Nationality: French Ethnicity: Guadeloupean / Martiniquais (Caribbean /West Indies) African descent. Ms. Augustin speaks French and English. She is 5’10 1/2 ft tall with blue eyes. Quote: Both my parents and my brother are dark skinned but the West Indies are a mix of genes from different countries and you never know what skin color your baby […]
Facial Exfoliating Sponge
IMPROVES THE FEEL, TONE & TEXTURE OF YOUR SKIN: Made specifically for the face and decollete, our gentle, yet effective sponge will cleanse your skin deeply while removing dirt, excess make-up, toxins, impurities and dead skin cells, leaving you with smooth, glowing, beautiful skin. Soft and gentle, it can be used even under your eyes […]
Great Inexpensive Facial Soap
Do you have large pores, oily or acne prone skin? Try this hand made Dead Sea Mud SPA Natural Soap helps tighten and minimize pores. I have tried & tested other dead sea salt facial soaps, but this is one of my favorites. You feel and see results the same day. 2- Please use a facial scrub. […]
Model, Actress & Ex-Beauty Queen :Renee Bhagwandeen
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean/West Indies) Mixed Afro and Indo-Trinidadian. Ms. Bhagwandeen is an actress, known for America’s Next Top Model (cycle 20) & Ballers, before joining “America’s Next Top Model”, Renee Bhagwandeen has worked as a model previously. She moved to the United States when she was six years old. She is no stranger […]
Model & Ex-Beauty Queen: Rachael J. Williams
Nationality: British Ethnicity: (Jamaican, Caribbean) African descent. She was crowned Miss Black Britain in 2006 and went on to compete in the Miss England pageant. She is 5’10 ft tall. Quote: What hurt most was that no one expected me to win. School wasn’t much fun for me, I was bullied for most of my senior […]
Egypts Unknown or Forgotten African Queens
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt’s most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in […]
3,000 Year Old Egyptian Woman with 70 HAIR EXTENSIONS Intact
The only way is EGYPT! 3,000-year-old remains of woman unearthed with 70 hair extensions tied in intricate layers. The pieces were elaborate creations, with one recently uncovered in an Egyptian coffin made up of 70 elaborate extensions fastened together. Out of 100 skulls analysed, 28 still had hair. The type of hair ranged from curly black […]
5,600 years old Black Mummy Child of Libya, Africa
Mummification knowledge at 5,600 years old, this pre-dates Ancient Egyptian Civilization… Wan Muhuggiag (Muhjaij) Mummy, Tashwinat, Libya The Tashwinat Mummy of a child found in Wan Muhuggiag (or Uan Mughjaj), Tadrart Acacus, Fezzan, southern Libya, by Professor Mori in 1958. The mummy was thought to be at least 5400 years old and therefore it is […]
Naomi Campbell’s Egyptian Eye of Horus on Cleopatra Island in Turkey’s Gulf of Gökova.
Nationality: British Ethnicity: Campbell is of African-Jamaican descent, as well as of Chinese Jamaican ancestry through her paternal grandmother, who carried the family name Ming. In 2012 Naomi Campbell received an island vacation home for her 41st birthday from her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin. It’s shaped like the Egyptian Eye of Horus on a location known as Cleopatra […]
Controversy behind Gods of Egypt movie 2016
This time period is supposed to be in the old kingdom/5th dynasty (2494 B.C. – 2345 B.C.). ‘Gods of Egypt’ Director, Studio Apologize for Lack of Diverse Casting: ‘We Can Do Better’ Lionsgate also acknowledged the need for more inclusive casting in a statement obtained by Variety, which reads: “We recognize that it is our responsibility […]
Different Ancient Egyptian & Nubian Hairdress, Hair Extensions & Wigs to Inspire
These are some of my personal and random photos I took from the Brooklyn Museum. Wigs was a sign of higher status in the ancient past, as you know we always had an interest in beauty. Grooming was a way of life. “In ancient Egypt thick hair was favored, and although common women kept their own hair, those of higher […]
Model & Actress: Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Her mother is Caucasian and her father is African descent. She was a contestant and finalist on Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model. https://youtu.be/DZ48XyMrjTE?t=6s Scelba-Shorte was studying at California State University, Northridge before auditioning for America’s Next Top Model. She was eventually chosen as one of the 12 finalists on Cycle 2 […]
Random photos of Ancient Egyptian Art
Other ancient names before it was called our modern day Egypt which run down the Nile River are Ethiopia, Aswan, Kemet/Khemet, Land of Ham, Nuri, Nubia, Kush/Cush & Put/Phut . Head of a Queen or Princess as a Sphinx, Chlorite, Twelfth dynasty, ca 1919-1878 BC. Also forgotten or unknown Pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty that was […]
Ancient Pavement Strip at Yundum, Gambia Airport?
