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South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’

Pilani Bubu found her music community after she moved from South Africa to New Orleans. She understood that the people she met wanted to learn more about her culture back home. That’s when she started to incorporate South African music into her repertoire

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South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’ to create music filled with tradition

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Should you feed child guests dinner? What #Swedengate tells us about food culture and social expectations.

A live broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking is shown on Dec. 23, 2021, from a media control room in Russia.

Ukraine

It’s just a ‘panic attack’ – Russian media blames US for escalating Ukraine crisis

President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 1964.

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How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

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New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: Loads of Global Hits

New film tells of gentrification in Miami's Little Haiti

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The new film ‘Mountains’ looks at the beauty and challenges of the Haitian American experience

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As Taliban tightens grip, secret schools for girls become more dangerous to run

What's left for Venezuela's opposition after the likely president-elect had to flee?

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What’s left for the opposition after the likely president-elect fled the country

Armenia's most-famous rock band still going strong after 40 years

The Bambir, one of Armenia’s biggest rock bands, is still going strong after 40 years 

Brazil’s 'Dubai' has a new inspiration: Orlando

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Move over Orlando, Brazil’s Balneário Camboriú is on the rise

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The rise of an Armenian church opposition leader

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In rural Japan, a closed school becomes a new kind of community hub

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Out of Eden Walk: Walking through western China

Oksana Masters may wear red, white and blue, but she's representing Ukraine, too

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Paralympian Oksana Masters says she represents both the US and Ukraine as she competes in Paris

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Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing

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