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Award winning Ghanaian artist Nana Richard Abiona - Fuse ODG has said Africa need to reject perspectives which show the continent as inferior.
He stresses why he thinks it's important to open new schools that reject a negative narrative of African history.
A military court in Burkina Faso has jailed two generals for masterminding a short-lived coup in 2015 against the interim government that took over after the removal of former President Blaise Compaoré.
(Image: Nana Abiona said he wasnt proud to be African. Credit: Fuse ODG)
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