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TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: African Writers on the Misrepresentation of Africans

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Wednesday 6pm Mountain Time FM88 Edmonton cjsr.com World Wide Because of the horrifying history of medical experimentation against Africans as documented in the book Medical Apartheid by Dr. Harriet Washington , many Africans in North America remain profoundly suspicious of the medical establishment. That suspicion, however well-founded, sadl y stands in the way of li fe-saving treatments. Today, 30 African-Canadian patients are literally waiting to die because they don’t have a stem cell donor . Stem cells, harvested from bone marrow, are indispensable in the fight against leukemia, but compatibility for do nors in based in part on race. That crisis motivated a group of Edmontonians to found the Nega Alem Memorial Leukemia Awareness Society. I spoke with event organisers Gary Yemene and Tigi Truneh by telephone about this Saturday's event. WHAT: The Stem Cell Transplant and Leukemia Awareness Event in memory of Nega Alem Abraham WHEN: Saturday, November 07, 6 PM WHERE: T