Dr. Michelle Callahan During the holidays most of us want to spend time with friends and family, while at the same time avoiding the negative comments and unnecessary disagreements that often come with these celebrations. Here are my five rules on what to say/not say to loved ones during holiday gatherings. Follow these rules to help ...

2 cups chopped onion 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp grated fresh peeled ginger 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tbsp homemade garam masala, which we happened to have on hand, OR 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1 tsp ground coriander seeds 1 tsp ground cumin seeds 1/4 tsp ground cardamom 1/8 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp turmeric 2 tomatoes, chopped 1 sweet potato, ...

Dounne Alexander is the founder of "Grammas" herbal foods and has won such national awards as 'Black Businesswoman of the Millennium' and inclusion in the list of 100 Great Black Britons. She was born in Trinidad, and came to Britain with her parents in 1962. She worked for 22 years as a Chemical/Bacteriological technician and ...

'Taste of Africa' events help raise awareness of the Personal Food Imports campaign within the African community Check the rules about personal food imports before you travel - this was the message to members of the African community attending a series of local Taste of Africa events held across London last weekend. The Taste ...

Even though it is the least integrated with the global economy, Africa may be the worst hit region by the global economic crisis. Each of the four channels through which the crisis is affecting Africa has a particularly nefarious impact. Read full article>>

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 ...

  Senegal-Bonus for rice farmers For Senegalese rice farmers like Pape Alioune Seck the food crisis is a blessing in disguise in a country that until recently imported three-quarters of this staple from Asia."Two years ago, the Senegalese rediscovered rice from the river valley," said the 32-year-old rice farmer. The change is answering the dreams of the domestic ...

Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.