Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

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Apr01

Taking Back Our Share Of The Ethnic Hair Care Industry

by Duane on April 1st, 2010 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Economy, Sistahs

From BlackEnterprise.com
“Mary L. Harris is flipping the script on the black hair care industry.
It’s a pretty well known fact that the vast majority of black hair care products sold in the U.S. is not manufactured by black-owned businesses. Why does this matter? For starters, it means our spending dollars are being quickly funneled out of [...]

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Feb02

Black Buying Power Up In South Africa

by Duane on February 2nd, 2010 at 7:51 am
Posted In: success, World

“Blacks and other previously disadvantaged groups are now responsible for half of all suburban property transactions.”

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Sep28

Getting To Know: Dr. Christopher B. Howard

by Duane on September 28th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our Expression, The Brothas

Found this article floating around today (even though it is somewhat old news).
From NPR~
“More than 230 years since Hampden-Sydney’s founding, tradition is very much alive at the Virginia college.
The students, all men, wear bow ties and jackets to football games. On arriving for the school year, students are handed an etiquette guide. The college slogan [...]

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May07

Talk about unemployment

by Duane on May 7th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Economy, World

Here’s another slice of perspective for ya’.
May 5 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s unemployment rate, the highest of 62 countries tracked by Bloomberg, rose in the first quarter as the economy probably entered a recession for the first time in 17 years.
The jobless rate increased to 23.5 percent from 21.9 percent in the previous three months, [...]

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Feb17

February 11, 1990 – Mandela is Released from Prison

by Duane on February 17th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Posted In: Remember, World

I can’t believe this slipped right by me last week.

Where was I when Mandela was released? I believe I was preparing for finials, so I had very little chance to absorb the moment. But what I do remember was South Africa’s first democratic elections which took place about 4 years later. Man, who could forget [...]

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Feb09

A Day Late and a Dollar Short Productions Presents

by Duane on February 9th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Posted In: Our Expression, success, World

That subject line applies to me when it comes to some of these very good documentaries out there.
Blacks Without Borders:Chasing the American Dream in South Africa is a documentary that has been out since 2007. Yours truly just saw it last night on Showtime (actually, I caught the last 25 minutes).
This documentary that covers the [...]

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