{"id":11665,"date":"2025-11-01T16:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/best-in-black-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:36:42","slug":"best-in-black-awards","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/best-in-black-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Best In Black Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-463697590\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-25 \" id=\"em-event-463697590\" data-view-id=\"463697590\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cdwe.jpeg' alt='Best In Black Awards'\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-meta\">\n\t\t<section 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