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Dec 22, 2010 • This theme is a Celebration of A Black Woman’s Beauty through the elegance of the outfits, the colorful makeup, the refined jewelry. The Strong and Delicate is also a mixture of Power and Fragility.
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Dec 22, 2010 • Many of today’s body arts have their roots in African ancestral or ethnic body art. From scarification to body paints, body decoration has long been held in high regard in many African tribes. Fairly common in West Africa, New Guinea, the Congo and Southern Sudan, in many groups the body’s seen as a canvas for...
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Dec 22, 2010 • Marie Daulne, the founder and fronting member of Zap Mama since the early 1990s, has lived a life that rivals Homer’s Odyssey. Filled with peril and triumph, globe-spanning quests, and a series of personal achievements that seem almost heroic in scope, her story is one of epic proportions in the annals of world music. She...
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Dec 22, 2010 • The Long Beach Museum of Art is located on Ocean Boulevard in the Bluff Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Overlooking the Long Beach Harbor, the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, and the Queen Mary, the Museum occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house (once a summer home) and carriage house (both attributed to architect...
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Dec 22, 2010 • I remember as a little girl singing along to the Jamaican band Third World’s hit songs- especially the single “Forbidden Love”. It’s on my list of favorite songs of all time. So when I was given the opportunity to interview one of the members William Stewart- the drummer in the group, I jumped at the...
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Dec 22, 2010 • Released in June of 2009, "I Bring What I Love" is a documentary that takes you behind the scenes into the life of Senegalese pop sensation Youssou N'dour who's spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the "Voice of Africa". At the height of his career, N'dour...
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Dec 22, 2010 • Emmanuel's Gift is true story of a disabled athlete from Ghana Africa who rode a bicycle across his entire country with one leg. A story about an orphan whose father abandoned him and whose village dismissed him, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah had nothing but gave everything and changed a nation forever. He became a national hero...
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Dec 19, 2010 • Madagascar’s the world’s fourth largest island situated in the Indian Ocean, near the south-eastern coast of Africa and is about the size of Spain and Portugal combined. Geographically, the Hauts Plateau runs from east to west, dividing the island. Lowland coastal strips encircle the plateau on either side. The islands of Juan de Nova, Europa,...
