GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Global Fusion Playlist: Spragga Benz- Shotta Culture

Global Fusion Playlist: Spragga Benz- Shotta Culture

It’s been awhile since we heard a new album released from Carlton Errington Grant AKA Spragga Benz. Well it has been well worth the wait because after the death of his son in 2008 at…

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Haiti’s Football Boys Bring the Type of Pride, Hope & Joy that Money Can’t Buy & Earthquakes Can’t Shake!

Haiti’s Football Boys Bring the Type of Pride, Hope & Joy that Money Can’t Buy & Earthquakes Can’t Shake!

As Wyclef Jean continues his protest through music for being denied his much to do about nothing unconstitutional run for Haiti’s presidency, which seems as if it has taken over his ego &…

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African Agriculture-The New Frontier of Global Investment

African Agriculture-The New Frontier of Global Investment

The world seems to be reminded on a daily basis of the growing investment potential in Africa & at the top of the list is the agricultural sector. It is less irony than sheer…

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Thanks But No Thanks: Shirley Sherrod Refuses To Be A Crumb Snatcher for the USDA

Thanks But No Thanks: Shirley Sherrod Refuses To Be A Crumb Snatcher for the USDA

I applaud Ms. Shirley Sherrod on refusing the position given to her after she was used as yet another political pawn within a government that bi-partisanly puts politics before the service of its people.…

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Reference Guide To Global Independence: FIND YOUR INDEPENDENCE- GET GLOBALLY FUSED!

Reference Guide To Global Independence: FIND YOUR INDEPENDENCE- GET GLOBALLY FUSED!

Definition: Independence or National Days are perhaps the most important day for a country to commemorate as a national holiday. For many nations the date is the country’s day of independence, often in hard fought

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Anna Marie Wooldridge AKA Abbey Lincoln dies at 80; jazz singer, actress, civil rights advocate!

Anna Marie Wooldridge AKA Abbey Lincoln dies at 80; jazz singer, actress, civil rights advocate!

Lincoln was born Anna Marie Wooldridge on Aug. 6, 1930, in Chicago, the 10th of 12 children… She started as ‘a sexy young thing in a Marilyn Monroe dress’ before joining Max Roach on ‘We…

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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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Jamaica & Ghana One Blood -One Language? Kromanti Language of the Jamaican Maroons Similar To Akan

Jamaica & Ghana One Blood -One Language? Kromanti Language of the Jamaican Maroons Similar To Akan

I have always understood that Jamaicans are descendants of enslaved Africans from West Africa & Ghana in particular, but I never realized just how similar our roots run hundreds of years after slavery. As…

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Africans On The Rise: Nigerian Designer Bunmi Olaye Commisioned By Firts Lady Michelle Obama?

Africans On The Rise: Nigerian Designer Bunmi Olaye Commisioned By Firts Lady Michelle Obama?

With confidence & a plan anything can happen! Bunmi Olaye, the Nigerian born English designer of the Bunmi Koko label is the embodiment of that truth to power as she took the initiative…

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Tego Calderon: Defining Race & Embracing African Roots Among Latinos

Tego Calderon: Defining Race & Embracing African Roots Among Latinos

“I started to do music for my Black people so that Blacks can feel proud of being Black..I want to stay Black because this color is beautiful..” The issue of colorism & defining

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