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James Baldwin “You’re the nigger baby. It isn’t me”-Honoring Black History

James Baldwin “You’re the nigger baby. It isn’t me”-Honoring Black History

James Baldwin was by far one of America’s literary treasures, who like many Black artists of his time had to go to Paris to get their shine before their own nation found the priceless value…

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Langston Hughes(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) Prolific Wordsmith- Rest In Power

There can be no celebration of Black History, the Harlem Renaissance or the global literary world without the mention of James Mercer Langston Hughes. Today we not only honor the birth of Langston…

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Stop The Sale of Stolen 16th Century Benin Mask @ Sotheby’s

Stop The Sale of Stolen 16th Century Benin Mask @ Sotheby’s

This petition page has been set up in an effort to put a stop to the auction of a 16th century Benin mask stolen during the invasion of the Benin people by the British. It…

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Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Some people can’t fathom the idea of why a prestigious artistic institution like NYU would name Swizz Beatz as NYU’s first producer-in-residence of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School…

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Global Fusion Playlist:Yaaba Funk Calling All Afro Beasts!

Global Fusion Playlist:Yaaba Funk Calling All Afro Beasts!

Fun, Dance, Funk..Africa’s Global Fusion..Global Soul….Praises To The Soul Of Africa! Yaaba Funk- Ordinary?…No! “I think people are quite surprised at how sort of contemporary it is…they expect to hear some

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Africans On The Rise: Wangari Maathai-Kenya’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Mother Nature’s Warrior!

Africans On The Rise: Wangari Maathai-Kenya’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Mother Nature’s Warrior!

When you feed a women’s mind, heart & soul, you create a reflection of the greatest love of all one can experience in building lives, nations & the future! As The environment gets back to…

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Jay Z: DECODED: Grown Men Do Grown Things!

Jay Z: DECODED: Grown Men Do Grown Things!

I have been very critical of Jay Z for awhile now because of what I saw as some shady suspect moves, like the way he totally undercut Damon Dash out of a business…

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Global Fusion Playlist:@ The Movies :Desert Flower (“Wüstenblume” )Trailer English

Global Fusion Playlist:@ The Movies :Desert Flower (“Wüstenblume” )Trailer English

As Africans & many in the world struggle between maintaining & respecting tradition, we all come to a point where we are faced with breaking with tradition to reflect the changes of time, education, ideas…

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Halle Berry Is the First Black Woman to Appear on Vogue’s September Issue Since 1989

Hmmm, let’s see Halle Berry is the first Black woman to appear on Vogue’s September Issue since the 1989 cover with Naomi Campbell -YAWN!  Frankly I don’t  give a damn. Sorry, but I just can’t get…

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WHO DEFINES UR BLACKNESS? More black publications hire white fashion directors & we are still asking why young black children still choose the white doll over the black doll.

WHO DEFINES UR BLACKNESS? More black publications hire white fashion directors & we are still asking why young black children still choose the white doll over the black doll.

Black tells you how you look, but it doesn’t tell you who you are” -John Henrik Clarke.
It seems there are some Black Publication who are riding this quote without getting its intended message.…

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