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Beyond the Cotton Field: How 'Racist' Was Pre-Civil-Rights-Era America, Really?
02 Nov 2025 13:02 GMT
… relegated at the time to cotton fields toil. (Black youths may … grew up black on a plantation in Jim Crow-era Alabama … conditions in Zaire, Africa.
Now, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, was where …
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Protests sweep Cameroon after 92-year-old Paul Biya declared president again
29 Oct 2025 20:17 GMT
… produced by decades of capitalist underdevelopment. Cameroon … agricultural export trade is monopolised by agribusiness multinationals like Société des Plantations … strategic interests in Central Africa and the oil … alternatives but are products of the same …
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Ending Dependency: Rethinking Africa’s Path to Prosperity
29 Oct 2025 10:56 GMT
… , bauxite, timber and agricultural produce to renewable energy potential. … finished wood products in Gabon
When African countries export … AU can help cultivate visionary and ethical … companies headquartered in Africa.
• Young Africans across the continent …
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Cameroon earns CFA47bn from cotton exports in early 2025, production set to rise
06 Oct 2025 13:24 GMT
… in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s raw cotton exports generated … of Central African States (BEAC) projects national production at … cultivated areas, the sector is regaining momentum. On the export side, Cameroon … unpredictable seasons disrupting crop cycles and yields …
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Top 10 Africa’s fastest-growing economies according to IMF
19 Oct 2025 12:07 GMT
… growth through strong agricultural production, trade expansion, infrastructure … modernisation, and strong cotton exports. 6) Niger … are steadily boosting producers'; incomes, plus … means for AfricaThese growth projections show that Africa is one …
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From Leaders in Knowledge to Sources of Slaves: The Transformation of Africa
13 Oct 2025 06:50 GMT
… that had produced libraries, scholars … authority in Central Africa, and … plantations producing sugar, tobacco, rice, and later cotton required immense labor. Africans, with agricultural … African manuscripts and studied African astronomy later enslaved African …
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Cameroon Presidential Election: Paul Biya, the 92 Years Old Incumbent Is Set to Win, What’s at Stake?
12 Oct 2025 08:56 GMT
… go in favour of Africa’s second-longest-serving … cocoa and oil-producing Central African country has been beset … change. He has traversed Cameroon in energetic canvassing campaigns, … cocoa prices globally, higher cotton production and improved electricity for …
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Cameroon presidential election: As Paul Biya set to win, what’s at stake?
11 Oct 2025 09:13 GMT
… go in favour of Africa’s second-longest-serving … cocoa and oil-producing Central African country has been beset … change. He has traversed Cameroon in energetic canvassing campaigns, … cocoa prices globally, higher cotton production and improved electricity for …
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Africa has ‘unlimited’ solar potential. Off-grid power could help light up the continent
10 Oct 2025 13:30 GMT
… in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His off-grid … burning after hours, his cotton-filled mattress caught fire, … in Africa?
“The problem that you have in many African countries … solar home systems include optional products, like televisions and radios. …
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A day to celebrate cotton
07 Oct 2025 13:52 GMT
… cotton sector,” says ElMamoun Amrouk, Senior economist at the Food and Agriculture … support small-scale cotton producers with sustainable practices … artisanship of the Congo. I think that … illustrate Africa’s strengths. African cotton is a quality product, and …