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Rapper and actor Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, aka Nas, couldn’t contain his excitement when he found out he won a National Sports Emmy for his ESPN documentary “Survival 1.” In accepting the award, Nas proclaimed “After all these years of making music, I am honoured to have this be the first award I ever won […]

I kept on wondering how summer fashion will be on a hot sunny day. I wondered if it was going to be the same old tight spandex recycled, recycled, recycled…Were we going to stay in late the 80’s or are we going to try and revisit the 70’s with style. PAUSE. Fast Forward. Rewind again STOP…It might just be here from […]

Is this Culture to remain ‘As Is’ or to be revisited? PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE AND WATCH VIDEOS BEFORE RESPONDING Are people who consider the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to be ‘backwards’ just ignorant because they are overlooking the cultural and traditional significance of the practice? Are some of us wrong deducing that FGM […]

Beauty brand Carol’s Daughter has released a brief video of the three recent new faces of their brand, singer/model Cassie, singer/DJ Solange and supermodel Selita Ebanks. All three women and their visibly varying hair textures represent the diversity inherent to Black hair. While hair maintenance is important to all women regardless of race, for many black women, […]

Kola Boof, born Naima Bint Harith, was revealed to be Osama Bin Laden’s mistress in 2002. Before images of Boof were made public, very little was known about her, other than the fact that she is of Egyptian-Sudanese orijin. Based on this description, she argues that the American media “summoned visions of an Arab-raised aristocrat who […]

Many of us were unaware of the troubling state of affairs occurring in South Africa under Apartheid rule  until we were moved by the troubling and heart wrenching photo of dying Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old shot by police during the June 16, 1976 Soweto uprising. A powerful image of Hector dying in the arms of Mbuyisa […]

Are you ready for the N ü Revolution? That’s what Les Nubians asked fans when they sat down with Orijin last fall to promote their limited edition EP. During that conversation, the Faussart sisters proudly represented their Cameroonian-French orijin, discussed African history, as well as the role women will play in shaping the continent’s future. They are […]

Afro-Soul Queen, Rafiya, makes music to provide hope, inspiration and love. In the aftermath of Haiti’s tragic earthquake, she dedicated a song to Haitians, at home and abroad, to let them know that they were not abandoned; to let them know that in the face of this tragedy of unimaginable proportions, the world was behind […]

Before Tv came into existence in my life , I remember my uncle sitting all the kids down, forming a circle around a burning wood he would set up around 6pm after we had taken our night showers. We could hardly wait and took quick showers. Sometimes i didn’t, I just sprinkled water on my head […]

Without Culture and Heritage, is there an African Pride? Taurus Riley came out with “Shaka Zulu Pickney” not too long ago. A very powerful video embracing the roots of African culture and heritage. Addressing social and political issues in a unique visual effect. The Pride of Africa: “The thoughts of freedom fighters dwell in my brain. […]

Imagine being excited about getting married to a loved one, imagine the anticipation, the flipping of magazines for THE wedding dress, Polaroid pictures in your mind about your first dance and then a call comes in… Nigeria’s, Super Eagles defender Olubayo Adefemi died from a car accident in Greece.The Nigeria international footballer lost control in his […]

So you woke up this morning  thinking about bills to pay, you are thinking about your family to feed, you are depressed about the girl you loved that left you last night, basically you are suffering, “YOU DEY SUFFER”. You are not alone, trust me. I dey suffer, Cayayo dey suffer, Taxi driver dey suffer, musician […]