African women return to ‘black is beautiful’ roots

I am walking down the road at a steady pace. Busy road. London, late morning. Ahead of me is a woman in high heels,red jeans and matching red jacket. Her shoes are going clack –clack- clack, like a duck song. Beautiful woman. Her pace is similar to mine, if not faster.

There are these women who men will commit suicide for. Women who men fall crazily in love with and go completely nuts over. I have a friend like that.

Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae, has taken the international music scene by storm. Born in Brussels to a Belgian mother and a Rwandan father, he tells the BBC about the inspirations for his second album.

A community in western Cuba has traced songs they sing back to a village in Sierra Leone.

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EALA roots for a stronger, more effective pan-African parliament.
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The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is rooting for an effective continental Assembly and one with legislative powers. EALA's spokesperson, Bob Odiko said that the regional law-makers yesterday passed a resolution urging EAC Partner States to ...

President Obama and his wife Michelle

One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious.

 When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private.

 They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner.

 After the conversation President Obama asked Michelle, “Why was he so interested in talking...

Lancashire Telegraph
Women return to Tanzania with new qualifications after East Lancs study
Lancashire Telegraph
TWO orphans from Tanzania who have studied in East Lancashire are to return home to fulfill their dreams. Emmakulatha Bujik, 23, and Jesca Paulo, 24, studied at University Centre at Blackburn College as part of the Bethany Project, a Christian charity which ...

Life would be perfect if…

anger had a STOP button

Mistakes had a REWIND button

Hard times had a FORWARD button

and Good Times a PAUSE button

The bird asked the bumblebee:

“You work so hard to make the honey and humans just take it away, doesn’t it make you feel bad?”

“No,” said the bee, “because they will never take from me the art of making it.”

What stands behind us and what stands before us are tiny matters compared to what is within us.

The happiness of our lives depends on the...