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Bel Air Cemetery

Monuments of Seychelles: Bel Air Cemetery

Bel Air Cemetery is next to Saint-Louis Hill and is located in Seychelles. Bel Air Cemetery has a length of 0.57 kilometres. The Bel Air Cemetery, undoubtedly the oldest historic site in Seychelles, was the fir...
Lonnie G. Johnson

Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie G. Johnson is an African American engineer and inventor, born in Alabama in 1949. He earned a master's degree from Tuskegee University in nuclear engineering before going on to work for the US Air Force...
Elijah McCoy

The Real McCoy – An engineering prodigy

You may be familiar with the term “the real McCoy”, a phrase often uttered to denote originality and quality. However, did you know that the term is a reference to one of the most illustrious African-American i...
George Washington Carver

Meet George Washington Carver- The Peanut Man

A renowned African American scientist and inventor, George Washington Carver helped enhance agriculture in many different ways. Born a slave, George Washington Carver’s exact date of birth is still unknown. He...
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Albert René

Albert René, the former President of the Seychelles from 1977 to 2004, has died aged 83. Born on November 16 1935 and survived by his wife, Sarah Zarqani and her three sons, as well as a daughter from his first...
bicentennial monument

Monuments of Seychelles: Bicentennial Monument

Bicentennial Monument They are plain and simple, three pairs of extended white wings in masonry, standing on the roundabout at the 5th of June and Liberation Avenues. Conspicuous as they are, they invariably ...
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Father LeDoux: remembering the priest in Birkenstocks

The Rev. Jerome LeDoux, the exuberant New Orleans Catholic priest who led jubilant, musical Afrocentric Masses at his St. Augustine Church, passed away on Monday January 7 at Holy Ghost Church, Opelousas. He wa...
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Disaster Medics would like you to update your playbook

Let’s start with a small thought experiment. If you were told you had 12 hours before your home is to be flooded, or to lose its roof, would you have a plan? If a factory ten miles away catches fire and a toxic...
Garrett

Garrett Morgan – American Inventor

On March 4th, 1877 Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky. He attended a Kentucky elementary school sparingly through his early childhood, however much of his time was spent working at his parents...
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Thomas L. Jennings – Tradesman and abolitionist

Thomas L. Jennings (1791 – February 12, 1859) was an African-American tradesman and abolitionist in New York City, New York. He operated and owned a tailoring and dry-cleaning business, and, in 1821, he was the...