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Mar 23, 2021
The Lady Who Stopped the Killing of Twins
Defeating the demonic superstition that claimed so many…
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Mar 25, 2021
The Sharo Festival: Get Flogged Before You Can Get a Wife
A test of manliness and endurance
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Yewande Ade
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Jun 10, 2021
A Tribe’s Fattening Room Culture and How It Affects the Women Involved
A marriage rite that involves…
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Jul 10, 2021
African Male Slaves Experienced Untold Hardship During the Slave Trade Era
It was beyond despicable
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Jul 18, 2021
Dina Sanichar: The Feral Child Who Was Raised By Wolves
And the various attempts to change his…
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Aug 1, 2021
The Japanese Teeth Blackening Culture
A tradition that considers black teeth beautiful
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Aug 6, 2021
Holodomor: The Man-Made Famine That Claimed Many Lives
Millions of Ukrainians were forced to starve to…
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Aug 11, 2021
The Most Vicious Spy During World War II and Her Daring Exploits
Tales of an unlikely spy and her…
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Yewande Ade
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Aug 19, 2021
The Fire Walking Tradition
A religious practice that requires its participants to walk barefoot on hot…
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Yewande Ade
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Aug 14, 2021
The Resilient Slave Girl Who Was Forced to Wear an Iron Mask
Her beauty was the problem
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