Posted on 27 July 2011. Tags: African American, Black Hair, Hair, Juliette Samuel, NAHA, biracial, butters, hair oil, natural hair care
Black Hair Care – Caring for Biracial Hair
By Juliette Samuel
Biracial Hair Care Tips
Every day, our world gets smaller. Not in the sense that the Earth is shrinking in size, but in terms of cultural and racial borders. Because we are able to travel more, we are exposed to many other cultures…and the opportunity to fall ...
Posted in Beauty & Fashion, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Men, Women
Posted on 21 July 2011.
http://clutchmagonline.com/2011/06/is-hollywood-courting-slavery/
Is Hollywood Courting Slavery?
Thursday Jun 16, 2011 – by Black Voices
— Slave stories might become the new 'Black' in Hollywood.
Today, the Shadow And Act film blog revealed that Paris-based Other Angle Pictures picked up a French slavery comedy for international distribution. ‘Case Départ’ is scheduled for a July 6 release in France and with the ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Arts, Black History, Caribbean, Colonialism, Entertainment, Media, Racism, Slavery, The Americas, Women
Posted on 04 July 2011. Tags: Caribbean, Film Festival, London, Movies, film
This year the Caribbean UK Film Festival 2011, hosted by actor Geff
Frances and Charles Thompson MBE founder of the Screen Nation Awards,
will explore the themes of fashion, music, sport and culture with a
special feature honouring the lifetime achievements of actor Earl
Cameron CBE - not to be missed!
You are encouraged to come dressed in your own ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History Month, Caribbean, Entertainment, Movies, Video
Posted on 04 July 2011. Tags: Black Doctors, Black Nurses, Black People in Health Care, Doctor, Hospitals, Nurse
1861: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861.
1862: Washington, D.C.: Freedmen's Hospital is established & is the only Federally-funded health care facility for Negroes in the nation. 1864: ...
Posted in African American, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Health, Men, Military, Racism, Science, Students, The Americas, War, Women
Posted on 27 June 2011. Tags: Black Hair, Hair styles in school, School admissions, St Gregory's Catholic Science College, black hairstyles for men, cornrows, court case, school uniform policy
Recently An Afro-Caribbean teenager has won a ruling that St Gregory's Catholic Science College in Kenton, Harrow, north London was applying a cornrows ban in a way which amounted to "unjustified" indirect racial discrimination.
The Schools decision to ban hairstyles it says have become associated with gang culture has resulted in the boy being excluded from school, in September ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Law and Order, Men, News, Politics, Racism, Students
Posted on 24 June 2011. Tags: Colonialism, Julius Silver, Politics, Robert J.C. Young, Rumina Sethi, postcolonialism, third world
A strong argument for returning the focus of postcolonial studies to its roots as a tool for political activism among people of the third world.
The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance
Rumina Sethi
Released July 4th 2011
PB / £ 17.99 / 9780745323633 / 215mm x 135mm / 192 pp
Rumina Sethi challenges postcolonial critics to put their ...
Posted in Africa, Books, Caribbean, Colonialism, Community, Education, Europe, Men, Military, Politics, Racism, Students, The Americas, Women
Posted on 20 June 2011. Tags: Academics, Black Professors, Brunell, Goulbourne, Leeds University, London, London Metropolitan, Nottingham, Osler, Racism, Universities
The Guardians Education Correspondent, Jessica Shepherd wrote at the end of May:
Call from leading black academics that an urgent culture change is needed at UK universities as figures reveal just 50 black British professors out of more than 14,000, and the number has barely changed in eight years, according to data from the Higher Education ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Job Vacancies, Men, News, Racism, Women
Posted on 15 June 2011. Tags: Africa Centre, Soul II Soul
I have received many emails recently calling for the Africa Centre to be saved from sale. I thought that perhaps this one carries the most weight. I cannot comment on the sale objectively , living outside London as I do. I do however know how important the centre has been to Africans and Black Londoners in General. ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Europe
Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: Caribbean, Womens writing, writing
6th International Conference of Caribbean Women's Writing: Comparative Critical Conversations
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 June 2011
Registration Fee: £70 (£35 students)
Download Registration Form.
Caribbean Women’s Literature as a body of work has become rooted in the region and across the diaspora. As a result, critics and teachers engaged in discovering, interpreting and disseminating the study of ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Community, Women
Posted on 12 June 2011.
A Long History of Affirmative Action - For Whites:
Many middle-class White People, especially those of us from the Suburbs, like to think that we got to where we are today by virtue of our merit - hard work, intelligence, pluck, and maybe a little luck. And while we may be sympathetic to the plight ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean
Posted on 01 June 2011.
HAIR:
Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer
Here baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy
Hair, flow it, show it
Long as God can grow, my hair
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Afro-Textured Hair:
Afro-Textured Hair is a term used to refer to the typical texture of Black African hair that ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Black History, Caribbean, Colonialism, Slavery, The Americas
Posted on 24 May 2011. Tags: Caribbean, Jamma, Music, Steelbands, Steelpan, Trinidad, calypso, children, culture, jamani stewart, reggae, soloist, steeldrums, tobago
The Steel pan is a beautiful creation originated in Trinidad & Tobago in the late 19.30's and is the only orchestral family of acoustic musical instruments to be invented in the 20th century. With instruments ranging from low bass to high sopranos, all made out of the same raw material (oil drums) makes this invention ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Community, Entertainment, Men, Music
Posted on 18 May 2011. Tags: Army, Soldiers, Walter Tull
The inspirational story and autobiographical details about Walter Tull, a black professional footballer in the early 1900s who went on to fight in the First World War. Walter was only the second black player in football league history when he played for Tottenham Hotspur in 1909 and, later, Northampton Town. During his time in the ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Europe, Military, War
Posted on 07 May 2011.
