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Royals in the Big Apple! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly’s celebration of Nelson Mandela Day.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted in New York ahead of the Duke of Sussex's keynote speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.The royal couple were seen entering the Manhattan headquarters of the United Nations, with Harry set to address the assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Mandela Day.The day pays tribute to the late-leader of South Africa, speaking of his legacy and his fight against apartheid for which he spent 27 years in prison before eventually being elected the country's first black leader. Prince Harry, 37, will be the keynote speaker at the event, and will talk both about the legacy of Nelson Mandela as well as talking about the effects of climate change and world hunger.

For the first time, the rainbow flag has been flown on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has ordered five new original projects as part of its Black Voices Fund.

Richard Wagner, whose three-decade career as a correspondent for CBS News included covering the war in Vietnam and numerous other conflicts around the world, has died. He was 85.

a nationwide book ban sweeping America’s school districts, primarily fueled by conservatives who are targeting books mostly by and about minorities, especially LGBTQ and Black people.Over the last nine months 1145 books have been removed from school classrooms and libraries in 86 school districts, a PEN America report finds. They cover a wide range, including books about Rosa Parks, Dr.

Symphony No. 5 and the French overture from Handel’s Water Music as well as arias from his operas Rinaldo, Alcina, and Serse, all featuring Isaacs, who sang the South African National Anthem at Mandela’s memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral in 2013.The program centerpiece, however, is the premiere of Koapeng’s Yixesha! Ke Nako (The Time Is Now!), a work commissioned by Classical Movements for New Orchestra of Washington.

Netflix will release its latest project from Africa, the action thriller Silverton Siege, to coincide with South Africa’s Freedom Day on April 27.

Naman Ramachandran “Silverton Siege,” an action thriller inspired by the real life incident that sparked the global Free Mandela movement, is being added to Netflix. The film is directed by noted South African filmmaker Mandla Dube (“Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu”) and stars Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini and Stefan Erasmus.Set in 1980, Rametsi, Dlamini and Erasmus portray the Silverton Siege trio – three young freedom fighters with nothing left to lose.

Michelle Obama is sharing stories of individuals who are making a difference in communities across the country. She shared a black and white photo by Chicago based photographer Antonio Dickey and wrote, “This is a month of celebration—a time to not only reflect on the heroes in our history books, but to honor the Black people who are quietly working every day to improve and enrich our communities right here and now.” “Today, I’m starting with Antonio Dickey,” she continued.The photo Michelle shared was taken by Dickey when she spoke with students at a school resource event in 1991. “Back then, I was just Michelle Robinson, an assistant to Mayor Daley at City Hall,” she wrote.

health delays — Elton John is resuming his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour.His retirement tour began in 2018, but due to a series of postponements, he was forced into a performance hiatus.But now, the 74-year-old British singer is back on the road and played at the Crescent City in New Orleans on Wednesday night.“Wow, we haven’t played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I’ve never had this amount of time off in my life … playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,” the “Tiny Dancer” singer said to the New Orleans audience, who hung onto their coveted tickets for 745 days.“I can’t thank you enough for being so patient,” he continued.

JOHANNESBURG -- A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country's first Black president, was long jailed for his opposition to apartheid.The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey's auction house in New York on Jan.

F.W. de Klerk was the last South African president under apartheid, who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) for their work ending the nation’s oppressive political system.A controversial world leader, de Klerk was the youngest president in South Africa’s history when he was elected in 1989.

Rock band frontwoman Skin has had one hell of a career – not only is she a trailblazer for other Black women in a genre largely dominated by white musicians, but in the last three decades she’s sold millions of records with Skunk Anansie, partied with Nelson Mandela and toured with David Bowie.

Christopher Vourlias To understand the success of Triggerfish, the fast-rising, Cape Town-based animation house, which won the prestigious MIFA Animation Industry Award this week in Annecy, one need look no further than the circumstances of its birth 25 years ago.South Africa was finally emerging from the shadows of apartheid, a cruel and exploitive system of institutionalized racism that had oppressed its Black-majority population for nearly 50 years.

Dozens of members of the LGBTIQ+ community gathered at Johannesburg’s Constitution Hill on Wednesday night for a moving candlelight vigil to honour the victims of hate.

Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King jr and Mahatma Ghandi. He wrote: "People who did not ask for a referendum from their oppressors before they demanded freedom." His comment was taken by SNP figures as a clear link to the UK Government’s repeated refusal to allow a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Liverpool player turned reality TV fave and the Take That star were pals in the 1990s, bonding mainly over booze. The lifestyle – escapism from the pressures of fame for Robbie and from those of football for Razor – spiralled.

