International Year for People of African Descent: Righting Past Wrongs?
Did you know that the United Nations has declared 2011 as the year to celebrate people of African descent? Throughout the world, the UN has partnered with local government and non-profit organizations...
View Article2011 is the year to celebrate Afro-Uruguayan women
Joaquin Garcia Torres, "El Mapa Invertido" In my last post I touched on how the United Nation’s has declared 2011 as the International Year to celebrate People of African Descent and how the histories...
View ArticleGermany’s Got Soul
Shifting gears a bit—lets take a trip from Latin American to Western Europe and round off the remainder of 2011, the ‘Year to Celebrate People of African Descent’ (as declared by the UN General...
View ArticleCelebrando el talento de mujeres cantantes Afro-Norteamericanas
En el ultimo posting mencioné algunas cantantes maravillosas de música soul, cuales son mujeres afrodescendientes de Alemania. Hoy toco el lugar del nacimiento de música soul–Estados Unidos. La...
View ArticleTo be Young, Gifted and Black
Nina Simone’s single, “To be Young, Gifted and Black,” is a homage to the work (same title) of African-American Harlem Renaissance playwright, Lorraine Hansberry. What does ‘young, gifted, and black’...
View ArticleSos Parte Fundraising Campaign Seeks Your Support!
Please consider donating to the Sos Parte fundraising campaign, a project that seeks to generate urgency about the social exclusion and invisibility of women of African-descent in South America through...
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