As Wyclef Jean continues his protest through music for being denied his much to do about nothing unconstitutional run for Haiti’s presidency, which seems as if it has taken over his ego & self importance along with taking…

“If there is no struggle..there is no progress..those who profess to Favor Freedom and yet depreciate agitation…want crops without plowing up the ground…they want the ocean without the awful roar of it’s many waters..Power concedes nothing without demand.” Fredrick Douglas-1857…

The world seems to be reminded on a daily basis of the growing investment potential in Africa & at the top of the list is the agricultural sector. It is less irony than sheer greed & lack of true…

I applaud Ms. Shirley Sherrod on refusing the position given to her after she was used as yet another political pawn within a government that bi-partisanly puts politics before the service of its people. Ms. Sherrod decided not to…

Definition: Independence or National Days are perhaps the most important day for a country to commemorate as a national holiday. For many nations the date is the country’s day of independence, often in hard fought battles to claim their freedom.…

“Lincoln was born Anna Marie Wooldridge on Aug. 6, 1930, in Chicago, the 10th of 12 children… She started as ‘a sexy young thing in a Marilyn Monroe dress’ before joining Max Roach on ‘We Insist! Freedom Now Suite,’ a…

Hmmm, let’s see Halle Berry is the first Black woman to appear on Vogue’s September Issue since the 1989 cover with Naomi Campbell -YAWN!  Frankly I don’t  give a damn. Sorry, but I just can’t get excited about these small steps…

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I have always understood that Jamaicans are descendants of enslaved Africans from West Africa & Ghana in particular, but I never realized just how similar our roots run hundreds of years after slavery. As Brazilians in Salvador de…

With confidence & a plan anything can happen! Bunmi Olaye, the Nigerian born English designer of the Bunmi Koko label is the embodiment of that truth to power as she took the initiative toward her dreams instead of…