GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Welcome To Lagos- BBC Documentary

Welcome To Lagos- BBC Documentary

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] On April 15th, 2010 The BBC aired the six part documentary entitled “Welcome To Lagos”, a look at the second most populous city in Africa outside of Cairo,…

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FREEDOM & CENSUSTIVITY

FREEDOM & CENSUSTIVITY

The idea of Freedom & what it is to be Free is truly ringing all over the world in defining who we are as people, particularly amongst global Africans. I say you can not define…

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2010 CENSUS – Get It Done-The Quality of Life of Our Children & Our Community Depends on It!

2010 CENSUS – Get It Done-The Quality of Life of Our Children & Our Community Depends on It!

The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. The 2010 Census is probably one of the most important census of all…

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Premiere Photographer Malick Sidibé -The Eye of Bamako- A Look at African Art Beyond Wood Carvings

Premiere Photographer Malick Sidibé -The Eye of Bamako- A Look at African Art Beyond Wood Carvings

Africa continues to WOW the world in a new renaissance that dips into the past to taste the future! African art is finding its global voice & redefining the genre with modern & futuristic elements…

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Makes Me Wanna Holla Throw up Both My Hands! The Education Gap & N word usage up 4 Debate again in the Black Community!

Makes Me Wanna Holla Throw up Both My Hands! The Education Gap & N word usage up 4 Debate again in the Black Community!

I was on twitter the other day & saw Russell Simmons Tweet about an article he wrote for Global Grind entitled: Lockdown, USA vs. GradNation: We Have A Choice To Make:The Battle For America’s

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2010- A New Decade of the Wind of Change in Independence for Africa & the World at Large Catalyzed in 1960!

2010- A New Decade of the Wind of Change in Independence for Africa & the World at Large Catalyzed in 1960!

2010 Marks the 50th anniversary of Independence in 17 African nations, setting the stage for Africa as a continent to look deep within our history, to wake up & to make this decade Africa’s decade…

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Ode to Black History Month-How one night accumulated into bringing black history full circle:Global Colonial Mentality -How Far Have We Come?

Ode to Black History Month-How one night accumulated into bringing black history full circle:Global Colonial Mentality -How Far Have We Come?

As Black history month is nearing its close in the shortest month of the year, I found myself engulfed in debates & really looking at Black history- past & present from Africa to the Diaspora.…

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Democrats : The Cowardly Lions of Washington

Democrats : The Cowardly Lions of Washington

It seems the Democratic party is in full spiral, not knowing left from right , public option from insurance company control, wall street bailouts from main street job creations, and fighting from conceding & throwing…

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti- The New Decade Revival of the Revolutionary Spirit!

Fela Anikulapo Kuti- The New Decade Revival of the Revolutionary Spirit!

By now everyone across the globe must have heard the name Fela Anikulapo Kuti, AKA Fela, AKA Black President. If you have not then maybe you are too young or just stuck under a rock.…

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Africa is the Beginning & the Future: A Creation of Global Distant Relatives !

Africa is the Beginning & the Future: A Creation of Global  Distant Relatives !

For Anyone who knows anything about human history -it has been made scientifically evident that humanity started in Africa; therefore at the root of all global culture is Africa. There is a new global push…

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