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Family Brings West African Dance to American City In West Africa, dancing is an important part of many family traditions. An ocean away, in the United States, a German-Jamaican-American family has made performing those dances part of their tradition.
Writer Dorothy West: Last Living Member of Harlem Renaissance Written by Doreen Baingana (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we tell about a person w
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Writer Dorothy West: Last Living Member of the Harlem Renaissance By Doreen Baingana Broadcast: Sunday, September 11, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I
Thousands of Africans who came to the United States to escape Ebola virus disease might have to return home as another Ebola case has been found in the continent. The World Health Organization says a second case of Ebola virus disease has been confir
By Leah Krakinowski Diamond smuggling in West Africa has become a steady, almost untraceable source of funding for U.S.-listed terror groups like al-Qaida and Hezbollah, according to information disco
By Kari Barber Dakar 29 December 2006 The West African diamond industry was thrust into the limelight this year with the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond. The film depicts atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war. Some analysts say
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - May 12, 2002: Dorothy West By Doreen Baingana VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we te
AGRICULTURE REPORT – April 16, 2002: New Rice For West Africa By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. A new kind of rice is coming to West Africa. The new rice is said to
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 September 2007 Two reports released by governance watchdogs name West and Central African countries as some of the most corrupt and poorly governed in the world. Kari Barber reports from VOA's West and Central Africa bureau in
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we tell about a person who played an important part in the history and culture of the United States. Today, we tell abou
As It Is - Music from the West African country of Mali Welcome to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today, we are talking about music from the West African country of Mali. Mali is famous for its music. But that tradition has been threatened recently. T
By Efam Dovi Accra 18 February 2007 West African officials have agreed on a set of measures to guide member states of the Economic Community of West African States to control the millions of Small Arms and light weapons circulating in the sub-region
Dwindling West African Rainforest Threatens Long-Term Food Security In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agricult
Officials at former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Peacekeeping Training Center say the threat of a West-Africa-led invasion of Ivory Coast is unlikely to materialize and would mostly aggravate the power crisis that has seized the country since
West African Coastal Towns Swallowed by Ocean GRAND-LAHOU, IVORY COAST Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people across West Africa. Grand-Lahou, an Ivorian tourist destination,
Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionChina makes an all-out effort to search and rescue the Malaysia Airlines flight that has been missing since Saturday morning. China's top legislator pledges to enhance
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 07 November 2007 Nearly 50 migrants from West Africa died off the coast of Mauritania this week, when their boat became stranded as they tried to make the dangerous and illegal crossing to Europe. The incident is one of the wo
NAIROBI, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- African Union mediator for the resolution of the electoral crisis gripping Cote d'Ivoire Raila Odinga ended his visit to the West African nation on Wednesday without a breakthrough. In a statement(声明) issued at the en
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 May 2007 France's president-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be inaugurated on Wednesday. Some West Africans, uneasy over Sarkozy's campaign statements on immigration and the status of immigrants, say they worry about their coun
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 July 2007 In West Africa, multiple generations of Lebanese have been vital members of the community since the early 1900s. Today, many say they retain a strong emotional connection to Lebanon, but, that Africa, where most we