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CSR News: Italian Luxury Fashion House: Fendi Funds Rehabilitation of Trevi Fountain In Rome

Take notes global brands and fashionistas – corporate entities and fashion can help build and beautify nations eternally! With so many companies setting up CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) departments in efforts to balance corporate profits with social responsibility, Italian »

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Global News: AU talks break down over DR Congo crisis

Here we go again. I doubt anyone on the African continent or elsewhere is surprised that the AU (African Union) could not come to any solutions or resolutions in getting any closer to tackling one of Africa’s greatest crisis- The »

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Global News: Brazil Mourns Death From Massive Club Fire & Egypt Declares State Of Emergency

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Remembering Brooklyn’s Finest: Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)

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The Spirit of Mali is Music -The War Against Music and Culture In Mali

As it has been said “Music is for Life”, without music where would the world be? The late great Nigerian Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti declared “Music is a weapon”! A weapon so powerful that extremist are going to the extremes »

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No Validation Necessary :Bronx Woman Booted from TEDx Conference Creates Her Own Event

As the world celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, some of the most profound statements he ever made relative to our times today were from the Birmingham jail and when he spoke about why we can not wait for »

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All You Need is a Few Dollars & A Dream: The Ghanaian woman who made millions fighting skin-bleaching

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Africa Rising: African albums to watch out for in 2013

With the world’s hot love affair with the African continent, African artists are slowly becoming a force to reckon with globally. The sounds of Africa are once again becoming the soundtrack of revolutions sparking, the voice of the voiceless and the »

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Four Members of Bronx African Community Vie for a Single City Council Seat

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes You Never Hear

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day today -we remember the power, light, inspiration and education of his words
If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long »

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