We are proud to announce the return of the Forums. After a long absence the Black Forums are back. Tell a Friend, get signed up and have your say.
Worldwide Black Forums
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Europe
Posted on 04 May 2011. Tags: Books, Slavery, Thames & Hudson, Walvin
When I was asked to review "The Slave Trade" By James Walvin, It was with some trepidation because I had read many books on the Slave Trade during my time as a student and expected some weighty and wordy tome. That would have to be waded through and then deciphered before I could even begin to think of writing ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Books, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Men, Slavery, Students, The Americas, Women
Posted on 28 April 2011. Tags: Cleao Laine, Dankworth, Jazz, Music, Singers, Vocal, musical
Cleo Lain was one of Britains Biggest names in Jazz. She was part of the hugely successful British band led by the acclaimed John Dankworth.
Cleo Laine had modest beginnings as a singer in English dance halls, She has gone on to achieve international fame by continually expanding her talents in a career which spans some ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Caribbean, Education, Entertainment, Music, Women
Posted on 14 April 2011. Tags: Panorama, Trinidad, electronic, midi, musical instruments, pan, steeldrums, steelpans
The Arrival ofElectronic Steelpan MidiControllers
Now we see newprojectson the horizon like the electric midi controllers made in the pattern ofSteelpans. This is a great breakthrough for Panist because it allows us the freedom ofusing our skills withmodernday technology. The beauty with these instruments is that you can hook them up to a computer and use ...
Posted in Black History, Caribbean, Community, Music
Posted on 14 April 2011. Tags: Conservative, David Cameron, David Lammy, Education, Oxford University
The Prime Minister , David Cameron this week criticised Oxford University for only admitting One black student in 2010, a figure Oxford University dispute,
Mr Cameron was answering questions from members of the public at a "PM Direct" event in Harrogate in North Yorkshire.
"I saw figures the other day that showed that only one black person ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, News, Politics
Posted on 29 March 2011. Tags: Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Island Records, Jamaica, Marcus Garvey, Negro with a Hat, Peter Tosh, Rastafari, Trench Town
I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer
By Colin Grant
Published by Jonathan Cape on 27th January 2011 in hardback, priced £20
Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trench Town R&B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to ...
Posted in Black History, Black Writing, Books, Caribbean, Entertainment, Men, Music
Posted on 16 February 2011. Tags: Jamma, Phase II, Robert Greenidge, Steelbands, calypso, carnival Panorama, desperadoes, len boogsie sharp, soca, steeldrums, steelpans, trinidad all stars
The first time I saw Despers, I was with my brother Norman in 1981. They were performing at the Birmingham Odeon, (as part of their UK tour). The whole audience was transfixed, we were amazed with the standard and sound of the music. Robert Greenidge gave a great performance withTaj Mahal. This was the first time ...
Posted in Caribbean, Community, Entertainment, Music
Posted on 11 November 2010. Tags: Courtney Pine, Jazz, Music, british jazz, musicians
Courtney Pine is one of the Worlds leading Jazz Musicians.
No one better embodies the dramatic transformation in the British Jazz scene over the past few years than Courtney Pine. The saxophonist heads a new generation of exciting and innovative musicians who have chosen to turn their talents to the demanding requirements of jazz music, in ...
Posted in Black History, Caribbean, Community, Education, Entertainment, Men, Music
Posted on 11 November 2010. Tags: Africa, Nova Scotia, Slavery, The book of Negroes
Aminata Diallo, an 11-year-old child, is taken from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle � a string of slaves. Eventually, she arrives in South Carolina where she begins a new life as a slave. Years later, she finds freedom, serving the British in the ...
Posted in Africa, Arts, Black History, Black Writing, Books, Caribbean, Education, Racism, Slavery, Women
Posted on 07 October 2010. Tags: Cancer, Health, Mens Health, Prostate, Prostate Cancer
What is stopping you man, what is stopping you from living the live that was meant for you? Is it the fear of the doctor? Is it the fear of showing your parts to a doctor? Or the probing, or the intrusive tests? Is it your ignorance, in that you know something is wrong ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, Health, Men, Women
Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: African history, Black British, Black History, Black History Month, Black people in Britain, Pan african
As it's Black History month in October here in the U.k a question has been raised as to the relevance of BHM. I have outlined my feelings in Black history Month, why we still need it. However, I want to know how other people feel about it. I asked Toyin Agbetu, founder of ...
Posted in Africa, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Black Writing, Caribbean, Education, Events, Politics
Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: Caribbean, Eric williams, Slavery, Trinidad and Tobago, capitalism and slavery, de boissiere, inward hunger
Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 � 29 March 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian.
Eric Williams was a descendant from the de Boissiere family which made its fortune trading African slaves illegally after ...
Posted in Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Education, Poetry, Slavery, The Americas