In the United States, African-Americans are more likely to live in poverty than any other ethnic group. But despite the country’s institutional racism, a Black elite has found success, thanks to a combination of...
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UNIVITELLIN
Marseille, today. Aminata works as a hairdresser in an Afro hairdressing salon, Badara works as mechanic. When they meet, their love story will change their lives. View Tha RIGHT Thing™ Blafrokan Reflections: Was this...
IFA or Ifa? Is There a Difference?
IFA is not an acronym as such. It is used in some cases by those who have organizations and recognize the easy association in a case where the language is not indigenous to the region where it may be encountered. Ifa is...
Baba Ifalade
BONESHAKER
An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to find a cure for its problem child. View Tha RIGHT Thing™ Blafrokan Reflections: Was she actually a problem child or was there another problem being...
Am I Stifling My Progress
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Carol Cummings, Ph.D.
National Black Film Festival, Black-ish?
Bring Hollywood to Houston HOUSTON – “It was all a dream,” rapped Biggie Smalls, and “bringing Hollywood to Houston,” was the dream for J.O. Malone, Founder and Denisha Hardeman, Co-Founder of the First Annual...
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Music Has The Power To Change
My first memory of falling in love with music was around four or five years old and learning how musical my mother’s side of the family was. My mom and all of her siblings played piano and sang in the church choir, and...
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Those Who Practice African Traditional Religions are NOT Devil Worshippers!
In IFA, an ancient African Spiritual System of Belief and Action, we are educated to the fact that in this UnI verse, there are no Absolutes. This is the foundation of my next statement, which is this: IFA...
The Silicon Savannah and Tech in Africa
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Rwanda: Increasing Population, City Expansion, the Need for Sustainable Living and Tourism
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