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Sara Tavares, guitarist-composer, succumbs to brain cancer at 45
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Sara Tavares, guitarist-composer, succumbs to brain cancer at 45
Lisbon-based singer Sara Tavares’ recent passing has left a void in Afrobeat and world music and a deep melancholy among her international fan base.   
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New report shows Hub Black diversity
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Local News
New report shows Hub Black diversity
Boston’s Black population is more diverse than much of the United States, according to a new report, “Great Migration to Global Immigration: A Profile of Black Boston,” released April 6.
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In the news: Alize Cabral
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Local News
In the news: Alize Cabral
Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Alize Cabral liaison to the city’s Cape Verdean community.
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A Cape Verdean-Irish soccer star in Africa
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Local News
A Cape Verdean-Irish soccer star in Africa
Boston’s Irish and Cabo Verdeans share a history of Catholicism, three-decker living and colonizing Uphams Corner. Most significant to the menfolk might be the celebratory pints at nearby Dublin House. You can now add soccer star Roberto “Pico” Lopes to that affinity.
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Tania Anderson wins in District 7
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Politics
Tania Anderson wins in District 7
As the results from precincts across District 7 trickled into her Nubian Square campaign office, Tania Fernandes Anderson took to the stage to acknowledge what had long seemed like a forgone conclusion: she handily defeated perennial candidate Roy Owens, the unconventional Roxbury minister whose anti-Muslim rhetoric failed to sway voters.
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