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Trevor Noah, 'Black Panther' and More Are Honored at the Prestigious 50th NAACP Image Awards

"The power of this moment to us really feels like the power of Pan-Africanism," Danai Gurira says at the ceremony.

The NAACP Image Awards is one of the few premiere cultural moments that celebrates to accomplishments of people of color in television, music, literature, film and social justice. In its 50th year, the awards ceremony went down this past weekend at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring notables who won awards based on public audience votes.

This year's nominees was only a peek into how the African diaspora has continued to build, connect and be recognized for their efforts in telling more stories that reflect our diversity as a global black community.

"The power of this moment to us really feels like the power of Pan-Africanism," Danai Gurira says, while joining the Black Panther cast stage as they swept the awards ceremony that evening. "The beauty of this project is that we as a diaspora made this film successful—and we're just getting started as a diaspora—we're just getting started."

Take a look at some winners of note below.

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Trevor Noah's 'Born a Crime' is Back at the Number One Spot

After two years since its release, the memoir is back on the New York Times best sellers list.

It seems people still can't get enough of Born a Crime, the incredibly humorous yet telling memoir of Trevor Noah's life. We can't blame them though! Noah took to Instagram recently to express his excitement and gratitude at his book having taken over the number one spot yet again in the category of paperback non-fiction.

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Trevor Noah's 'Great Xhosa Phrase' at the Oscars Was Very On Brand

You'd want to know what he really said—we're here for it.

Trevor Noah just gave us the comedic relief we didn't know we needed during the Oscars.

While presenting the montage for "Best Picture" nominee Black Panther, Noah touched on the "universal appeal" of the Marvel story while throwing shade at those who really believe Wakanda is a real place, greeting him with "Wakanda Forever."

"Growing up as a young boy in Wakanda, I would see T'Challa flying over our village, and he would remind me of a great Xhosa phrase," he says, "'Abelungu abazi' uba ndiyaxoka'—which means, 'In times like these, we are stronger when we fight together than when we try to fight apart."

Thing is—that's not what the phrase means.

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