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12/05/2010 Ethiopia's Opposition Leader Lays Low

04/04/2010 NGO goes Nollywood

02/15/2010 Fela! Anyone?

02/15/2010 Springing Ahead

02/02/2010 Us vs. Them

02/02/2010 Hollywood Apartheid

02/02/2010 Making History... Black

01/25/2010 Your Body is a Wonderland

01/25/2010 Your Serene Hotness!

01/25/2010 Azure with Anger

01/25/2010 Haiti, I

01/25/2010 A Year and A Day Later

12/29/2009 Blueprint 3: Is we still on that?

12/29/2009 Beer Matters

12/29/2009 OBUDU CATTLE RANCH: THE BEST PLACE TO BE

12/29/2009 Top Ten Visionaries of 2009

12/21/2009 Remembering Christmas

12/21/2009 Beauty Battle:

12/21/2009 Long Live the King (oops!!!)....Queen

12/21/2009 The Cultural Stenography of Kâ€™naan

12/07/2009 Where have all the Black shows gone?

12/07/2009 Christmas Gift Guide

12/07/2009 A "Precious" Gem

12/07/2009 Under the Knife

12/07/2009 Bootylicious â€“ Black Beauty: the good, the bad and the ugly

11/23/2009 A Healthy Serving of Holiday Cheer

11/20/2009 Thanks, but No Thanks

11/20/2009 Stolen Labor & Stolen Land: The Black Indian & Thanksgiving

11/20/2009 A Very Visceral Collection

11/17/2009 Waltz for Bashir

11/16/2009 Up and Away

11/09/2009 Wani: Blind Love

11/09/2009 Nyambi Nyambi: Profile of a Rising Talent

11/09/2009 Diamonds Are A Girlâ€™s Best Tote

11/09/2009 The Rise of "Afropolitan" Fashion

11/09/2009 Ghana Boosts Dressmaking to Create Jobs

11/02/2009 Arctic Bliss-

11/02/2009 Cartooning Social Awareness

11/02/2009 When Reality Goes Wrong

11/02/2009 U Modasucka!!!

11/02/2009 Ali Baba Exposed

10/26/2009 Violence in the Diaspora--Why do we Hit?

10/26/2009 Why Do We Hit? A child

10/26/2009 Break The Cycle!

10/26/2009 A Bittersweet Serving of Halloween

10/19/2009 The Darker Side of Light:

10/02/2009 46 Million and Then Some:

09/28/2009 HOME REMEDIES FOR THE FLU

08/22/2009 Monogamy For Two, Please

05/13/2009 Black Faces, Green Collars

05/13/2009 ECO-CHIC

05/05/2009 All Of Her Favorite Things

05/05/2009 Everything I Know About Relationships, I Learned First From My Mother

04/15/2009 Discordant Couples find their Niche

04/15/2009 IDI and Mulago: A short trip between Heaven and Hell

04/15/2009 A BRIDGE TO EVERYWHERE IN THE TREATMENT OF HIV

04/14/2009 GOING GORILLA

04/07/2009 Nafisa Ali: A Lady Making A Difference

04/07/2009 Uniqloâ€™s White Project And the Jil Sander Connection

03/22/2009 Finding Our Inner Michelle

03/22/2009 Paris Shines Bright

03/22/2009 Master of Her Own Universe

03/10/2009 Dating Up Vs Dating Down

03/10/2009 Fashion Review

03/10/2009 Depression in the Diaspora

03/04/2009 Hallelujah! All Hail Alexandra the Great

03/04/2009 Book Review: Digital Diaspora: A Race for Cyberspace

03/04/2009 FASHION REVIEW: London Fashion Week

02/25/2009 The Passions of Seun Kuti

02/25/2009 Book Review: The Shack

02/25/2009 Arts, Activism, and Change: An interview with Ishmael Beah

02/16/2009 The Tie that Binds

02/16/2009 Black Movies That Matter

02/10/2009 Love E-Harmony Style

02/10/2009 Love in Black & White

02/10/2009 Afang Soup: A Feast of Love

02/03/2009 A POST-RACIAL AMERICA?

02/03/2009 GUMBO: A Dish of the Diaspora

08/03/2008 Windshield Wisdom: Ghana

07/06/2008 Almost Passing

06/15/2008 Diary of a Reluctant Immigrant: Our 7 month Anniversary

06/09/2008 Get Your Afrique On

06/09/2008 Diary of a Reluctant Immigrant: My Broken Emotional State

06/01/2008 The Converted

06/01/2008 Diary of a Reluctant Immigrant: Moving in with Mr. Doright

05/27/2008 Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant: Me and Prague

05/07/2008 Is it Black Art, or Just Plain Art?

