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	<description>The Link Africa is dedicated to stories that connect Canada to Africa. We tell stories of Canadians in Africa and Africans in Canada. People who are making a difference and breaking new grounds in culture, politics, science and business. If you have an interesting story, we&#039;d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, videos and photos. Plus, we&#039;re on Twitter and Facebook.</description>
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		<title>Canadian film makers to restore Liberia&#8217;s photographic heritage.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Young Andrew and Jeff Topham in Liberia with their pet chimp Evelyn.  The Vues d&#8217;Afrique International Film Festival, an annual festival of African and Creole film, is currently underway in Montreal. One film featured there, Liberia 77, tells the tale &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/05/02/canadian-film-makers-to-restore-liberias-photographic-heritage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adding noise to the Kony 2012 soundtrack</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/30/adding-noise-to-the-kony-2012-soundtrack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Taylor in the limelight – oh wait, but what about the likes of Mengistu Haile Mariam? Over the past few weeks, I’ve kept a close eye on this “Kony Kraze” as it unfolded in the media. Facebook abounds with &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/30/adding-noise-to-the-kony-2012-soundtrack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>South African scholar wants to help deaf children.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/20/south-african-scholar-wants-to-help-deaf-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, Awa Dlodlo introduced us to a Canadian grant recipient who hopes to influence policy makers in Africa. Today, she joins Marc Montgomery to talk about another achiever, a young South African woman who won a prestigious Sauvé Scholarship.http://www.sauvescholars.org/en  ]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian grant programme supports research in Africa.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/18/canadian-grant-programme-supports-research-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Africa Initiative has awarded 15 research grants to Canadians and Africans. The research will focus on solving challenging issues faced by African countries including conflict resolution, energy, food security, health and migration, and climate change. Our Link Africa reporter, &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/18/canadian-grant-programme-supports-research-in-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business course helps Quebec immigrant women spend more time with their children.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/17/business-course-helps-quebec-immigrant-women-spend-more-time-with-their-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre d&#8217;encadrement pour jeunes femmes immigrantes (CEJFI) is an organisation whose mission it is to improve the living conditions of young immigrant women.  The Link’s Africa page web editor Awa Dlodlo tells us about a special CEJFI course that helps women start a &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/17/business-course-helps-quebec-immigrant-women-spend-more-time-with-their-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gurls, Go To Africa</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/17/gurls-go-to-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicholas posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the day after the now infamous Kony 2012 video hit the Internet, one of my students told me about a friend of hers who had posted the following message on her Facebook profile: “This is the cause I have &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/17/gurls-go-to-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile clinics offer health care to truckers and sex workers.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/04/mobile-clinics-offer-health-care-to-truckers-and-sex-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/04/mobile-clinics-offer-health-care-to-truckers-and-sex-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Truckers and sex workers in Africa are vulnerable to various diseases, but thanks to mobile clinics they now have access to much needed medical care given by a non-governmental organisation called North Star Alliance.   The Link’s Africa page editor Awa Dlodlo has &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/04/04/mobile-clinics-offer-health-care-to-truckers-and-sex-workers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dancers incorporate South African gumboot dance with traditional Quebec gigue.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/23/dancers-incorporate-south-african-gumboot-dance-with-traditional-quebec-gigue/</link>
		<comments>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/23/dancers-incorporate-south-african-gumboot-dance-with-traditional-quebec-gigue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, Sylvie Mercier fell in love with gumboot dance, a compelling art form conceived by black miners in South Africa during the repressive apartheid era. Today, she fuses gumboot dance and the traditional Quebec gigue in her choreography. The Link&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/23/dancers-incorporate-south-african-gumboot-dance-with-traditional-quebec-gigue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mozambique-born musician plays with Chiac-Canadian hip-hop band.</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/16/mozambique-born-musician-plays-with-chiac-canadian-hip-hop-band/</link>
		<comments>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/16/mozambique-born-musician-plays-with-chiac-canadian-hip-hop-band/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samito Matsinhe came to Canada from his native Mozambique, to continue his studies in music. But he was soon busy playing keyboards with some great musicians on tours around the world. Recently, he joined the Canadian hip-hop band, known as &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/16/mozambique-born-musician-plays-with-chiac-canadian-hip-hop-band/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#Kony2012: Critiquing the critics, embracing discomfort</title>
		<link>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/12/kony2012-critiquing-the-critics-embracing-discomfort/</link>
		<comments>http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/12/kony2012-critiquing-the-critics-embracing-discomfort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicholas posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Jason Russell is an easy guy to hate. The co-founder of Invisible Children is blue-eyed, (sometimes) blonde haired, and appears dressed in “trendy,” expensive-looking clothes and eyeglasses. In the past week he has been described in various blog posts &#8230; <a href="http://africa.rcinet.ca/2012/03/12/kony2012-critiquing-the-critics-embracing-discomfort/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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