{"id":11766,"date":"2025-11-14T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-black-excellence\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:18:12","slug":"the-black-excellence","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-black-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1804965331\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-75 \" id=\"em-event-1804965331\" data-view-id=\"1804965331\">\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\/The-Black-excellence.png' alt='The Black excellence'\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-meta\">\n\t\t<section 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