04/14/2008 Danny Glover shines at NY African Film Festival

03/05/2008 In Honor of Women's History Month: Dear Lauryn Hill

03/05/2008 His Life, In Retrospect: Seringne Saliou Mbacke

02/24/2008 Haitian Designer Grabs the World by the Hemline

02/24/2008 Black History Month Presents On the Horizon: Kemi Adetiba

02/03/2008 Exploring Domestic Violence and It's Impact on the Family Structure: To Stay Or Not To Stay?

02/03/2008 Exploring Violence In New York's South Bronx: Criminals or Victims?

02/03/2008 Series: Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant: Part V

02/03/2008 Black History Month Profile: Poet Amiri Baraka

01/29/2008 Congo's Tsonga Rising

01/21/2008 Columbia University and the Gentrification of Harlem Meet Local Resistance

01/14/2008 Taboos in Senegal

01/13/2008 Alek Wek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel

01/13/2008 Series: Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant Part IV

12/04/2007 African Inspired Decorating: An African Home for the Holidays

12/04/2007 Series: Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant Part III

11/26/2007 On the Horizon: Zdon Paporrella

11/26/2007 A Date In Zambia

11/26/2007 Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" TV Series Goes African

11/26/2007 3333 Kindergarlie: Visions of Agnam-Goly, Senegal

11/19/2007 Stepping Into Ancient Egypt: Nefertiti

11/19/2007 Series: Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant, Part II

11/05/2007 Series: Diary of A Reluctant Immigrant, Part 1

10/29/2007 The Changing Faces of Accra

10/23/2007 On the Horizon: Esosa Edosomwan

10/22/2007 Globalization: Get Conscious Africa

10/15/2007 A Night with Naija

10/15/2007 Trapped On the Border Without a Gun

10/07/2007 Forclosure on the Rise: Is the American Dream Possible for Immigrants Today?

10/01/2007 NAKED: Black Women Bare It All

09/23/2007 Women for Women International: A Guiding light for Women Survivors

09/23/2007 Africa in Space: Down-to-earth benefits from space exploration

09/23/2007 Rabat, Morocco, An AFRican's First Impressions

09/10/2007 Partying like its 1999 - Ethiopians to Celebrate Year 2000

09/09/2007 Flag Wars: Gentrification Attempts at Blaming the Victims

09/02/2007 God Grew Tired Of Us

09/02/2007 A History of African Genocide: Should Genocide Education be taught in schools?

09/02/2007 Sudanese Peanut Macaroons

08/27/2007 A Coup for African Letters

08/27/2007 Enjoying Ethiopian Food: Kitfo and Dabo Kolo

08/19/2007 Dangerously in Love: "Beyonce The President's Daughter" Explores Obsessive Relationships

08/19/2007 The AFRican Profile: Music Artist Adama

08/19/2007 The AFRican Profile: Music Artist Brendon Moeller

08/19/2007 Nigerian Recipe: Chin Chin

08/13/2007 University Education turned into Ethnocentrism?

08/13/2007 Short: The Nation's Top Universities Diversify

08/13/2007 Orphans of Rwanda: Educating University Students in Rwanda

08/13/2007 Golf for Charity

08/06/2007 Celebrating African Culture through Food

08/06/2007 Africa comes to Harlem: Celebrating the 1st African Day Parade

07/30/2007 Mourides Celebrate 19 Years in North America

07/24/2007 Cali Fornication: The AFRican Explores South America's Hottest Destination

07/23/2007 Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2007

07/16/2007 Chatting with Monica Arac de Nyeko, Caine Prize Winner

07/16/2007 Gender-loving or Biased: The African immigrant's perception of sexuality

07/08/2007 As North American Tour Kicks off, Masekela Unhappy with World's Response to Darfur, Other Crisis Spots

07/08/2007 Overcoming Adversity and Giving Back

07/02/2007 July 4th Celebrations: AFRican Style

06/26/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Wedding Advice

06/19/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: African Summer Recipe Advice

06/19/2007 MC Selzin rocks the Summer Jams

06/19/2007 Family Summer Survival Guide

06/18/2007 The AFRican's Summer Concert Guide

06/18/2007 SUMMER TOUR DATES

06/11/2007 Man-Made Poetry

06/11/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Shopping for Mr. Right

06/04/2007 African Dance: Rhythm and Roots

06/04/2007 Ugandan Traditions eroded by War Years

06/04/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Stars and Stripes Forever?

05/28/2007 The Lost Art of Letters

05/28/2007 Minds and Money: Reinvesting in Sierra Leone

05/28/2007 Video: Sierra Leone in Motion

05/23/2007 Electoral Fraud in Nigeria

05/21/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: To Spank or not to Spank?

05/14/2007 Ladies and Gentlemen, Gino Sitson

05/14/2007 Got Game?

