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☆ Adekunle Gold on sickle cell advocacy: ‘It’s time to learn my voice – people are dying’
  + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Larry Madowo | Lauren Lee | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
It affects children who inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. Nigeria bears the highest burden, where as many as 150,000 babies are born with sickle cell disease annually – the most of any country. Adekunle Gold first wrote of his woes with sickle cell disease in 2022 in his song “5 Star.” Now, he is readying himself for a long-term commitment to advocacy, announcing the establishment of the Adekunle Gold Foundation, which will focus on addressing the needs of children battling sickle cell disease on the African continent. Larry Madowo: Why are you speaking up about sickle cell disease now and especially being very aggressive about this awareness? Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold is using his global platform to raise awareness of sickle cell disease, which disproportionally affects people in Africa.
Persons: CNN —, Adekunle, readying, CNN’s Larry Madowo, Larry Madowo, CNN Larry Madowo, bro, can’t, Nigeria Larry Madowo, Will, Larry Madowo’s Organizations: CNN, World Health Organization, Foundation, Adekunle Locations: Africa, Nigeria, Nigerian, West Africa, Lagos, Ilorin, Canada
☆ Black royals say Hollywood erased their existence. They're fighting to change the whitewashed narrative.
  + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Black royals have existed around the world for millennia. Mainstream TV shows and movies that depict the true history of Black royal families are few and far between. And while movies about fictional Black royals exist — "The Princess and The Frog" (2009), "Black Panther" (2018), and the latest "The Little Mermaid" (2023) — Hollywood still isn't doing enough to educate viewers that Black royals exist in the real world, according to Nigeria's Princess Keisha Omilana. - Prince Asfa-Wossen AsserateMeanwhile, Asfa-Wossen said educators are too often preoccupied with using slave narratives to recount Black history. But in order to portray Black royals as equal to their white counterparts, there must be a shift in perspective, he said.
Persons: —, Queen Elizabeth, Sierra Leone's, Sarah Culberson, Nigeria's Princess Keisha, Prince Kunle Omilana, Prince Asfa, Asserate, Princess Ariana, Prince Joel, Keisha Omilana, Halle Bailey, Ariel, Disney Keisha, Prince Adekunle, Omilana, Keisha, Kunle, Ipetu, Orjinmo, Prince Kunle, haven't, George Osodi, Fernando Catala, Princess Keisha, David White, Sarah, Sarah Culberson Sarah, Ethiopia's Prince Asfa, Manfred Roth, who's, Haile Selassie, Young, Charlotte, Liam Daniel, Wossen, Ethiopia's Prince Joel, Joel, Ethiopia Antwon Maxwell, Kassa, Ian Sansom, it's, Queen of Sheba, King Soloman's, Sheba, Menelik, Axum, don't, Tell Organizations: Service, Hollywood, BI, Immigration, Board of Canada, Paramount, Getty, Netflix, SAG, Ethiopian, King, Guardian Locations: Hollywood, Windsor, American, Nigeria, Yoruba Kingdom, British, Morocco, Lesotho, Swaziland, Europe, Africa, Mende, Bumpe, Sierra Leone, West Virginia, Ethiopia, India, Germany, Los Angeles, America
☆ Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian chess champion breaks world record for longest chess marathon
  + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ifeanyi Abraham | For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess marathon after playing for an extraordinary 60 hours nonstop under the bright lights of New York City’s Times Square. The Guinness World Record organization has not yet confirmed Onakoya’s attempt, which can sometimes take weeks, but for many Nigerians, the 29-year-old is already considered something of a national hero. Onakoya played against Shawn Martinez, a US chess champion, in accordance with the Guinness World Record guidelines that any attempt to break the record must be made by two players who play continuously for the duration. Onakoya founded Chess in Slums Africa, which seeks to empower children in underprivileged communities by using chess to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills, in Lagos. People celebrate as Tunde Onakoya marks 46 hours for consecutively playing a chess game in Times Square, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York.
Persons: Tunde, Onakoya, Hallvard Haug Flatebø, Let’s, Shawn Martinez, Martinez, Davido, Adekunle, Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, “, Tinubu, Yuki Iwamura, Solomon Passy, Russell Makofsky Organizations: CNN, New York City’s, Guinness, Nigeria’s, Champion, People, Times Locations: Nigerian, New York, Africa, Norway, Manhattan, Nigeria, Lagos, Berlin, Bulgarian, US
☆ Simi: Nigerian Afropop singer opens up about charting her path to stardom, and why she still engineers her own music
  + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Kamayah Scruggs | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —It seems like there’s nothing Nigerian music star Simi can’t do. A singer, songwriter, and one of the few women mixing and producing their own music, Simi is setting the stage for the future of Afropop and soul. Opening for 15-time Grammy-winning vocal powerhouse Alicia Keys on her 2023 tour and making waves on the Billboard World Album Charts has garnered Simi international stardom. Simi, whose real name is Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, began her career as a gospel singer, releasing her first album “Ogaju” in 2008. She followed up with her second studio album, “Simisola,” which peaked at No.
Persons: Simi can’t, Simi, Alicia Keys, Kosoko, Simi “ didn’t, ”, CNN’s Larry Madowo, ” Simi, “, Afropop “, Tiwa Savage, Adekunle Gold, Coco Jones, Doja, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Simi, Kodak Locations: Lagos, Nigeria, Ojuelegba, North America, Nigerian
☆ 'Unpredictable' election in Africa's largest economy is set to resonate around the world
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +8 min
After 24 years of uninterrupted democracy since ending military dictatorship in 1999, Africa's most populous nation and largest economy is conducting its seventh election. Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president, speaks during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York. Leena Koni Hoffmann, associate fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, told CNBC on Monday that the presidential election will be the "most unpredictable" since the transition to civilian rule. Alongside the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine, Koni Hoffmann noted "missed opportunities" and "self-inflicted crises" under Buhari's regime. Economists panned the decision, which Koni Hoffmann suggested rendered Nigeria and its neighbors more vulnerable to the damage of the pandemic.
☆ Nigeria is oil rich and energy poor. It can’t wait around for cheaper batteries
  + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +15 min
But it’s coming under huge pressure from developed countries to abandon fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy in order to help save the climate. AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockLike the United States, Europe and Britain, Nigeria sees a prominent role for renewable energy, notwithstanding its investments into gas power. “In Nigeria, clean energy is central to our government’s plan to transition to net-zero emissions,” Osinbajo, the vice president, continued. In Nigeria, energy poverty is itself a major driver of emissions, according to Olu Verheijen, the founder of Lagos-based energy advisory business Latimer Energy. This means that in some cases, certainly for Nigeria, gas has an important role to play in providing power.
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