{"id":11981,"date":"2025-11-18T10:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/rooted-in-excellence-men-edition\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:18:43","slug":"rooted-in-excellence-men-edition","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/rooted-in-excellence-men-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooted in Excellence &#8211; Men Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1297054051\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-183 \" id=\"em-event-1297054051\" data-view-id=\"1297054051\">\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\/Rooted-in-Excellence-Men-Edition.png' alt='Rooted in Excellence - Men 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