Black Excellence: Sehin Teferra

Sehin Teferra is an Ethiopian activist and Director of Womankind partner Setaweet. She defines herself as a feminist and is keen on debunking myths around it. 

Her #EverydayFeminism is focused on building allyship and solidarity. She believes men can also be feminists and their feminist awakening can begin when they acknowledge their own privilege and connect it to their own forms of oppression. 

Black Excellence: Greg Gumbel

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/nx-s1-5241134/greg-gumbel-sportscaster-dies

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78.

“He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never be forgotten,” his wife Marcy Gumbel and daughter Michelle Gumbel said in a statement.

Black Excellence: Shankleville, TX

Welcome

Welcome to the Shankleville Historical Society

Shankleville Community, Texas is a “freedmen’s community” founded by Jim and Winnie Shankle in Deep East Texas.

This Historical Society seeks to preserve the heritage, document the history and propagate the legacy of the Shankleveille Community.

Named for Jim and Winnie Shankle, known as the first Blacks in Newton County, Texas to buy land and become local leaders after gaining freedom by emancipation.

Black Excellence: Khaby Lame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaby_Lame

KhabaneKhabyLame (French: [kabi lamei], Italian: [ˈkaːbi ˈlamei]; born 9 March 2000) is a Senegalese-Italian influencer. He is known for his TikTok videos, in which he silently mocks overly complicated “life hack” videos. As of 2024, he is the most-followed user on TikTok.[3] In 2022, he was listed in Fortune‘s 40 Under 40 and Forbes30 Under 30. He also served as a juror on the 2023 edition of the television show Italia’s Got Talent.

Black Excellence: Paul Ninson

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/21/g-s1-30751/books-photos-library-africa-photography

Big dreams: He’s the founder of a leading African photobook library

Ghanaian photojournalist Paul Ninson was thrilled — and surprised.

When he came to New York to study photographyfive years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city’s libraries, galleries and museums.

Here he was thousands of miles from Ghana surrounded by more visual history of Africa than he had ever seen back home.

That paradox led to an idea: create a library of photobooks in Ghana to bring the African story home, allowing people to learn about their history and give them the tools to tell new stories of the continent.