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Students Compete for the Title of Mr. and Ms. Africa Mr. and Ms. Africa 2026. Photos by Habiba Affo Draped in a pink and blue gown, Sandrine Douti twirled and danced her way to the stage. The crowd couldn’t help but to cheer for her. She was representing her home, Togo. “When you live far from your country, it’s nice to have an occasion where it’s all about your culture,” Douti said. The South African word “Jabulani” means to rejoice. Traditionally a name given to boys, Nor

“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change. Reparations are change,” town hall facilitator Dr. Marcus Hunter said, opening the event with a tribute to Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower.