• December 15, 2013 •
Comments Off on Nelson Mandela Memorialized With a Second Line Parade in New Orleans
Posted in African American History, African History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Exploration and Colonization, Health, Immigration, Love, Memoir, Music, New Orleans, Pneumonia/Respiratory Diseases, Race, Religion, Second Lines/Marchers, South Africa, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Africans, Blacks, Brother, Facebook, French Quarter, Jackson Square, Joyce Ladner, Louisiana, Love, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, New Orleans, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, South Africa, South Africans, St. Claire Adriaan, The Second Line, Trombone Shorty, United States, Zandi Ndebele Sutton
• December 13, 2013 •
Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela
Posted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Graca Machel, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, South Africa, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Women, World History
Tags: African National Congress, Africans, ANC, Bill Clinton, Children, eNCA, Funeral, Graça Machel, Hillary Clinton, Last Rites, Mandela, Marriage, Mthatha Airport, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, Pretoria, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Qunu, SABC, South Africa, South African National Defence Force, South Africans, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa
• December 9, 2013 •
5 Comments
Posted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Love, People of Color, South Africa, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, World History
Tags: Africa, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CBS News, Dignitaries, Father of the Country, FNB Stadium, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Johannesburg, Kings, Live Streaming, Madiba, Mandela, Memorial Service, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Prince Charles, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Tuesday, Union Buildings, United States, UStream
• March 31, 2013 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, March 30, 2013: “Just The Way You Are,” Billy Joel, 1978 (In Memory of Phil Ramone)
Posted in American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, History, Music, Soundtracks, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Just The Way You Are, "The Stranger", Billy Joel, CDs, Chick Song, Columbia Records, Dolby Laboratories, Duets, Elizabeth Weber, Elton John, George Martin, Grammys, Jack Arnold, Jazz, Joel, Karen Ichiuji Ramone, Liberty DeVitto, Linda Ronstadt, Love, Matthew Ramone, Music Producer, Naturalized American, New York, Optical Surround Sound, Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Pop Music, Ramone, Simon Ramone, South Africa, The Eighties, The Seventies, William Ramone
• August 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on South Africa, You Don’t Know Eddie Long Like We Know Eddie Long
Posted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, South Africa, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, African Americans, Atlanta, Bisexuality, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Evangelicals, Blacks, Born again (Christianity), Eddie Long, Evangelical Tour, Homophobia, Homosexual Acts, LGBT, Missionary Work, Murder, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Self Image, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, South Africa, United States, Young Men
• August 15, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Love, Monaco, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Telegraph", "The Independent", Adoption, Alexandre Coste, Banishment, Charlene Wittstock, Divorce, Ex-Lovers, France, Gareth Wittstock, Heirs, Hereditary Princess Caroline of Monaco, Hereditary Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Illegitimate Child, Mansions, Mistress, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, On Approval, Paris Match, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Ernst of Hanover, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, South African, Stefano Casiraghi, Succession, The Grimaldis, The Ocean Necklace, The Red Cross Ball, Togo, Van Cleef & Arpels, Villas, Vineyards
• July 25, 2011 •
5 Comments
Posted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Monaco, People of Color, Revolutions, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "L'Express", "The Daily Mail", Agence France Presse, Alexandre Coste, Banking, Catholicism, Charlene Wittstock, Corruption, D'Argent, Damage Control, Dollars, Euros, Heir, Heiress Presumptive, Michel Roger, Monaco, Money, Money Laundering, Monte Carlo, Mozambique, New York Stock Exchange, Newlyweds, Nicole Coste, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Caroline, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Royal Wedding, Runaway Bride, South Africa, Special Olympics, Spin, Stagecraft, Taki Theodoracopulos, The Grimaldis, The Paris Bourse, The Principality of Monaco, The Shenzhen, Tittle-Tattle, TMZ.com
• July 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on It Is Nelson Mandela’s 93rd Birthday; Devote 67 Minutes of Your Day or Your Week to Public Service and Charities
Posted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Love, South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, World History
Tags: "Invictus", Africa, African National Congress, ANC, Frailty, Freedom, Human Rights, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Madiba, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize, Old Age, Old Guard, Privy Councillor, Qunu, Security, South Africa, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa
• July 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on News From That Other Royal Family, The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Almost Runaway Bride and The Groom Just Going Through The Motions
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, European History, Fashion, Love, Monaco, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Albert II Prince of Monaco, Alexandre Coste, Andrea Casiraghi, Annulment, Catherine Middleton, Charlene Wittstock, Competitive Swimmer, Diana Princess of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Fashions, Grace Kelly, House of Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace Rotolo, Marriage Ended Before It Starts, Marriage Vows, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, Olympic, Paris, Passport Confiscated, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince William, Prince William of Wales, Princess Caroline, Principality of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, Tamara Rotolo, The Grimaldis, The Windsors, United States, Zimbabwe formerly Rhodesia
• March 12, 2011 •
Comments Off on Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti
Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Brazil, Canada, Class, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Exploration and Colonization, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Natural Disasters, Obama Administration, Race, South Africa, The Clintons, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Blacks, Danny Glover, Democracy, Drug Cartels, Drug Money, Earthquake, Exile, Exiles, Fanmi Lavalas, Glen Ford, Haiti, Haitians, Harry Belafonte, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Jesse Jackson, Love, Madame Mildred Preval, Maryse Narcisse, Michel Martelly, MINUSTAH, Mirlande Manigat, Organization of American States, Passport, President Jacob Zuma, President Rene Preval, Pretoria S.A., Puppets, Racism, Return, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, South Africa, The Caribbean, The Haitian Earthquake, The United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, WikiLeaks
• January 27, 2011 •
Comments Off on Former South African President Nelson Mandela, 92, Hospitalized for a Second Day
Posted in Africans, Black People, Class, Health, Love, Race, South Africa, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: African National Congress, Albertina Sisulu, ANC, Archbishop Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Graça Machel, Jeff Radebe, Johannesburg, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Foundation, Netcare Milpark Hospital, Nobel Peace Prize, Richard Maponya, Soccer City, South Africa, Soweto, The World Cup, Zenani Mandela
• October 20, 2010 •
3 Comments
Posted in Acting, African American History, Africans, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, European History, Film, France, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Saartjie Baartman, Sexuality, South Africa, The Rest of the World, Travel, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Venus Noire", Abdel Kechiche, Abdellatif Kechiche, Africa, African Americans, Arts, Black Venus, Black Women, Blacks, Britain, Circus, Colonialism, Degradation, Director, Drama, European Colonialism, European History, Exhibition, Exploitation, France, Hottentot Venus, Intervention, Khoi People, Khoikhoi, Khoisan Woman, Movies, New York, Pejorative, Prostitution, Racism, Rape, Saartjie Baartman, Sarah Baartman, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, South Africa, Subhumanity, United States
• September 10, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Claim South African Writer Lewis Nkosi, 73, Author of “Mating Birds”
Posted in Africans, Arts, Books, Class, Comedy, Drama, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, Stroke, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Drum", "Mandela's Ego", "Mating Birds", "Rainbow Nation Speech", "Rainbow Nation", "Underground People", Albert Camus, Apartheid, Astrid Starck, Commonality, Drama, Durban, Essayist, Existentialism, Funeral, Glenn Masokoane, Identity, IsiZulu, Johannesburg, Joy Nkosi, Lewis Nkosi, Louise Nkosi, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Nieman Fellowship, Nostalgia, Playwright, Politics, Race, Racism, Random House Struik, Relationships, Resistance, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexuality, Sibiya, South Africa, Stroke, The Eighties, The Treason Trial, Vusi Mchunu, Zulu
• August 8, 2010 •
Comments Off on More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti
Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Jamaica Observer", "The New York Daily News", Agriculture, Aiyiti, Ansel Herz, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Exploitation, Fanmi Lavalas, Former Ambassador to the United States, Garment Industry, Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Katrina, Kréyol Aïsyen, Kreyol, Middle-Class, Mining, New Orleans, Paternalism, Pras, President Preval, Preval, Raymond Joseph, Reconstruction, Rich, Sean Penn, South Africa, The Black Republic, Wyclef Jean
• July 27, 2010 •
4 Comments
Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, African, Baptist, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Catholicism, Duvalierists, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haiti Observateur, Haitian, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Kreyol, Liberation Theology, Nepotism, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Presidential Elections, Raymond Joseph, Ronald Reagan, South Africa, The Black Republic, The Eighties, The Fugees, The Nineties, The Salic Law, The United States, Voudou, Wyclef Jean, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus
• February 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on Weekend Music, February 19-21, 2010: “(I Ain’t Gonna Play) Sun City,” Artists United Against Apartheid, 1985
Posted in American Foreign Policy, Artists United Against Apartheid, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Music Videos, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Glory Days", "I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City", "Men Without Women", "Sun City", "The Sopranos", "WATW", "We Are the World", African National Congress, Afrikaaner, Artists United Against Apartheid, Bantustan, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bophuthatswana, David Ruffin, DJ Kool Herc, Eddie Kendricks, George Clinton, Haiti, Herbie Hancock, Jam Master Jay, Janet Jackson, Kurtis Blow, Little Steven, Melle Mel, Miami Steve, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nelson Mandela, New School, Nona Hendryx, Old School, Peter Garrett, Silvio Dante, South Africa, Steven Van Zandt, The Reagan Administration, The Sullivan Principles
• September 15, 2009 •
Comments Off on Tony Award Winner Zakes Mokae, South African-Born Actor, Dies at 75
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Film, Race, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "A Lesson from Aloes", "Boesman and Lena", "Master Harold...and The Boys", "Oz", "The Blood Knot", "The Comedians", "The Serpent and The Rainbow", "The X-Files", Alzheimer's Disease, Athol Fugard, Bill Pullman, Blood Knot, Cathy Tyson, Fugard, Johannesburg, Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV, Madelyn Mokae, Nevada Shakespeare Company, Parkinson's Disease, South Africa, Stroke, Zakes Makgona Mokae, Zakes Mokae
• September 13, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Caster Semenya, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Science, Sexuality, South Africa, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Australia, Caster Semenya, Corrective Rape, Dean Peacock, Eudy Simelane, Gender Difference, Hermaphrodite, Hottentot Venus, IAAF, Jacob Zuma, Lesbianism, Lesbians, LGBT, Limpopo Province, Makhenkesi Stofile, Michael Seme, Pretoria, Rupert Murdoch, Saartjie Baartman, Sonke Gender Justice Project, South Africa, South African Cross Country Championships, South African Press Association
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