Gemma Collins has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize with it being believed she could solve the North Korea crisis.The 39 year old has been put forward for the gong — which has previously been awarded to the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama —by the Romford Research Institute for Peace.

Jeanette Carlson was an anti-apartheid activist who was a leader of the South African civil rights organization the Black Sash.A native of South Africa, Carlson first became involved in anti-apartheid activism as a young teacher, assigned to teach a classroom of Black students. As she became aware of the injustices her students faced, she began fighting for the rights of all Black people in South Africa.

Chadwick Boseman has become the most-liked post in Twitter history.The statement, which was posted from the Black Panther actor's account on Saturday, has been liked more than 7.3m times.Announcing the news on its official account, Twitter shared the original post, adding: "Most liked tweet ever.

Variety. “I’m back home in my childhood bedroom right now and on my bookshelf in between ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ is Bill Clinton’s autobiography and Nelson Mandela’s autobiography and a translation of ‘The Iliad’ in Latin.

Rapper Kanye West posted a series of tweets late on Monday claiming his wife was trying to have him locked up on medical grounds, comparing himself to Nelson Mandela and suggesting the movie “Get Out” was based on his own life.

pic.twitter.com/m5xQvg9v68Late on Monday, West posted a series of tweets, which were also later deleted, claiming his wife was trying to have him locked up on medical grounds and comparing himself to Nelson Mandela.Those came a day after West launched his U.S. presidential campaign with a rambling rally in Charleston, South Carolina.

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has died aged 59, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Daughter to Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

«Ambassador Mandela passed away in the early hours of today, 13 July 2020, in a Johannesburg hospital,» Ramaphosa said in a statement.The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.She had been designated to become South Africa's envoy to Liberia after her stint in Copenhagen, which started in 2015.She was born and raised in Soweto and was educated both at home and in neighbouring Swaziland.Zindzi grew up while her father was incarcerated by the apartheid regime for 27 years.Like her

It’s been just revealed that the daughter of Nelson Mandela, Zindzi Mandela passed away. She was only 59 years old.

Coldplay dedicated "Paradise" to Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died days after he was restrained with a chokehold by Colorado police officers in 2019, during their "Global Goal: Unite for Our Future" appearance on Saturday (June 27).Kicking off their performance with an inspirational quote by Nelson Mandela that read, "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears," Coldplay went on to sing "Paradise" for the global virtual concert that aimed to shine a light on communities

Tamar Braxton’s BF, David Adefeso shared a motivational video on his social media account. He’s remembering his ancestors, who fought for a better life.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBAFTA-winning British comedy star and The Windsors actor Harry Enfield has waded into the growing debate about white comedians performing in blackface, saying he doesn’t regret doing it in the past.Interviewed on the Today show on BBC Radio 4, Enfield discussed performing as Nelson Mandela and an Indian man in past sketches and said: “I wouldn’t do it now, but I don’t think I regret it.”He added that there should be a “conversation” about applying black or

Anti-racism demonstrators are planning to gather in London later today as George Floyd is laid to rest in the US. The socially distanced commemoration at the Nelson Mandela statue in Parliament Square at 5pm has been organised by Stand Up To Racism.

Hugh Jackman has vowed to "reflect, refocus" and be a part of changes to tackle racism.

Hugh Jackman is speaking up about racism in the wake of George Floyd‘s murder that sparked a worldwide outrage.

It’s Freedom Day today! The day 26 years ago when all South African’s voted for the 1st time! Today’s a day to celebrate being South African. South African’s love their sport. So what better way is there to celebrate than to have a look back at all the greatest South African sporting moments over the last 26 years! And what an amazing sporting history we have so far!

Back in 2018, Naomi Campbell and then-boyfriend Skepta were profiled for GQ. As Campbell was describing a visit to Nelson Mandela's home, Skepta interrupted, asking "Was there Wi-Fi?" twice. Campbell responded in the negative, to which Skepta said: "As long as there was Wi-Fi, I would have stayed at Nelson Mandela’s house." I think about this statement a lot.

Back in 2018, Naomi Campbell and then-boyfriend Skepta were profiled for GQ. As Campbell was describing a visit to Nelson Mandela's home, Skepta interrupted, asking "Was there Wi-Fi?" twice. Campbell responded in the negative, to which Skepta said: "As long as there was Wi-Fi, I would have stayed at Nelson Mandela’s house." I think about this statement a lot.