05/14/2007 Listen Up- It's Gino Sitson

05/07/2007 The Sweet Mother Concert: Music with a Message

05/07/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Teen Motherhood

05/07/2007 Diary of A New Mom

05/06/2007 Mother's Day Gift Guide

04/30/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Faraway Fever- Homesickness

04/30/2007 Nursing a Grudge: High-Paying Medical Jobs are What Ails Many African Marriages

04/30/2007 Nascence of a Wine Connoisseur

04/30/2007 Aural Africa: Songs about the Continent

04/24/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu

04/23/2007 The V-Tech Massacre: Origins of a Killer

04/23/2007 African Dance & Afrobeat

04/22/2007 Liquid Soul for Your Earhole

04/16/2007 Illegal Immigrants: Tax Time Dilemma

04/16/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Gossip As Gospel

04/16/2007 Be a Hummingbird

04/16/2007 THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR

04/09/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Helping Hand Across the Globe

04/09/2007 Pilates Power

04/08/2007 SONG OF SOMI

04/05/2007 Somi: Music Video & Songs

04/03/2007 Mozambican Idyll

04/03/2007 Motherland Model: Gelila Bekele

04/02/2007 The Mic is Mightier than the Sword

04/01/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Easter Bunny Burnout

03/31/2007 For Children: The ABCs of Family Love

03/27/2007 Spoken Word: The Page to the Stage

03/26/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Counseling the Convicted

03/26/2007 LOCKED UP: Videos on the US Prison System

03/26/2007 Shoot First, Questions Later?

03/25/2007 Spring into Spring's Afri-Chic Styles

03/18/2007 Refreshing Spring Albums

03/18/2007 African B-Ballers: The Big Dance & Beyond

03/18/2007 Razia Said: Musical, Magical, Malagasy

03/18/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Susu & Savings

03/11/2007 Nollywood Premiere: Games Men Play

03/11/2007 Women of Color Arts & Film Festival

03/11/2007 It Takes a Village: Helping Families of the Bronx Fire

03/11/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu: Nappy Hair Care

03/05/2007 3-D DARK MADONNA

03/05/2007 Moving Images: Videos of African & Diaspora Women

03/04/2007 Joburg Fashion Week: Flair & Flava

03/04/2007 Fashion Week Flair-2

03/04/2007 Fashion Week Flair-3

03/03/2007 ASK AUNTIE CHAMBU: BMI and Body Image

02/26/2007 Djimon Hounsou: No Oscar but Always a Winner

02/26/2007 OSCAR! OSCAR!

02/25/2007 Top Billing: Spotlight on the DC Independent Film Festival

02/25/2007 MOZAMBIQUE: Counting the cost of cyclone Favio

02/24/2007 Auntie Chambu: Health Help for an Older Hubby

02/19/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu- An Education or an Emmy?

02/19/2007 Meditations on Illustration: An African Artist Reveals His Muse

02/19/2007 Quick Draw

02/19/2007 Coloring the Continent

02/12/2007 Auntie Chambu: Romance the African way

02/12/2007 Guinea: New clashes follow PM appointment

02/12/2007 RESPONSIBLE ROMANCE

02/11/2007 Getting Physical

02/11/2007 Cupid's iPod: An African and Diaspora Slow Jams Mix

02/11/2007 A Man Apart: Ex-NBA player comes out of the closet

02/05/2007 Black Style/Black History: A groundbreaking exhibit charts the black fashion revolution

01/29/2007 African American Coaches in Playoffs

01/29/2007 Barack for President- Thoughts on an African in the Oval Office

01/29/2007 Blood Diamond

01/29/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu

01/29/2007 ZIMBABWE: Cholera strikes the capital

01/29/2007 Rapper's Delight: Ghanaian MC Wanlov loves the Music not the Bling

01/28/2007 Rappers Delight" Ghanaian MC Wanlov loves the Music not the Bling

01/21/2007 Ask Auntie Chambu

01/20/2007 ImagiNations Gather in Rwanda: The Dance of Art and Politics

10/02/2006 Ethiopian Jews observe Yom Kippur

08/15/2006 Letter from Lagos: Vagina Chant

08/15/2006 Earth Mothers: The Maathais and the Green Belt Movement

08/04/2006 Gooaaal! Soccer Photo Exhibition Shoots and Scores

08/04/2006 Family Feud: A Reason to Die Looks at Communities in Conflict

08/03/2006 Roots Rhythms Music Reviews

07/06/2006 Crusading for the Continent

06/08/2006 Share your plans for the world cup

12/05/2005 Tiebou Diene and Collard Greens

12/05/2005 Meet the King of Nubia

12/05/2005 My Drama with a Nigerian Man

12/05/2005 Ben Okri: A Griot Whose Resonating Voice Rouses Consciousness

12/05/2005 Get Your "AFRIQUE" On..

12/05/2005 A review of Ben Okri's The Famished Road

12/05/2005 Herbal Healing in Honduras

12/05/2005 In Memory of Nya Joy Payton: 1977 - 2003

12/05/2005 Carrying My Baby African Style

12/05/2005 South Africa

12/05/2005 Adewale Opens Up to The AFRican

12/05/2005 Barack Obama: Our Breakout African