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zhana-books's picture
Jul.09.2011
What does financial independence mean for people of African heritage?  And how can we achieve it?   The current economic climate is engendering a lot of fear.  Many people are facing layoffs and redundancies.  Many more are seeing their pensions shrink.  What are some practical solutions for us and...
monique-annan's picture
Jul.04.2011
I can tell you from experience... the sacrifices we make when it comes to our relationships with estranged lovers, wives, husbands and significant others isn't for ourselves but for our children. we hold our tongues to put them in a better light, we give them understanding when we really want to...
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Jun.28.2011
Click here for my recent blog about More Black Success Volume 10, which focuses on Black business success.  Click here for my recent interview on Interviews with Black Entrepreneurs.  Click here for more free ebooks and reports.  Here's to your success!  
monique-annan's picture
Jun.28.2011
You know, there are times in your life when you stop fighting. the pushes and the shoves from people on the outside don't bother you as much as they used to the arguments over whats yours, whats mine become less and less and you  can stand in a crowded room and hear snippets of what you used to be...
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Jun.23.2011
I love black families....i love the uniqueness and the colloquialisms and the sassiness they tickle me growing up in a black family gave me so many identities....it could be said i'm schizophrenic but i prefer to call it eclectic see in my family you had to be able to switch gears fast depending on...
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Jun.21.2011
I love tarot cards...i like trying to figure out the picture before i look up what the meaning is ever since I was a little kid i've loved the idea of knowing there was something out there that i couldn't quite put my finger on. yay! i get to use my doctor who phrase reference book....finally. its...
china-galland's picture
Jun.21.2011
The last you knew we were still locked out of Love Cemetery -- despite the change in Texas laws precipitated by our struggle for access to Love Cemetery.  On March 20, 2011, we fulfilled a promise Doris Vittatoe made to her mother to get back in and clean her grandmother’s grave. Doris Vittatoe,...
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May.28.2011
This Memorial Day, let's remember the contribution of African American men and women in the armed forces.  I saw this film a few months ago at a screening at BFI London South Bank, as part of the African Odysseys series. The Negro Soldier was commissioned by the U.S. War Department and directed...
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May.22.2011
As I've told the whole world....I'm finally doing the Black Bottom Blues Project The only people who may have missed the announcement are the frozen popsicles in Antarctica and that's only because they had in earplugs. I wish I could say this has been one of those experiences where everything has...
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May.12.2011
Please join us for Part 2 of African Networking:  What U Need to Know this Saturday, the 14th  of May, 2 p.m. Eastern Time.  How can people in the African Diaspora network with people on the Continent, and vice versa? What does it mean to have an African identity? And why is it beneficial for us...