Remembering Loleatta Holloway
Chicago Native and accalimed singer Loleata Holloway passed from a recent illness . She got her start singing Gospel music in Chicago churches.
Nelson Mandela’s 46664 Organization Creates Fashion Line
The South Africa-based 46664 organization has announced a licensing agreement with Cape Town-based Seardel Investment Corporation Limited that will see the launch of a 46664 global apparel brand in the second half of 2011.
Musica: Tseugue Maryam Guebrou
I came across this from the blog A Bombastic Element a few days ago. Tsegue Maryam Guebrou is an Ethiopian Nun living in exile in Israel.
18th Annual New York African Film Festival Features Exciting Films
The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) and African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) will present the 18th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) in celebration of the United Nations International Year of Peoples of African Descent, which serves as the festival’s guiding theme.