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Black Stars @AfricaCupofNations + Giants @SuperBowl in an Election Year…Back Down Memory Lane

Black Stars @AfricaCupofNations + Giants @SuperBowl in an Election Year…Back Down Memory Lane

2008 was the year, the full circle year of transition played out in the fantastic realities of my life & the sports teams of the two nations of my birth &  foundation. After being “off…

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Samia Nkrumah -Like Father Like Daughter? Ghana 2012 Elections Getting Hot,Hot,Hot!

Samia Nkrumah -Like Father Like Daughter? Ghana 2012 Elections Getting Hot,Hot,Hot!

By now most know that Samia Nkrumah has become one of Africa’s new darlings for the future of women in politics. With the polarizing Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the former first lady &…

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu Turns 80 & Continues To Champion Peace While Taking & Calling Names

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Turns 80 & Continues To Champion Peace While Taking & Calling Names

Today Archishop  Desmond Tutu of South Africa turns 80 without missing a beat in his deep love for humanity & betterment of man & in his feisty fire to challenge the wrongs of…

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Who Run The World…The Noble Peace Prize Channels Its Inner Beyonce!

Who Run The World…The Noble Peace Prize Channels Its Inner Beyonce!

The “tofo tofo” dance was probably saved for the private after party where Liberia’s own President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Leymah Gbowee will surely lead the way in bringing Tawakul Karman, the…

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Occupy Wall Street -The American Fall

Occupy Wall Street -The American Fall

Occupy Wall Street is gearing up to be America’s Arab Spring, which I will call America’s Fall. Not only for the fact that it is getting its momentum in the the Fall season, but also…

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Obama Tells Blacks to ‘Stop Complainin’ and Fight”-Sunday News Headlines & The Aftermath- Heard It All Before!!

Obama Tells Blacks to ‘Stop Complainin’ and Fight”-Sunday News Headlines & The Aftermath- Heard It All Before!!

The president just had the same type of audience today as he had with the CBC to address issues of Latinos in America. I couldn’t help but to acknowledge how different the language & tone…

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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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Amber Rose In Ghana- Feeding The Children-REALLY?

Amber Rose In Ghana- Feeding The Children-REALLY?

It seems like so many media outlets picked up on Amber Rose’s not so discrete twitter photo opp. in the guise of a humanitarian venture in Ghana, as she quickly blasted a photo of…

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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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While You Were Watching The Throne-The Revolution Was Being Televised & Missed

While You Were Watching The Throne-The Revolution Was Being Televised & Missed

While everyone & their momma was praising Kanye & Jay Z’s new album, the rest of the world was getting messed up & fighting for our lives.

Once again the internets were all a…

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