The discovery of an ancient pavement floor made out of carefully polished stones & giant plates tightly fitted together were inspected by authorities. The only thing was found… Caulk joints between the slabs. What was it for? When was it built? Why was this made? In 1987 Gambia then agreed to NASA’s request as the U.S. space agency was interested […]
The Josephine Baker Story
Legendary black American stage performer who took pre-World War II Europe by storm but found constant racial harassment in her homeland.
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975.
Today in history, June 3rd, 1906… dancer, singer and actress Freda Josephine McDonald (aka Josephine Baker), who gained fame in Paris, France, thanks to her “risque” cabaret and musical hall performances, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
While Ms Baker did perform on screen in a number of films – Siren of the Tropics (1927), Zouzou (1934) andPrincesse Tam Tam (1935), notably – she’s probably more universally recognized for her vaudeville stage musical acts which helped her become maybe the first international black female celebrity.
She was also politically active, making contributions to the Civil Rights Movement here in the United States, and assisted the French Resistance during World War II, becoming the first American-born woman to receive the French military honor, the Croix de guerre.
She died on April 12th, 1975 at age 68.
Since then, there’s really been only 1 true attempt to tell her story on film – the 1991, HBO movie, The Josephine Baker Story, which starred Lynn Whitfield as Baker. Whitfield would go on to win an Emmy Award for her performance!
Actress & Singer: Dorothy Dandridge As Carmen Jones
In 1943, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. took Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War II-era African-Americans, switched the locale to a Southern military base, and the result was Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, tempestuous employee of a parachute factory. Harry Belafonte plays Joe (originally José), a young military officer engaged to marry virginal Cindy Lou (Olga James). When Carmen gets into a fight with another girl, she is placed under arrest and put in Joe’s charge. Succumbing to her attractiveness, Joe accompanies Carmen to her old neighborhood, where, after killing a sergeant sent to retrieve him, he deserts the army. Carmen tries to be faithful, but fortune-telling Frankie (Pearl Bailey) warns her that she and her soldier are doomed. Enter Joe Adams in the role of boxer Husky Miller (a play on Carmen’s bullfighter Escamillo), who sweeps Carmen off her feet, ultimately with tragic consequences. Alhough both Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte were singers, their opera voices were dubbed in by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne.
Making HISTORY – DIVERSITY at Victorias Secret Fashion Show!
Quote: Sharam Diniz Really proud of each of you. This is what we are living for!!! Making HISTORY. 9 African / African descent & Bi-racial Angels. DIVERSIDADE no desfile da victoriassecret!!! Muito orgulho! É para isso que nós estamos a viver!!! Para fazer HISTÓRIA. Brazil is one of the most mixed race countries in the […]
Ancient City of Djado In Niger, Africa
A fortified trading city in the Sahara along the routes towards Libya: dating back some 800-1,000 years ago. Who built it? the settlement seems to be constructed from both mudbrick and stone ,if I’m not mistaken. Does anyone else think it looks like something out of a fantasy epic? from PreColonialAfrica Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, […]
Queen Nandi
She was one of the greatest single parents who ever lived. Nandi kaBhebhe eLangeni was the warrior mother of Shaka Zulu., the famed leader of the Zulu in South AfManthatisirica. She battled slave traders as well and trained her son to be a warrior. When he became King he established an all-female regiment which often […]
Catherine Flon
Catherine Flon was the goddaughter of Jean Jacques Dessalines and played a huge role in the Haitian Revolution as a nurse. She is not really remembered and revered as nurse, but widely recognized in all Haiti as a heroine for sewing the first Haitian Flag in Archaie. Her image is on their currency:
Model: Kenya Kinski-Jones
Nationality: American Ethnicity: German mother and African American Father. Her father is none other than the legendary Music composer and musician Quincy Jones. She is a Los Angeles-based model and animal activist — who graduated in May from Loyola Marymount University, where she majored in English. She’s hollywood royalty. Talking about her father, music producer Quincy Jones, […]
The Golden Ratio Formula for Beauty?
It has long been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thought that beauty varies by race, culture or era. The evidence, however, shows that our perception of physical beauty is hard wired into our being and based on how closely the features of one’s face reflect phi in their proportions. […]
Model & Beauty Queen: Awa Sanoko
Nationality: Ivorian Ethnicity: African She speaks French and English. She won the 27th Miss Model of the World Contest held in South China on October 31, 2015. She is the first African to win the competition in 27 years. Awa Sanoko also won The Elite Model Look Cote d’Ivoire, the 20 year old Ivorian model is […]
Model: Tami Williams
Nationality: Jamaican Ethnicity: Caribbean/West Indies (Jamaican) African descent. She is 5’11 ft tall. Tami Williams is the first Caribbean model to be selected by Calvin Klein (CK),the global fashion behemoth, as the face of the brand for its Collection Fall 2015 Campaign, catapulting the young woman into the realm of superstardom. http://dai.ly/x36q2j8 Preliminary checks have […]
Harpooning 80-90,000 years ago In Congo, Africa
This was discovered in 1988 by Alison Brooks and John Yellen in Katanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Modern humans make special tools for fishing. Humans in Central Africa used some of the earliest barbed points, like this harpoon point, to spear huge prehistoric catfish weighing as much as 68 kg (150 lb)–enough to feed 80 people for two days. […]
Earth 2.3+ Billion Years Older Than Presumed?
Researchers looked at 52 samples, 2.75 to 3.2 billion years old, which had been collected in South Africa and northwestern Australia. They are by excellence among the oldest rocks on our planet. We might have to take a second look at the evolution of life on earth. A study on ancient soils has shown that […]
D.C. Comics Supervillain: Fatality
Fatality is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics universe. She was created by Ron Marz and first appeared in Green Lantern vol 3 #83 in February 1997. Yrra Cynril (Fatality) is originally from the planet Xanshi – a member of one of the quasi-human races among the numerous forms of sentient beings living […]
Model: Madisin Rian
Nationality: American Ethnicity: African descent Madisin Rian was discovered back in 2008 at a luncheon held by Kimora Lee Simmons in honor of St. Louis Fashion Week. Even before she knew if she had any talent for modeling, Madisin finagled an invitation for a private session with the baby Phat and Fabulous Life magnate for […]
Model: Kimberlyn Parris
Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity: Caribbean/West Indies (Barbados) African descent. Represented Canada in Elite Model Look competition in Nice, France. Won for best runway walk. Kimberlyn Parris is an International Model who works in Print, Runway, Commercial and Catalogues ~ Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, London, New York, South Africa, Barcelona, Greece, Canada, USA, Switzerland. Personal Interest: Quote: […]
Incredible Human Journey Out Of Africa
Dr. Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world — overcoming hostile terrain, extreme weather and other species of human. She pieces together precious fragments of bone, stone and new DNA evidence and discovers how this journey changed these African ancestors into the people […]