Monday, 13 April 2009

African Caribbean British- Actor spotlight


Eamon Walker

Eamonn Walker (born 12 June 1962) is an English film, television and theatre actor. In the United States he is perhaps best known for playing Kareem Said in the HBO television series Oz, for which he won a CableACE Award, and as Winston, the gay, black thorn in Alf Garnett's side in In Sickness and in Health and John Othello in the 2001 ITV1 production of Othello.

Walker was born in London to a Grenadian father and a Trinidadian mother.Raised in Islington in London,Walker lived in Trinidad for six months when he was nine years old. He attended Hungerford School in Islington and began studying social work at the University of North London. He trained as a dancer and later joined the Explosive Dance Theatre Company in London.However, an abscess on his calf muscle forced him to give up dancing. He also studied at the New York Film School in the United States.

Quote for the day



"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves". -Harriet Tubman

The quote still applies today!!!

A truly amazing she-ro..!

Artist-Spotlight

Carlinhos Brown I am in love with his music stage presence and passion..Find out more click on the link and enjoy his music an infusion of African beats and reggae rhythm..

http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/brown.html

Saturday, 11 April 2009

Ghanaian Pan-africanist



Kwame Nkrumah

A mass movement led by Kwame Nkrumah won Ghana its independence 50 years ago. Ghanaian socialist Gyekye Tanoh looks back at those inspiring struggles – and draws the lessons for today

On Tuesday 6 March Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve its freedom, commemorated 50 years of independence from Britain. In 1957 Kwame Nkrumah, the man who led the nation’s freedom struggle, declared, “The independence of Ghana is meaningless until it is linked with the total liberation of Africa.”------
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Civil Rights activist

Dick Gregory


Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the state of the Black Union in America. In part 2 of this panel discussion, Dick Gregory shares his thoughts on...a variety of things in a way that only he can.

"The State of the Black Union 2008: Reclaiming Our Democracy, Deciding Our Future" took place in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Conference Auditorium in New Orleans.


Artist Spotlight


Gist aka Essence-Young gifted and Black


Old School

Say it loud