Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
KENYA FIGHTS DEADLY STIGMA WITH ALBINO BEAUTY PAGEANT
Nairobi - In many parts of Africa albinos are stigmatised or hunted
for their body parts, but for one night in Kenya those with the
condition took to the catwalk to show off their unique beauty.
Billed
by organisers as the first pageant of its kind, young albino men and
women on Friday competed for the title of Miss and Mr Albinism Kenya.
"People
with albinism are not seen as beautiful and handsome so it is very rare
to find those two words in the same sentence," said Isaac Mwaura,
Kenya's first albino lawmaker and organiser of the pageant.
"We
want to show our talent, we want to confront stigma and discrimination,
we want to change our narrative to show that actually, yes it is
possible to have people with albinism who are beautiful, who are
confident," he told AFP.
Monday, October 24, 2016
MTV 2016 MAMA Award WINNERS
Best Live Act – Cassper Nyovest
Best Alternative – Shekinah and Kyle Deutsch
Best Female Act – Yemi Alade
Best International Act – Drake
Africa Re-imagined – Vuvian Onano and Mary Taedzerwa
Legend Award – Hugh Masekela
Best Lusophone Act – C4 Pedro
Best Francophone – Serge Beynaud
Best Male Artist – Wizkid
Listener’s Choice – Jah Prayzah
Best collaboration – DJ Maphorisa ft Wizkid & DJ Bucks
Video of the Year – Youssoupha (Niquer Ma Vie)
Personality of the Year – Caster Semenya
Best hiphop Act- Emtee
Best breakthrough Act – Tekno
Song of the Year – My Woman (Patoranking ft Wande Coal)
Artist of the Year – Wizkid
Best Alternative – Shekinah and Kyle Deutsch
Best Female Act – Yemi Alade
Best International Act – Drake
Africa Re-imagined – Vuvian Onano and Mary Taedzerwa
Legend Award – Hugh Masekela
Best Lusophone Act – C4 Pedro
Best Francophone – Serge Beynaud
Best Male Artist – Wizkid
Listener’s Choice – Jah Prayzah
Best collaboration – DJ Maphorisa ft Wizkid & DJ Bucks
Video of the Year – Youssoupha (Niquer Ma Vie)
Personality of the Year – Caster Semenya
Best hiphop Act- Emtee
Best breakthrough Act – Tekno
Song of the Year – My Woman (Patoranking ft Wande Coal)
Artist of the Year – Wizkid
THE BABY WHO WAS BORN TWICE: MOM'S JOY AFTER GIRL IS TAKEN OUT OF WOMB FOR LIFE-SAVING OPERATION, THEN RETURNED TO HER FOR BIRTH
Margaret Boemer was told her baby had a tumour at 16-week
ultrasound
Doctors said 1lb and 3oz foetus's only hope was a
life-saving operation
Surgeons removed her from the womb for 20 minutes then put
her back
Lynlee Hope was born 12 weeks later after full term,
weighing 5lb and 5oz
Lynlee Boemer with her mother Margaret after overcoming incredible odds to be bornLynlee was actually born twice after doctors were forced to remove her from the whom when she was just 16 weeks old
Doctors discovered a tumour in the tailbone of Margaret Boemer’s unborn baby when the mother-to-be went for a routine ultrasound just 16 weeks into her
During the surgery, Lynlee’s heart slowed down to a standstill but she was kept alive by a specialist while the doctors removed the bulk of the growth
The Boemler family (pictured) with their newest addition, Lynlee Hope, after being born for the second time
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