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Chale Wote – Ghana’s Street Arts Festival -Honoring The Past By Building The Future

Chale Wote – Ghana’s Street Arts Festival -Honoring The Past By Building The Future

Sometimes in life what makes my day is to hear of other people’s accomplishments. Today is one of those days. As Ghanaians & people all over the world who respect freedom & the greatness of…

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Africans in Europe- Running out of Luck

Africans in Europe- Running out of Luck

I have been watching the Al Jeezera documentary series “Surprising Europe” for awhile now & unfortunately I am far from surprised at most of the stories. What I am mostly surprised at is the…

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Tyler Perry -Named Forbe’s Highest Paid Man In Entertainment

Tyler Perry -Named Forbe’s Highest Paid Man In Entertainment

Yes Ya’ll  Forbes’s Magazine has named Tyler Perry the “Highest Paid Man in Entertainment” not just Black Man. Kudos to Tyler Perry! I saw a post of this with a comment that said “It

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UHURA-Nichelle Nichols Speaks on The Legacy of the Image of Our Nation & Dr. King’s Trekky Love

UHURA-Nichelle Nichols Speaks on The Legacy of the Image of Our Nation & Dr. King’s Trekky Love

92Y put on an excellent panel with pioneer women in television. In this day & age when we are once again debating the images of our nations globally, the words of Nichelle Nichols

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From Disney To Harvard : Smart Black Girls Rock!

From Disney To Harvard : Smart Black Girls Rock!

Hearing the horror of the rape statistics of young girls & women in the Congo & the deafening cries of how high unemployment & deplorable school systems are affecting the mental state

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Immediate Release : Spring of the Artful Renaissance: Creating an Innovative Eco-Chic World Where Art Meets Technology -Friday, May 13th 2011, MoCADA in Brooklyn, NY

Immediate Release : Spring of the Artful Renaissance: Creating an Innovative Eco-Chic World Where Art Meets Technology -Friday, May 13th 2011, MoCADA in Brooklyn, NY

Spring of the Artful Renaissance: Creating an Innovative Eco-Chic World Where Art Meets Technology

Immediate Release

Friday, May 13th 2011, MoCADA located at 80 Hanson Place in Brooklyn, NY will host Spring of

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Getting To Know Legendary Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor

Getting To Know Legendary Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor


Before the image of African global chic came in the form of Arise Magazine, there was DRUM Magazine -the most widely read fashion & culture magazine in Africa during the 60’s & what would…

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Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies-Pushing The Elephant-A story of War, Survival & Love

Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies-Pushing The Elephant-A story of War,  Survival & Love

As I watched the documentary film” Pushing The Elephant”, the story of  Rose Mapendo, a Congolese woman who survived the war with her family & dedicated her life to making sure

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Ghana: The World Can’t Seem To Get Enough of the Black Star Shine-Fashion, Film, Sports & Ghanaian People

Ghana: The World Can’t Seem To Get Enough of the Black Star Shine-Fashion, Film, Sports & Ghanaian People

From fashion to sports, to film, to the people of Ghana , it seems the world just can’t get enough of the Black Star Shine. Ghana keeps it…

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Zum Zum: The Career of Azumah Nelson-The Muhammad Ali of Africa- Screened for the First Time In The US At National Geographic With Filmmaker Sam Kessie

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 15, 2011, – Sam Kessie has courageously put on the boxing gloves to a golden globes championship as the sole woman amongst giant men producing the documentary film “Zoom Zoom -The…

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