Dec19
ZEWDU the street child. from Enrico Parenti, Takae film on Vimeo.
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Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
24 results.
Aug19
Did you know that it is World Photography Day? As some of you know, I am a photographer, so I am loving this day. Check out some of the wonderful pictures I have found on Flickr.
I’ll try to add more over the weekend.
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Sep21
I just caught part of this documentary the other day. It was on Current TV.
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Hopefully, they will put the whole episode on YouTube for those of you who did not get a chance to see it. An eye opener for sure.
Related: “The Rise of African “Soccer Slavery”
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May04
No Long Discussions On Interracial Relationships In Senegal
by Duane on May 4th, 2010 at 12:37 amPosted In: World
The one thing we Americans will talk to the ground, through the earth, past the earth’s core and through the other side of the planet is race. White women with Black guys? Dear Lawd! The endless conversation is like a roach–it never dies, just multiply (and divides, adds, square root, etc.).
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Feb10
(AP) High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according [...]
Nov12
Like it or not, this is OUR history. I blogged about this whole issue at least twice. (here, here)
Here is an excerpt from one of those earlier posts~
“Historians estimate that ten million of these abducted Africans “never even made it to the slave ships. Most died on the march to the sea”—still chained, yoked, and [...]
Nov03
Someone is running a game on them.
Ethiopia to develop biofuels to cut oil imports
(africagoodnews.com) “Ethiopia wants to emulate Brazil by developing biofuels to cut its dependence on oil imports that cost the Horn of Africa nation more than a billion dollars a year, a government official said.
Ephrem Hassen, coordinator of biofuels development in the Ministry [...]
Oct05
Today’s word is: Gangsta
Say it with me, “Gang-sta.”
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Has Built Secret Farming Empire
(VOA News) Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has said his fast-track land reform program, launched in 2000, was to give Zimbabwean land back to landless blacks and that each individual should acquire and own only one farm. However VOA has discovered that he [...]
Sep21
The Buried History of African Slavery
by Duane on September 21st, 2009 at 7:37 amPosted In: Commentary, World
Since moving back to Atlanta, I finially had the chance to check out the Africa Channel. It has quickly become one of my favorites because I really love learning about other cultures.
This weekend featured a short documentary that talked a little bit about children who live out on the street in South Africa. As you [...]
Aug31
There was always a feeling in my gut that this would happen some day, but I never thought it would really happen. Disney and Marvel?? Come on!
Disney acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc.
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No Live Aid for this problem, I guess.
Africa—Yes, Africa—Has an Obesity Problem
So again I ask the question, “How is obesity being defined and measured?” [...]
Aug27
From Wikipedia~
“Ghezo was the ninth King of Dahomey (now Benin), considered one of the greatest of the twelve historical kings. He ruled from 1818 to 1858. His name before ascending to the throne was Gakpe.
Ghezo’s symbols are two birds on a tree, a buffalo, and a clay jar sieve with holes in it held by [...]
Aug17
From the website “African American Quilting Traditions”
The textile traditions of African peoples are less thoroughly documented than other aspects of folk art such as music, dance, or speech. However what is known can be traced back to the prominent influences of four civilizations of Central and West Africa: the Mande-speaking peoples (in the modern countries [...]
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