Angelique Kidjo and Les Nubians For Obama this January
The African Diaspora for Change is a growing organization made up of a variety of movers and shakers in the Diaspora. Their mission is to create an alliance of African Diaspora voices who represent the common concerns, as a constituency, in the U.S.A, and effect change through education, empowerment, and engagement of the next generation of leaders.
Gabrielle Union and Malaak Compton-Rock Speak Out About Breast Cancer in Ghana
Gabrielle Union serves as a Global Ambassador with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Circle of Promise program and was recently in Ghana talking to women about how to recognize symptoms, get help, and get past the stigma of breast cancer. She was accompanied by Malaak Compton-Rock.
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Christmas is around the corner and the celebrities were out spreading joy and good cheer with good deeds and celebrations.
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Akon must be a type-A personality. I don’t know how one person can produce several albums, manage different artists, collect awards around the world, show up for a good cause, and still find time to make an appearance at different promotional events. He showed up at the Maranello Watch press release event, look sharp as ever.
Wale rocked the house with Ronson, and Marcus Samuelsson supported a good cause. Ledisi brought some Christmas cheer to Bryant Park. Tabi Bonney has launched his latest line from Bonney Runway. » Read more…
Angelique Kidjo Fights Against HIV/AIDS In Africa
UNICEF goodwill ambassador Angelique Kidjo’s passion to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa is no secret, as the world has witnessed her dedicate herself ,and her music, in contribution to fight the stigma.
Malawi To Have Representative At Miss World
Malawi will, for the second time, send a representative at the Miss world. Organizers of Miss Malawi Beauty Pageant, Excite Events And Media, have disclosed.
Auditions for West Africa’s Next Top Model Now On
West Africa’s Next Top Model project is now officially underway.
This is the official show, co-signed by CBS, the licensor for America’s Next Top Model and all its international formats.
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Some celebrities received honors, while others celebrated awards and achievements. CNN Heroes had a large number of Africans who proved that heroes come from every continent in the world, and make a difference wherever they are.
Take Viola Vaughn and her husband, Jazz musician Sam Sanders.They made the decision to emigrate to Senegal with their family, to provide their five grandchildren with an international, multilingual and multicultural education and ended up making a difference for children in the town they lived in.Their organization, 10,000 Girls, is helping to make this happen. » Read more…
Kate Menson, a new Face of Africa
The striking 23-year-old was discovered in the Accra casting earlier in the year. Her progress throughout this year’s season of M-Net’s Face of Africa has been a constant inspiration to viewers, who discovered earlier in the month that although Kate had auditioned for the search in 2006, she hadn’t qualified at the time because she needed to hone her talent and work on developing her physique.
MNET:Face Of Africa Hopefuls
The search for M-Net’s Face Of Africa has become an African tradition to the faces of many young hopefuls scattered in all parts of Africa. Every year the search for the next Face Of Africa takes place with over 100 hopefuls, and is cut down to the final top 10, from which the winner will be crowned.
With only one day to go before the winner is finally revealed, Africa is waiting with anticipation to see which girl will take the title this year. Whether it will be Sandisa from South Africa, Nokuthula from Zambia, Sola from Nigeria, Joana from Angola, Lucy from Uganda, Hiwot from Ethiopia, Kate from Ghana, Hamamat from Ghana, Alli from Nigeria or Maria from Namibia. One of these girls will walk away with a modeling contract from O-Model, a modeling agency that extends beyond African borders. The Face Of Africa is scheduled to take place in Sunny Sun City, South Africa on the 29 of November 2008. All the best to all the girls as they fly the African flags on the run way.
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Features Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ojiofor
Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor are set to play the parts of Maggie the Cat and Brick, respectively, in the wildly popular Broadway show, ‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof‘.
African Events Calendar
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July 14 - 17, 2010
Africa Fashion Week New York (AFWNY) in New York
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March 20, 2010
FACE Africa 1st Annual Gala
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March 11 -15, 2010
Sixth Annual New African Films Festival
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April 10, 2010
RUNWAY LIBERIA: Silver Spring,MD
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