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Exclusive | People That Inspire Magazine Released April Edition Featuring Ariana Oluwole, Professor Mohamed K. Kamara, Zainab Sheriff, Kallum Sesay, And Others

One of Sierra Leone’s biggest digital magazines, People That Inspire Magazine, has released its April 2022 edition featuring inspiring Africans, compelling stories, and African fashionistas. This month’s edition features top models, celebrities, change-makers, and fashion stars whose unique abilities and drive to change the African narrative have been a beacon of hope for the African continent. 

African History

The Door of No Return: How 20 Million Africans Passed Through This Door As Slaves To The Americas And Europe

Goree Island, home to ‘The Door of No Return’, is a tiny 45-acre island that is located approximately 3 kilometres (2 miles) off the coast of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The Island is home to one of the oldest sites of European settlement on the African coast, and once the center of the West African slave trade with an estimated 20 million Africans passing through the Island between 1536-1848 to work on plantations in Europe and the Americas.

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Thiaroye Massacre 1944: The killing of 300 African soldiers by the French Army

On the morning of the first day of December 1944, an unforgettable tragedy took place at the military camp of Thiaroye, a small community on the outskirts of Dakar, 300 African soldiers known as the Tirailleurs Senegalais (‘’Senegalese sharpshooters’’ from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Chad, Benin, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, and Togo) were murdered in cold blood by French colonial troops after demanding payment for their military service in the second world war.

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The African Dream Featured In Feedspot Top 30 African News Website

The African Dream, a News and Media website that tells inspiring and compelling African stories and black history, featured in Feedspot Top 30 African News Website on the web alongside BBC News Africa, Africa Confidential, CNBC Africa, Business Daily Africa, Reuters Africa, The New York Times Africa and many more.

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