by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Devon Still’s little girl has been through a lot in recent times but finally celebration of her last cancer treatment has happened and the girl can look forward! leah’s battle had it’s ups and downs. She first learned she was cancer free only to be...
by Forest Parks | Jan 11, 2016 | News
Imagine an emergency room free of red tape! Well some people in Houston don’t have to anymore thanks to Dr. Foyekemi Ikyaator and her husband. Below is a story found on facebook about this awesome venture. Last month, 31-year-old Dr. Foyekemi Ikyaator and her...
by Forest Parks | Jan 11, 2016 | Culture, News
During the 2016 fiscal year budget the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared something that surely will mean great things for the country. The historic announcement means that free education at university level is coming to science, technology and education...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Culture
Debt haunts many of us but there are many many positive role models in the community showing us that it needed drag us down. When the world seems like it’s out to get us we need to look at people like this with respect and use them as a point of inspiration....
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog
Finding a bookstore that isn’t just pushing the eurocentric agenda is hard work but back in 1997 rappers Talib Kweli and Mos Def AKA Yasiin Bey had a vision. The put a ton of their own cash into Nkiru Books when they purchased it off of it’s previous owner...
by Forest Parks | Dec 28, 2015 | Culture
Award winning Poet Claudia Rankine has won National Book Critics’ Circle poetry award in the US for her book Citizen: An American Lyric. It’s also shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize! This book exposes racism in the USA. She took some time out to talk to the UK...
by Forest Parks | Dec 27, 2015 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Prince stormed Europe with his awesome Hit and Run Tour. Venues were announced last minute as he crossed Europe with his 3rdEyeGirl! Now that tour is coming to the US! Awesome, pure awesomeness…. Here is what Pitchfork had to say: Prince’s “Hit...
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by Forest Parks | Dec 27, 2015 | News
6 years ago during graduation at Benadir University terror struck killing 19 people. A terrible day. However a huge sign of progress saw this years graduation celebration make a new record. Over 130 medical students graduated from the University in Somalia’s...
by Forest Parks | Dec 27, 2015 | Culture
Mario Balotelli is the brunt of a lot of jokes, his sometimes strange behavior gets a lot of bad press. But the player who currently plays in the UK Premier League for Liverpool can’t be faulted for his good deeds when it comes to his salary. Footballers earn a...
by Forest Parks | Dec 27, 2015 | Culture
It’s sad the way two men’s paths can go into totally different directions. While John Roberts enjoys his post as U.S. Chief Justice, one of his classmates haunts downtown Washington. You’d have trouble finding a more decorated homeless man than...
