On November 12, 2011 while visiting Ghana, I was delighted to attend a free tribute concert at Citizen Kofi in Osu dedicated to the memory of Hi-Life Music Legend Mac Tontoh- formerly of globally recognized mega Hi-Life bands…
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Mac Tontoh -Legendary Hi-Life Musician Remembered By Friends & Fellow Legends of Hi-Life Music
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 first Arab woman Nobel Peace…
more »Leila Lopes- Why Is It So Hard To Accept The Universe Being Represented By An African Image?
While global Africans all over the world cheered as the Miss Universe Pageant crowned their first Angolan Miss Universe, fourth Black Miss Universe & second continental African Miss Universe, it seems there were many others who were
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more »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 comments by everyday people &…
more »David Adjaye-Young, Gifted & Black Star- Africans on the Rise
When many think about the world of high profile architecture & architects, African names rarely come to mind, but David Adjaye, a Tanzanian-born British architect of Ghanaian descent has single handedly changed the scope of that vision & thinking…
more »Waiting For Saviors Outside Ourselves: Wake UP Call To Global Africans
Today is President Obama’s 50th birthday – a celebration of a half a century of life in freedom, a freedom celebrated in years that are a little less than the one celebrated by many nations in Africa in…
more »DSK Accuser Nafissatou Diallo, Speaks Out to Defend Herself Against Murdoch Corporation Staple Journalism
Unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard about the rape allegations from a maid at the Sofitel in New York- managed by Europe’s leading hotel group & French multinational corporation- Accor Group. With the…
more »Music Is A Weapon: K’Naan, The Somalia Story & HIP-HOP’s Legacy As The Voice of The People
The festering & expected tragedy of famine in Somalia that has now captured the world’s attention & caused the United Nations to declare a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as the region suffers the worst drought in more…
more »South Sudan Celebrates Independence:From United States of Africa To Lone Star States
As much as I am happy for the freedom & independence of the people of South Sudan, I am saddened by the continually dimming light in Africa of the dream of our freedom fighters , who led us into…
more »Beauty Empowering Women: Shea Butter & Future Africa’s Beauty Industry
Shea butter has been greasing up African babies to beautiful coats of golden blackness for centuries, but like many of Africa’s natural resources, we fail to see its worth until it is coveted & overtaken by others. Where Westerners may…
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