Nationality: Brazilian Ethnicity: Mix Heritage Ms. Clara Paixão, has showed her powerful samba dance style not only in Rio, Brazil, but many other Brazilian states and countries, like Argentina, and presentations Japan and Europe to name a few. The ethnic and racial melting pot that is Brazil has led Henry Louis Gates Jr. to call […]
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Fashion, Beauty & All Things Pretty Model: Khadija Nicholas
We will add more fashion, beauty and decor inspirations for our female audiences. We realized that there is great interest for this after posting science beauty subjects and inspirational women of color that unfortunately no one seems to be reporting. For example we have 3 black female astronauts that went into space and about 5 women […]
Ancient Egyptian Martial Arts?
In ancient Egypt, Tahteeb or Tahtib was used as a form of martial arts. Its role has since changed to that of a festive game but some of the symbolism and values associated with the practice remain. Performed in front of an audience, it involves a brief, non-violent interchange between two adversaries, each wielding a long […]
The campaign for the inclusion of the Afro-Chileans in statistics
Afro-Chileans Aren’t Done Fighting for Representation Campaign for the INCLUSION of Afro-descendant people in Chile in response to the discriminatory act that Chile’s National Institute of Statistics did to EXCLUDE the Afro-Chilean people in the upcoming 2017 National Census. With this racist act, the Chilean state violates various international treaties with respect to human rights, […]
Are there really 149,493 to 2,000,000 Afro-Argentinians in existence today?
What about Brazil’s neighbor, Argentina? Hundreds of thousands of Africans were brought there as well – yet, the black presence in Argentina has virtually vanished from the country’s records and consciousness. Others claim something more nefarious at work. Tellingly, Sarmiento wrote in his diary in 1848: “In the United States… 4 million are black, and […]
930,000 to 2,000,000 African Descendants in Peru, South America?
In November 2009, Peru became the first Latin American country to apologize to its citizens of African descent for a history of oppression. In urban areas Afro-Peruvians were cooks, laundresses, maids, handymen, and gardeners. In some cases, they worked in the navy, hospitals, churches and charitable institutions. In 1587, 377 people of African descent worked […]
NASA Astronaut: Mae Jemison
She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. In 2006, Jemison participated in African American Lives, a PBS television miniseries hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that traced the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical […]
Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland
Nationality: Kansas City, MO, American Ethnicity: African descent. She was also a featured dancer for Prince. American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. A strong body can also be beautiful-Sola On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal […]
The Richest DJs In The World
Tiesto is a Dutch EDM Dj that made around $ 90million last year. Tiësto Biography – Tiësto Blog Check out the top ten wealthiest Dj’s world wide below.
Afro-Brazilian Actress: Cris Vianna
Nationality: Brazilian Cris Vianna was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Paraíso (2009), Last Stop 174 (2008) and Two Faces (2007). She was the Queen of Battery from the School of Samba “Academicos do Grande Rio” in the year of 2011 at the city of Rio de Janeiro. https://youtu.be/ztv-XkFdB7s Vídeo […]
Afro-Ukraine’s Singer Gaitana
Nationality: Ukrainian Ethnicity: Father is Congolese and Mother is Ukrainian. She sings in Ukrainian, English, Russian, but she also knows French and Lingala Gaitana was chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with her song Be My Guest http://youtu.be/UkpZnGTk18g Gaitana became the first singer of Afro-Ukrainian origin to represent […]
The Josephine Baker Story
Nationality: French Place of birth: United States Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting racism. http://youtu.be/1ERRdzWK3XY In the 1920s she moved to France and soon became one of Europe’s most popular and highest-paid performers. She worked for […]
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