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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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Participants model African wedding traditions at an event hosted by Pitt’s African Student Organization in the William Pitt Union.

African Students Organization stages a continent-spanning wedding celebration

By Nada Abdulaziz, Senior Staff Writer • February 9, 2024

Pitt’s African Students Organization transformed the ballroom of the William Pitt Union into a wedding venue on Feb. 3, celebrating different African nations’ traditions in a mock wedding celebration. Rather...

Two attendees pose outside of Posvar Hall at the Celebrate Africa Festival Saturday.

Celebrate Africa Festival highlights diversity, diaspora in Pittsburgh

By Toni Jackson, Staff Writer • September 18, 2022
The Center for African Studies dedicated the Celebrate Africa Festival to celebrating Africa’s diverse cultures and highlighting the African diaspora currently in Pittsburgh.
Oyinye Ikwuegbo, a senior at Pitt, strikes a pose in a dress made by one of the five designers who contributed designs to the Wazobia Fashion Show. (Photo by Chiara Rigaud | Staff Photographer)

African Students Organization hosts annual Wazobia fashion show

By Charlotte Couch | For The Pitt News • March 20, 2018

A frenzy of applause welcomed models as they sauntered down the white runway. Red and green lights illuminated the potted trees placed on the back of the stage, while red, yellow, green and purple...

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