From the movie “Coming to America”. Choreography by Paula Abdul Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, Brazil, and Canada – and this varied background has contributed to incredibly different stories in the press […]
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Ghana was a kingdom in Africa that lasted from the 6th to the 13th century CE, located south of the Sahara desert and northwest of the Niger River in modern day Mauritania and Mali. –African History – Histoire Africaine Thanks to the introduction of the camel into the Sahara and its increasing availability and use […]
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Historian David Olusoga uncovers a history that is as surprising as it is revealing. The English had one of their great bursts of fascination with this continent and its people ultimately it wasn’t the Portuguese the English had to win over but the local (African) kings. We know that the first English traders who […]
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The occasion was front-page news in Britain, in Ghana, and many other countries. Coverage in newspapers around the world ranged from the hostile to skeptical to admiring. He was born in Kumasi to Nana James Appiah and Nana Adwoa Akyaa, members of the Ashanti imperial aristocracy. Joe Appiah, a Ghanaian political figure and former diplomat […]
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Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity: Mother from Ghana, Africa and father is English. She is 5’9 ft tall. Beautiful 360management.com/portfolio/3878/miller The region was known in the Western world as the Gold Coast. The country’s name from Gold Coast to Ghana happened in 1956. Ghana Map, Map of Ghana – World Map Beautiful Braids Geography: Ghana is located in […]
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The world’s billionaires are becoming more concerned for their personal safety and the security of their families. This has led to a high tech, high cost industry aimed at keeping the mega rich safe and secure. CNBC gives viewers rare access to eye-popping security measures from million dollar panic rooms built to withstand bullets, bombs […]
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Harvard student Connor Zwick thinks he can build the ultimate online educational tool. If he wins a Thiel Fellowship, he’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make that dream a reality. But should he really leave the Ivy League to launch a start-up?
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Did you know the world’s most valued treasures are vanishing in a multibillion-dollar black market business? From artwork and counterfeit wine to valuable pieces of history — we’ll take you inside the business that is ‘Ripping off the Rich.’ Bad is Big Business – Crime Inc.
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Record high unemployment in the EU has forced some of the larger consumer goods companies to shift marketing strategies. They target poverty-stricken Europeans’ demand for cheaper goods in the midst of an economic crisis –
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It has one of the world’s highest per capita GDP’s and is a global player in exports, in biotechnology and in tourism. http://youtu.be/b1igNMSU2JI
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An international study has found that the Chinese people originated not from Peking Man in northern China, but from early humans in East Africa who moved through South Asia to China some 100,000 years ago, Hong Kongs Ming Pao daily reported yesterday in a finding that confirms the single origin theory in anthropology.
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Black Russians is a feature length documentary that investigates the lives of contemporary Afro-Russians aged 10 to 65, born and raised in Soviet Russia. Their experiences chronicle two ideological currents that have shaped major international events in the twentieth century: race and communism. Intimate interviews with a poet, a film producer, a reggae artist, a […]
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http://youtu.be/LfOA2_2MORI The influence of China in Africa is growing as it partners with many nations, often to secure much-needed resources. Kate Evans filed this report from Guinea, one country cashing in on an old friend with new money.
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http://youtu.be/lT8J9cdmm5g http://youtu.be/QkjH_0wKPfo Angola has emerged as one of the leading destinations for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into the African continent. The end of the civil war and the subsequent discovery of oil reserves has helped the Angolan economy at an unprecedented rate. We bring you excerpts from an informal interview with Carina Kiala, representative of […]
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Until 1975, Angola was a Portuguese colony. Independence was followed by a lengthy civil war, which left the country in ruins. Now the tables have turned, and the former colony has become a booming economy and job engine for its former colonial master. 100,000 Portuguese have emigrated to Angola since the eurozone crisis began. The […]
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Once Angola was an impoverished part of the Portuguese empire, now its oil wealth means its citizens are queuing to buy everything from vineyards to property in the former colonial power.
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Portugal has been hit hard by Europe’s economic crisis, with its economy continuing to shrink and unemployment still rising.
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Nationality: German Place of birth: Erding, Germany Ethnicity: Ethiopian She was the winner of the fourth cycle of Germany’s Next Top Model The family lived in Erding until 1999 before they moved to Munich. Nuru is fluent in German, English and Arabic. She also speaks a little bit of Amharic. Sara Nuru was born as the […]
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Kelly Moreira, Jeneil Williams, Ubah Hassan, Gaye McDonald, Jae Childs, R’el Dade, Jasmine Tookes, Ariel Meredith, Cici Ali, and Lily Taylor
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Dances of Life (Maori excerpt) This is an excerpt from a 55 min documentary we have shot for PBS. For nearly 50,000 years, dances and songs have been an expression of Pacific Islanders’ origins, their journeys, their struggles – their very existence. These are their dance stories. The program journeys to five cultures: Maori (New […]
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New Yorker Pamela Love is as famous for her downtown style as she is her cool jewelry label, so who better to walk you through a whole new level of layering?
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Nationality: American Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Ethnicity: A few web sites say that she was born to an African American father and a Caucasian mother. She is an american actress and has featured in countless films, television series and stage performances. The only child of Donald, a dentist and Susan, a health care entrepreneur. […]
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“There were a whole lot of people upset by this study,” lead researcher Roberta Estes said. “They just knew they were Portuguese, or Native American.” In recent decades, interest in the origin of the Melungeons has risen dramatically with advances both in DNA research and in the advent of Internet resources that allow individuals to […]
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