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African/Black Media must unite to deliver clear message

Posted in African, African American, Arts, Black Blog Posts, Black Britons, Black Presence, Black Writing, Caribbean, Community, Europe, History, Media, News, Politics on March 10th, 2010 by admin – 4 Comments
African Unity Online, more than just a dream?

BlackPresence website is now 12 years old and many changes have befallen the internet since its inception. We have gone from a time when there was hardly any black presence on the Internet to having a massive amount of black owned, black run websites, all singing their own songs. It has long occurred to me that ...

Oak Bluffs – Summer’s Home For Elite Blacks

Posted in African American, Black Blog Posts, Community, History, News, The Americas on September 15th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Home of the black elites

Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen L. Brown wrote an interesting? August 20, 2009 About how Americas Elite blacks are flocking to Martha's Vineyard to take their annual holidays. Over the 4 page web article. Brown highlights the fact that this isn't a new phenomenon, but a generational thing. Black families have been attracted to the ...

Everybody’s talking about Tiana

Posted in African American, Arts, Beauty & Fashion, Black Blog Posts, Business, Education, Entertainment, Movies, Racism, The Americas, Women on March 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Tiana and her Prince

Now that Disney have finally stepped up to the plate and produced an African American Princess, is everyone happy? Of course not, there are those who don't like the African American Princess Idea, those who don't like the fact that she doesn't have a Black Prince. Can Disney ever please everyone, probably not. Related: The Guardian Google Search

Obama may be President but don’t take your eye off the issues!

Posted in African American, Black Blog Posts, Community, Education, History, Men, News, Politics, Students, The Americas, Women on March 25th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Use your exposure, Mr President!

Blogger John Ridley points out that whilst the President of the worldsmost powerful country enjoys cosy nights on comfy chatshows, and other African American high flyers like Eric Holder, Michael Steele and Richard Parsons are making headlines the situation is considerably worse for the average African American male. My response to this is, "Yeah, tell us something ...

The slaughter of the Black Woman: No longer recognising ourselves among the rubble.

Posted in African, African American, Arts, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, History, Media, Music, Poetry, Women on March 15th, 2009 by Daniella – Be the first to comment
Daniella Maison

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 ...

With the success of Social Networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, are small black websites, blogs and forums still needed?

Posted in African, African American, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Media on March 14th, 2009 by admin – 3 Comments

[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...

Memorial Plaque dedcated to Olaudah Equiano

Posted in African, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Books, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Events, History, Slavery, The Americas on March 13th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

About 300 people attended Monday night's dedication in St, Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, of a memorial plaque to Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97), the leading black abolitionist. Equiano had been baptised at the Church in February 1759. While people waited for the start of the service the Church organist played the 'Trumpet Voluntary' by John Stanley (1712-86) and ...

I Too Have A Dream – Short Story – By Raymondobe

Posted in Arts, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Community, Europe, Music, Poetry on March 12th, 2009 by raymondobe – Be the first to comment
digital_home_studio

I too have a dream! I usta hang out all day with my cousin, fantasizing about the day we were gonna be supa rich and famous. My cousin had a studio in the basement of his yard over on the West side of town; Powis Square. I rented a tiny room on the North side, ...

War Child

Posted in African, Black Blog Posts, History, Media, War on March 10th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
War Children

GUA Africa was founded by Emmanuel Jal, an ex-child soldier turned rap artist. The word GUA (pronounced gwaah) means peace in Nuer, a tribal language of Southern Sudan. Emmanuel Jal was just three years old when civil war broke out in Sudan, it was a war that would last 22 years killing an estimated 2 ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-08

Posted in African, African American, Arts, Black Blog Posts, Community, Europe, History, Media, Music, Racism, Slavery, Twitter Digest, War, Women on March 8th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

http://www.ondamoney.com/ http://tinyurl.com/akyq45 # Hot Digital Radio http://tinyurl.com/bv8n3m # Black Women In Europe http://tinyurl.com/auccek # Bienvenue sur Grioo Pour Elle, le site dédié à la beauté des femmes noires et métissées http://tinyurl.com/bxu2vo # Marie-Raphaelle Designs http://tinyurl.com/btu8um # Danielle Belton's The Black Snob - The Snob Blog http://blacksnob.com/ # Black Girl in London http://tinyurl.com/akfnn7 # AfroSpear http://tinyurl.com/add9lw # Morgan Tsvangirai survives car crash but wife ...


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