Photographer Pogus Ceasar gives Richard McComb a tour of black music in Birmingham over the past 25 years - Legends through a lens The colour scheme is stark, unyielding, the white studio space flooded with sunlight from the overhead windows on this early spring morning. Black and white photographs, framed in black, hang from the walls. There ...

Bank Holiday Sat 11 April 2009 The Specialists, Londons No1 Raving Promoters Cordially Invite Real Ravers To The Double Birthday Celebration Of Nigel B & Jon Junior From Special Touch Urban Street Sound.. This Will Be Taking Place At The Plush & Exclusive China Palace, 2 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock North E16 1DR.. (off Tidal Basin Rd, which ...

CASH was stolen from a till when three men wearing hooded tops raided a Derby shop. The shop assistant at the Afro-Caribbean food and fish store, in Upper Dale Road, was pushed out of the way by one of the thieves while another snatched money from the till and the third stood by and watched. Police are ...

Improvements for patients and carers In an announcement this week, the Care Services Minister Phil Hope said that this new organisation will ensure that national mental health policies bring about real improvements for patients and carers.‘The National Mental Health Development Unit will make sure that mental health services around the country continue to go from strength ...

The Ties That Align Administration's Black Women Form A Strong Sisterhood By Krissah Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 18, 2009; C01 Like two old girlfriends catching up, they ignored onlookers, hugged and laughed.  Donna Brazile, the political strategist and Washington veteran, peppered Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson with questions. "How are the kids?" "Have you contacted ...

America’s history is replete with women of color standing tall – from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama and all in between, Black women have been the glue that have held the Black family together in the face of adversity. Although women in general have not received proper recognition in our history books, there are a ...

Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore Avery Research Center 125 Bull St. (843) 953-7609 www.cofc.edu/avery Cookie Washington has imagined what life might be like as a water goddess, ruling the seas and the hearts of men. She describes her new quilt and doll exhibition at the Avery as her "baby," seven or eight years in the making. Initially, it was hard ...

Hey there. Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the MAIN EVENT! We are one stop away from D.DAY, however brace yourselves & get ready for a magical experience! Strctly Entertainment Ltd presents The Single Launch Party for PHENOMENAL WOMAN - come & watch FOLA with full band 'Slo Burn' as she headlines superb lineup of UK talent! Mon ...

Roadtown, Tortola - Government is inviting Virgin Islanders to apply for a scholarship to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Ecology and Conservation. The scholarship for study at the Schools of Biological Sciences and Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading is being offered by the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA). It is part ...

Top Guyana Award For West Indies Batsman CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - Jackson Heights,NY,USA CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Mar. 18, 2009: West Indies batsman and former skipper, Shiv Chanderpaul, is set to be bestowed with a Guyana ... See all stories on this topic A history of events of CLICO Guyana Caribbean Net News - Georgetown,Cayman Islands CLICO Guyana established ...

Same old Same old The Streets are always watching. That night,as I lay on my bed listening to the dogs bark, I began to wonder how much more I could take, and I began to get a terrible feeling inside my chest and a tightness at the back of my throat, and I jerked upright with my head spinning and stared into the ...

By J. Freedom du Lac Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 17, 2009; Page C01 "I don't know how to stay in one genre," Estelle Fanta Swaray declared during her Sunday night concert at the 9:30 club. She was hardly apologizing, though -- more like sharing her mission statement. The nascent British star has shortened her stage name ...

Sickle Cell and Deaths in Custodyconference The Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell (TASC Unit) at De Montfort University, Leicester is pleased to present this exclusive one day conference. The conference examines Sickle Cell disorders, healthcare neglect in prisons, racism in the criminal justice system and the introduction of specialist custody nursing Sickle Cell and deaths in custody ...

Senegal/Rwanda: Star Targets Afro-Basket Title AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA 2005 FIBA Africa Championship (Afrobasket) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Boniface Ndong is eager to guide Senegal to their first continental championship ... See all stories on this topic Senegal's Téranga Lions play Oman, Iran in soccer friendlies Le Mali en ligne - Mali Dakar, Senegal - Senegal will play two soccer friendly ...

Senior ANC Official Vows Jacob Zuma will Quit if Convicted of ... Voice of America - USA By Darren Taylor South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) says it's confident it will win more than 70 percent of the vote when the ... See all stories on this topic South Africa considers steps to help Zimbabwe Reuters South ...

http://www.blackcommentator.com/213/213_along_the_color_line_global_inequality_marable_ed_bd.html In the past 20 years in the United States, where deregulation and privatization has been carried to extremes, we are witnessing a phenomenon that the media has described as “the very rich” leaving “the merely rich" behind. The exponential growth of America’s “super-rich” is a direct product of the near-elimination of capital gains taxes, and the ...

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, was part African, says a BBC team which believes it has found her sister's tomb. Queen Cleopatra was a descendant of Ptolemy, the Macedonian general who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great. But remains of the queen's sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey, indicate that her mother ...

Walter Tull was born at 16 Allendale Street, Folkstone in April 1888. His father was a joiner from St Thomas Parish in Barbados and came to Britain in 1876. He married a local girl from Folkestone in 1880 and together they had six children. In 1897, Walter and his siblings were orphaned when ...

"Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 years of Success". It is one of the most comprehensive books on Black Inventors since Henry E. Baker's research on Black inventors in the early 20th century. This book identifies Black inventors from five continents, over seventy countries, including almost all fifty states in the United States. This book cites a ...

An MP has begun campaigning for the Military Cross to be awarded posthumously to a former Northampton Town footballer killed in World War I. Walter Tull, the first black infantry officer in the British Army, was mentioned in dispatches for "gallantry and coolness" on the Italian Front. He died in action in 1918, but because his family ...

Daniella Maison is the edgy, unswerving, soulful writer been best known for her series of poetry publications since her astonishing poetical debut in 2000. A young Masters graduate, Maison currently works as a freelance writer and part time music promoter, and is set to make an impact within the local and wider community, she comments: ‘James ...

ON an evening in late February at a club here called the Monkey House, there was a family reunion of sorts. As the band Rough Francis roared through a set of anthemic punk rock, Bobby Hackney leaned against the bar and beamed. Three of his sons — Bobby Jr., Julian and Urian — are in ...

[poll id="2"] With the runaway success of social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, are small black run websites, blogs and forums still needed? What role do they have to play in delivering information to users? Discuss...

Dear Friends of Africa Awakening, I  hope you are all having a great weekend. May your dreams, aspirations and personal ambitions this year, continue to be blessed by the vision, the grace and the spirit of the Lord. AFRICA AWAKENING is all about: Promoting the needs and interests of Africans, West Indians and the Black British Community in different ...

Ever heard of the Black Knight? No, I don't mean that unfunny film with Martin Lawrence in it. I mean "The black Knight",? Did you ever stop to think where the tale of the black knight came from? Well, many historians have dismissed the stories as a knight who had a ...