GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Leila Lopes- Why Is It So Hard To Accept The Universe Being Represented By An African Image?

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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Waiting For Saviors Outside Ourselves: Wake UP Call To Global Africans

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

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Global Fusion Playlist: Morgan Heritage – People Hungry (2008 Drop It Riddim)

Global Fusion Playlist: Morgan Heritage – People Hungry (2008 Drop It Riddim)

The is dedicated to Global Fusionists World Wide because all around the word same song! This song speaks to the state of our world today. You can’t keep people hungary for too long & keep blaming the minum wage because…

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From Shoe Shine Boy To President of Economic Powerhouse: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

From Shoe Shine Boy To President of Economic Powerhouse: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

The world is clearly in changing times, the wind of change is here whether anyone wants to recognize it or not. It is here with more to come at such a fast speed from an intense slow burn that…

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Brazil: Rio Floods claim over 500 Lives

Brazil: Rio Floods claim over 500 Lives

It seems January is the month that we not only start a new year, but we are faced with natural disasters that seem to always claim too many lives. As we assess progress in Haiti a year after a…

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Global Fusion Playlist: Seu Jorge and Almaz – “The Model: Oshun and the Dream”

Global Fusion Playlist: Seu Jorge and Almaz – “The Model: Oshun and the Dream”

I was first introduced to Seu Jorge like many others from his critically acclaimed movie with its vast global following entitled “City of God“,one of my favorite movies of all time. This Brazilian soul singer  taps into…

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I Am Woman Hear Me Roar:Women Rock While Taking Over Presidential Spots

I Am Woman Hear Me Roar:Women Rock While Taking Over Presidential Spots

As James De La Vega said “Sometimes the King is a Woman”. This decade seems to be the decade of the woman & one of the best times in history to be a woman. From BET honoring Black

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Global Fusion Playlist :CéU – Mais um Lamento

Global Fusion Playlist :CéU – Mais um Lamento

This beautifully all intoxicating sugary sweet ginger spice of a song came on last night during yet another friday night wine down session. I quickly went to write it down to remember to find the video if one existed because…

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Global Fusion Playlist @The movies:Afrolatinos: The Untaught Story

Global Fusion Playlist @The movies:Afrolatinos: The Untaught Story

As the power of South America becomes more visible on the global stage with the formation of the Union of South American Nations (USAU), powerhouses like oil giant Venezuela unapologetically flexing its power in unity with other Latin American,…

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Dilma Rousseff: From Revolutionary to Becoming Brazil’s First Female President!

Dilma Rousseff: From Revolutionary to Becoming Brazil’s First Female President!

On October 3, 2010, former urban guerilla & Brazilian revolutionary, Dilma Rousseff is set to become Brazil’s new president.  Just imagine if Angela Davis or Assata Shakur had gotten the powerful position that

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