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African Culture

PAN! The Universal Call of the African Drum

Jessica Joseph | Posted 05.16.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Universal, Drum, Music Festivals, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Steelpan, French Filmmaker, Multiracial, Music, African Culture, Pagan, Indigenous, Pagan Spirituality, Carnival, Entertainment News
Jessica Joseph

The film tells the story of the notoriously ingenious, multicultural people of Trinidad and Tobago, who fought to hold on to their African drum and in the process created the steel-pan, the only new instrument to be invented in the 20th century.

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African in America

Ola Ojewumi | Posted 03.27.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Black in America, Africa, Nigeria, Racism, Tolerance, African Culture, African Americans, Diversity, Black Voices News
Ola Ojewumi

What does it mean to be black in America? I faced this question early in life as a child of African immigrants. First days of school were the worst days. As teachers and peers faced difficulty pronouncing my long West African name, I struggled to understand who I was.

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WATCH: Diesel+EDUN Celebrates African Fashion

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.06.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Renzo Rosso, Diesel Edun Collaboration, Conservation Cotton Initiative, Diesel Jeans, Africa Style, Edun Fashion, Diesel, Solange, Africa Fashion, Edun, Only the Brave Foundation, Diesel + Edun, African Style, Video, Edun-Clothing, Ali Hewson, Bv-Fashion-Beauty, Africa, African Fashion, Uganda, African Culture, Bono EDUN, Solange Knowles, Bono, Black Voices News

Africa is slowly but surely making its presence in the world fashion. The continent has provided endless inspiration for designers, celebrities and vi...

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'Loss of Control'

Louise Sayers | Posted 01.26.2013 | College
Read More: Thesis Project, The Thesis Project, East Africa Culture, East Africa Trip, Africa Culture, Criminal Law, Culture Criminal Law, African Culture, College News
Louise Sayers

I, on the other hand, had a more personal reason for wanting to write about my chosen topic -- "the relevance of cultural background to the application of the law" -- my interest in it having been triggered while spending time in East Africa the previous summer.

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My Africa

Dee Poku | Posted 10.05.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Ghana, African American Pride, Black Voices, BV Life, Obama Ghana Trip, African Culture, Black Culture, Hair Beauty, Black Voices News
Dee Poku

When people who look like you fill the influential roles in society, the heads of state, the judges, the doctors and the bankers, nothing feels impossible or out of reach.

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