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Adama Juldeh Munu

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Istanbul, London
As seen in: TRT World, Medium, Stanford University, Al Jazeera English, HuffPost UK, The Daily Dot, Blasting News, uk.blastingnews.com, Refinery29, Refinery29 UK, AllAfrica and
Covers:  Race, Politics, the Muslim community, African diaspora, the legacy of chattel slavery, colonialism, pan-Africanism
Award-winning Journalist | Producer @trtworld | South London Nationalist | African Diaspora, Islam, Balkans

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Adama Juldeh Munu’s Biography

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Adama's work has been featured on TRT World, Al Jazeera, OkayAfrica, The Afropean, Refinery 29, Amaka Studio, the Middle East Eye, The Voice Newspaper, the Huffington Post, Black Ballad, Gal-Dem, The Gumbo, Amaliah, the New Arab, Sisters Magazine and the Islam Channel, some of which are featured in this portfolio. A South London native of Sierra Leonean heritage, Adama currently produces features on race, politics, tech, social media trends, Middle Eastern/Muslim communities and African diaspor…

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How A Trip To Bosnia And Herzegovina Reawakened A Painful Truth About My Sierra Leonean Heritage

How A Trip To Bosnia And Herzegovina Reawakened A Painful Truth About My Sierra Leonean Heritage

When Adama travelled to Sarajevo for a European break, she didn't expect the history of the city to confront …

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The Balimaya Project and Mandé jazz

The Balimaya Project and Mandé jazz

For the past 70 years, the United Kingdom has been a pole bearer for global musical creativity and artistic s…

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The 90s Hair Relaxer Girls Had Natural Hair All Along - I Don't Know How To Feel

The 90s Hair Relaxer Girls Had Natural Hair All Along - I Don't Know How To Feel

Like many other Black girls growing up during the 90s, there was only one box that I was excited to receive o…

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'Jinn' the Movie- An Ode to the Black Muslim Woman in Film | Amaliah

'Jinn' the Movie- An Ode to the Black Muslim Woman in Film | Amaliah

Adama Munu touches on how trailblazing Nijlah Mu'min's directorial feature film 'Jinn' is an ode to the Musli…

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Spotlighting East Africa's Islamic manuscript culture

Spotlighting East Africa's Islamic manuscript culture

Hundreds of rare manuscripts from Ethiopia have been digitized online by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library…

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Omar: The opera that tells the story of an enslaved Islamic scholar

Omar: The opera that tells the story of an enslaved Islamic scholar

Omar ibn Said wrote an Arabic autobiography during his enslavement in the US that is the inspiration for a ne…

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TRT Afrika - When the diaspora comes home: How Africa is reconnecting with its global Diaspora

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| TRT Afrika Verified
By Adama Juldeh Jülide Munu “I’m 100% African!” This was the closing statement made by 21-year-old African-American social media sensation, I ShowSpeed (real name Darren Wright), at the end of an epic YouTube live stream tour in Africa, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of people. He made an impressive feat- visiting  20 countries in 28 days, making history, by reaching 50 million YouTube subscribers on his 21st birthday while in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Congo, M23 sign framework for peace in Qatar, more steps needed

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By Adama Juldeh Munu Verified
| The New Arab Verified
M23 and the Congolese government have signed a framework agreement in Doha after Qatari mediation — a step toward ending decades of conflict in eastern Congo. [Getty] The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group signed on Saturday a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo that has killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds of thousands more this year.
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Celebrating African cinema, voices and stories

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By Adama Juldeh Munu Verified
| The New Arab Verified
Film Africa has, for several years, cemented itself as a seminal event for African cinematic talent and storytelling in the United Kingdom, and this year isn't any different. Organised by the Royal African Society, a London-based membership organisation, it amplifies African voices and interests in academia, business, politics, and the arts in the UK.
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