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Beyoncé Opened the BET Awards in a Glorious Fringe Bodysuit

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The 2016 BET Awards started off with a showstopper — Beyoncé! — which seems counterintuitive Bey performed Freedom along with a giant stage puddle, a lot of pyrotechnics , and a little help from rapper Kendrick Lamar. As for her look, s he saw peak bodysuit and raised it a ton of arm fringe — like a foot of fringe hanging from her long sleeves — and cornrowed and braided her hair. The fringe-y elements really enhanced the movement in her performance 

Meet The 36 Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Owns Nigeria's 2nd Largest Rice Farm

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Nigerians consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption needs sourced from imports. Rotimi Williams, an ambitious 36 year-old Nigerian entrepreneur and rice farmer, is on a quest to change that. Williams, a former Journalist, is the owner of Kereksuk Rice Farm, the 2nd largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size. His farm, which is situated in Nasarawa state in northern Nigeria, currently sits on 43,000 hectares and employs more than 100 indigenes of Nasarawa

Being African in India: 'We are seen as demons'

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New Delhi/Greater Noida, India - After a year in India, Zaharaddeen Muhammed, 27, knows enough Hindi to understand what bander means. Monkey. But it isn't even the daily derogatory comments that make him doubt his decision to swap his university in Nigeria for a two-year master's degree programme in chemistry at Noida International University. Nor is it the questions about personal hygiene, the unsolicited touching of his hair or the endless staring. It is his failure to interact with Indian people on a deeper level. "People often look at me as if I am different, and hard to be trusted," the tall, softly spoken student explains. "I try to be friendly. I speak Hindi and always laugh.