by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Culture
Orisha’s Journey sees a young Ghanaian girl dismiss a legend of her grandfather’s about tress that still walk but then finds herself in the middle of a magical adventure with friends and enemies along the way! The story and animation from New York City-based...
by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Culture
Yesterday we posted and asked for some pics of Daddy and kids. Well, a bunch of you all stepped up and we wanted to celebrate you all! So here are the amazing Dads, with their little helpers, who posted for us! Names of the posters are with each image, thanks! You are...
by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Culture
Africa is the motherland and it’s lands have been providing all that a man and woman need since the birth of humanity. Much of the fine and delicious cuisine is obscure in modern day America but if you are not putting your hungry eyes towards Africa you are...
by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Business
“I don’t know what a doula looks like, but I’m sure that when people in their mind think of a birth doula, this is not what they see” These are the words of Kelly Carrington, a big handed, tall, strong dreadlocked dude who just became the first male Doula in...
by Forest Parks | Jun 19, 2016 | Culture
Let’s face it, we all need to brush up on black history. The mainstream history we all learn at school was missing a fair few chapters and sold us on downright lines. We don’t want our kids to face the same fate we did either! And that’s where...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 19, 2016 | Celebrities
The long-awaited 2pac Shakur biopic is finally out for previewing to mark the superstar 45th birthday. The creators of the biopic, Morgan Creek Productions, did release the first glimpses of the delayed project on Thursday. Played by Demetrius Shipp Jr., who bears a...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 19, 2016 | Celebrities
History came to play at the Tony Awards with all four musical performance level offered to black actors. Cynthia Erivo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom, Jr were all awarded a a Tony in their respective categories for their professional...
by Anthony Thomas | Jun 18, 2016 | Culture
The beginning of President Barack Obama’s final summer in White House will ring a celebratory note. As his presidency draws to a close, the president, in an official document published on May 31, declared June 2016 to be African-American Music Appreciation Month. In...
by Forest Parks | Jun 18, 2016 | Celebrities, News
These games can get heated and Game 6 of the NBA finals was one of those moments. There really were some WTF moments though and Steph Curry’s wife Ayesha Curry took to social media seeing red and making some accusations. She later deleted her comments and said...
by Forest Parks | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog, News, Politics News
Jeffrey Sterling has spent a year in jail for divulging classified information to a New York Times journalist. Basically he is being punished by the CIA for doing us, the public, a service he should be rewarded for. Cornell West wrote a piece in the Huffington Post...