africa
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Shell Has to Pay $150 Million for 1970 Oil Spill That Turned Rain Black
After a 13-year legal battle, Shell agreed on Wednesday to pay $150 million (45.9 billion naira) to a Nigerian community for damages caused by its crude oil spill more than five decades ago.
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A Tense Traveller Awaits a Crucial Meeting in This First Look at West Africa-Inspired Fantasy Son of the Storm
A new epic fantasy begins this spring with Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Son of the Storm, the first book in the Nigerian author’s Nameless Republic trilogy, which takes inspiration from pre-colonial West Africa. Today, Gizmodo has a first look at the stunningly beautiful cover, and a first peek inside this exciting new title.
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A Young Soldier Proves Her Might in a First Glimpse at North Africa-Inspired Debut Fantasy The Unbroken
The destinies of two women — one, a soldier; the other, a Africa. The novel won’t be out until March, but Gizmodo has an exclusive look at the gorgeous cover and the reveal of the thrilling first chapter.
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Three African Skeletons Found In Mexico Show Horrors Of Early Slavery In The New World
Three skeletons belonging to African individuals have been uncovered at a mass grave in Mexico City. They represent some of the first African people to arrive into slavery in the New World. An interdisciplinary analysis of these remains is shedding new light on this grim period of history and the harsh conditions endured by the…