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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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HAITI: Past, Present & Future-From Freedom To Neo-Colonial Occupation-Never Forget

HAITI: Past, Present & Future-From Freedom To Neo-Colonial Occupation-Never Forget

First we had the colonization of Haiti and now we have a kind of neo-colonial occupation of Haiti.”

As long as imperialism exists it will by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.”— Che

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Celebrating The Black Girls Who Taught Me How To Rock!

Celebrating The Black Girls Who Taught Me How To Rock!

Reminiscing & missing the Black Star nation, I indulged in conversation with my elders AKA seniors as they told stories of the days when they lived in the same complex as Meriam Makeba- African immigrants looking for the American dream…

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Global Fusion Playlist: My Ipod Shuffle Rocks Series

Global Fusion Playlist: My Ipod Shuffle Rocks Series

Oh how my i-pod shuffle Rocks! It has come to be a sort of pet who gages your mood & always delivers accordingly by giving you exactly what you need. Some call it pets, some call it spouses, some call…

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Mobile Communication: Africa’s Game Changer: Western Union & MTN Partner to Benefit Rural African Communities

Africa once blacklisted by many global businesses & corporations refusing to do business with the continent & refusing to allow credit card transactions to or from Africa/Africans because of the ills of a few that somehow managed to justify stereotyping…

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Protected: Africa:See You, See Me Photography Exhibit-1

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Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Some people can’t fathom the idea of why a prestigious artistic institution like NYU would name Swizz Beatz as NYU’s first producer-in-residence of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts, but I…

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Global Fusion Playlist:Yaaba Funk Calling All Afro Beasts!

Global Fusion Playlist:Yaaba Funk Calling All Afro Beasts!

Fun, Dance, Funk..Africa’s Global Fusion..Global Soul….Praises To The Soul Of Africa! Yaaba Funk- Ordinary?…No! “I think people are quite surprised at how sort of contemporary it is…they expect to hear some kind of old fashion African

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Africans On The Rise: Wangari Maathai-Kenya’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Mother Nature’s Warrior!

Africans On The Rise: Wangari Maathai-Kenya’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Mother Nature’s Warrior!

When you feed a women’s mind, heart & soul, you create a reflection of the greatest love of all one can experience in building lives, nations & the future! As The environment gets back to the forefront of global topics…

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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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