloved motherland. Africa will always be your home, no doubt. Therefore, there is no need for locating your national roots through the ancestry website...
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The Makings of African Telenovelas
THE MAKINGS OF AFRICAN TELENOVELAS
I heard a dubious rumour recently that Televisa Production Company is on the verge of a merger with Multichoice Media, with the intent of producing Telenovelas, for the African audience....
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Black Cinderella
A BLACK CINDERELLA STORY
If I was Cinderella, I would have choked the life out that cringe old step-mother, and hanged those two hag sisters on a poisonous oak tree. I figure that if I have the strength to clean house and cook, I surely do have the strength to haul three ugly heifers out of my life....
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