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Wayna getting major "Love"

Wayna getting major "Love"

March 28, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Wayna ( Woyneab Miraf Wondwossen) is making quite a splash these days with her music. The Ethiopian-born beauty has another smash on her hands with “My Love“. Success hasn’t been the only thing to follow the Africa native, she was arrested last year in an airport for having a police baton (charges were dropped ...

Nneka "Africans"

Nneka "Africans"

March 28, 2010 No Comments

Tweet New artists seldom make the splash that Nneka has made, but from her new album, you wouldn’t know this prolific songwriter was a neophyte. And, technically, she isn’t. Check out her “Heartbeat“.

Regina King: Hardest working woman in showbiz?

Regina King: Hardest working woman in showbiz?

February 26, 2010 2 Comments

Tweet Movie star Regina King is among a small cadre of African-American actresses we’ve literally seen grow up before our eyes (Janet Jackson and Cookie being among the others) on television. Born and raised in Los Angeles, it would be easy for King to be “Hollywood,” in all senses, but the 39-year-old actress is as ...

Big and Fine: Full-figured is in

Big and Fine: Full-figured is in

February 25, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet If I changed the lyrics to one of my favorite songs, it’d go: “Dish water blonde, tall and foine”. Of course, blonde is optional, but the point remains: Having a little meat on the bones never hurt nobody. Of courst the backlash against the skinny little things that model women’s clothes have been going ...

Ethnic Wars: Does 'Black' Even Matter Anymore?

Ethnic Wars: Does 'Black' Even Matter Anymore?

September 6, 2009 No Comments

Tweet With the  presidency of  Barack Obama, you’d think this “post-racialism” thing would cool off by now and normalcy would reign. But racism, racemongering and racialism are all alive and kicking this year — one would argue that from recent headlines this has been the most racial summer since the civil rights unrest of the ...

What ‘Going Natural’ Means

August 24, 2009 No Comments

Tweet When you think of the phrase “going natural,” it is common to assume that one means growing a ‘fro. But natural doesn’t have to mean a fro, it could mean braids, it could mean corn rolls, it could mind many things. Read: Mighty Afrodites (PHOTOS) Imagine if “getting a perm” meant that your hair ...

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They’re Stockpiling Diamonds. And No One’s Buying

They’re Stockpiling Diamonds. And No One’s Buying

May 14, 2009 No Comments

Tweet The demand for diamonds has all but dried up worldwide, according to a New York Times story . But that hasn’t stopped the Russian-owned company from stockpiling them monthly and putting them in a vault. A woman that handles them says: “I’m not a robot. I sometimes think to myself ‘wow, what a pretty ...

Who is Dambisa Moyo?

Who is Dambisa Moyo?

February 23, 2009 2 Comments

Tweet This chick with more than a passing resemblance to Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child and Venus Williams is in the New York Times talking major trash about American celebrities who stretch their faces on big screens to wail for Africa. She’s from Zambia with degrees from Harvard and Oxford, And she may have a ...

Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada inked up (PICS + VIDEO)

Tweet NFL baller Chad Ochocinco and his fiance reality TV star Evelyn Lozada got inked up for an Urban...

Rihanna hot in Armani jeans ad (PICS)

Tweet Rihanna has released new photos of round two of her ad campaign with Emporio Armani Jeans and the pics...

Beyonce gives birth to baby girl, Blue Ivy

Tweet Beyonce has given birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter, according to her sister, Solange. “The most...

Basketball Wives LA’s Imani Showalter dons bikini (PICS)

Tweet Imani Showalter of “Basketball Wives LA” has a new attitude and new shape for 2010. She showed off...

‘Basketball Wives LA’ star Laura Govan slims down (PIC)

Tweet “Basketball Wives LA” star Laura Govan has lost the baby weight and slimmed down for 2012. While she...