Sentences with phrase «other african»

Most notably they served with distinction during the Napoleonic Wars at sea, [6] the Crimean War, the Boer and other African wars, [7][8][9] the Chinese Boxer Rebellion, [10][11] and in World War I at sea and on the land as part of the Royal Naval Division.

State Sen. Oscar Braynon, D - Miami Gardens, said that teachers would now have to be included in the talk that he and other African - American fathers have to give their kids in addressing how to act around armed authority figures.

The Ponzi scheme would later in 2016 spread to other African countries such as Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

The other African startups selected for the programme are Ghanaian church management solution Asoriba, Nigerian lending platform Social Lender, and Uganda's Tech4Farmers, which provides farmers with real - time access to market information.

The other African startups selected for the programme are Ghanaian church management solution

Aisha Pandor, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of SweepSouth, said the experience had been a valuable one and she would recommend other African startups apply for the programme.

With that bias in mind, Stafford and other African - American Democrats feared that a minority student who reaches for a phone during a mass shooting event could be mistaken for the shooter by school staff with firearms.

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has joined other African central banks in warning about cryptocurrencies as high - risk investments that are susceptible to fraudulent activities.

Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef explains why people in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and other African nations have eagerly accepted cryptocurrencies.

The company which recently enabled Ether and Bitcoin Gold trading on its digital currency exchange intends to raise money to fund its entry into other African markets.

While we were able to successfully raise US$ 20 million from Convergence Partners in 2015, most other African companies struggle to attract funding despite a strong track record of success.

Though it has largely focused on investment in Nigeria for a number of reasons, Yembra said GreenHouse is open to other African countries, especially as its portfolio companies scale to other regions.

As we note in our previous report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that Ethiopia jails more journalists than any other African country besides Eritrea, and says that the Ethiopian government has shut down more than seventy - five media outlets since 1993.20 CPJ statistics also show that seventy - nine journalists have been forced to flee Ethiopia due to threats and intimidation over the past decade, more than any other country in the world.21

A number of other African governments got into the «tech for good» game during August.

Today, MMI Holdings Ltd has turned into one among the biggest insurance providers in the country with their business spread over 12 other African nations as well as United Kingdom.

As a firm that takes its Corporate Social Responsibility seriously, we devote substantial time and resources to enlightening our community through publications dealing with challenges facing the business and legal environment of doing business in Cameroon and in other African countries.

In South Africa cartels have been criminalised since 1 May 2016 and this is likely to occur in other African countries.

The uncomfortable truth is that some parties would be happier to seat their arbitrations in Johannesburg or Cape Town, rather than in any other African seat.

It remains to be seen how other African countries will react to Johannesburg as the location.

Paul is a member of the firm's Africa group and has particular experience of working in Libya, Nigeria and various other African countries.

ShowMax quickly became the largest VoD provider in South Africa and is expanding into other African jurisdictions and beyond, amassing the largest VoD catalogue on the continent.

The annual clearance rate reached up to 80 % and this was much better than neighboring and other African countries, as well as the crime rate being significantly lower.

The role of «public interest» in merger control, as well as other competition cases, continues to stimulate debate worldwide as well as in other African countries.

Unlike many other African countries, South Africa is currently beset by low growth rates.

I have started to notice a few LinkedIn users recently who say they are attorneys from Nigeria or other African countries.

With other African regions like Kenya gunning for «disputes hub» glory, it remains to be seen whether Nigeria can meet its ambition as a regional disputes hub that can shake off its reputation around expediency and security issues.

In Ghana: Land Registration in Ghana is governed by the Land Commission of Ghana however, like many other African countries, the Ghanian Land Title Administration has been proven to be ineffective and problematic.

He has been practising South African competition law since 1999 and has also advised and assisted clients regarding competition matters in other African countries, as well...

The EU tried to label tar sands oil as more carbon - intensive than other crude sources, and a public message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other African leaders accuse Canada of contributing to famine and drought (studies have shown tar sands are likely to devastate agriculture in Africa).

The Green Belt Movement continues to focus on tree - planting and community engagement operations in Kenya, and would eventually like focus on expanding into other African nations.

What's more, it would set Kenya and other African countries a precedent to start developing more coal — a path we simply can not afford to go down.

Besides our first solo show with Zander Blom 2015, our gallery has no connection to the South African — nor any other African contemporary art scene.

BORN IN RICHMOND, VA., in 1916, like so many other African Americans during the time, his family migrated from the South up north to Chicago where he was raised from the age of one.

To further explore his own feelings and discern the perspectives of other African American artists, he is conducting a series of conversations.

In addition to the Thomas painting, there are works by two other African American artists — William H. Johnson (1901 - 1970) and Glenn Ligon (b. 1960).

The art from AfriCOBRA and other African American art collectives from the 1960s and 70s is the focus of the DIA's upcoming exhibition «Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement,» which opens July 23 in conjunction with a partner exhibition at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

The show references, among other African leaders, Mugabe's independence / inaugural speech in 1980, the execution of Samuel Doe by Charles Taylor's orders and is interspersed with images derivative of popular American Hip Hop culture.

The works join the Museum's growing collection of art by other African American artists such as Willie Cole, Eldzier Cortor, Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, Kehinde Wiley, and self - taught artists Bill Traylor and John Willard Banks.

His palette echoes that of other African - American artists, in particular the figurative artists Bob Thompson and Jacob Lawrence, both advocates of bright, opaque color, who rarely use white.

When I've heard that expression, I have never believed it referred to me or other African Americans, regardless of our economic station.»

Bradley was more connected to the Greenberg world, so I met a lot of other African American artists through him.

While I would say that west Africa, in particular Nigeria, is more fortunate than other African countries in being able to offer several art education possibilities at tertiary level, that provision remains anachronistic: a colonial relic out of tune with present day contextual, stylistic and intellectual realities.

African Art Collectives includes a short presentation by Elvira Dyangani Ose, Curator International Art Tate Modern, placing Issa Samb's work in the context of Laboratoire Agit» Art and other African art collectives, exploring the situations and politics that motivated them.

He often faced discrimination from white critics and curators, but other African American artists didn't consider him a part of their community at the time either.

Purifoy's legacy has largely been carried by other African Americans, including Powell, Sirmans, and Lizzetta La Falle - Collins (who curated the artist's first museum solo exhibition in 1997), as well as others who knew him personally, such as Welsh and exhibition co-curator Yael Lipschutz.

Other African artists working today include Marlene Dumas, Zarina Bhimji, Wangechi Mutu, and Robin Rhode.

Despite initial progress, Andrews and more than a dozen other African American artists drop out of the Whitney's 1971 exhibition Contemporary Black Artists in America in protest over the show's total lack of African American curators.

Unlike other African - American artists whose art focused on the racial politics of the era, Loving was a staunch abstractionist.

In addition to Traylor, there are other African American artists born during the slave era who have gained critical recognition.

Drawing inspiration from classic jazz big bands, Muddy Waters, Fats Waller, James Brown and many other African and Afro American musical legends, Mwenso & The Shakes pack a fierce jazz and blues punch.