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Who is Latino?
http://youtu.be/-ztOVRSKxqw Dash asks people on the street to identify Latinos based on physical appearance. Do stereotypes guide people’s perception of a certain “look” of Latino ethnicity? Colorism and “Mejorando La Raza” Internalized racism, color preference, class whitening and “bettering the race” are discussed. How do these mentalities translate into social norms and treatment?
The International Business of hair
All for the sake of beauty: Great Lengths hair extensions featured on MTV Fabulous Life http://youtu.be/pYF7Flx7iwY How does a deeply spiritual offering from Indias poor become a must-have accessory in the salons of Europe? As fashion and faith collide, religious sacrifice is fuelling a multi-billion dollar industry. http://youtu.be/TGigLa23vuA Every year millions of Hindus shave their […]
Royalty Peggielene Bartels
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed An African Village. The book chronicles how Peggielene Bartels went from being a secretary at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C to becoming African royalty of her late uncle’s village Otuam. Visit her official website on where to buy her book […]
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN is A world famous Luxury Shoe Designer
His Parents/Family are from Cameroon, Africa. Mr. Louboutin was born in France. Celebrated for his vertiginously high stilettos with their signature lacquer-red soles, Louboutin has achieved cult status with celebrities as well as fashionistas. His eclectic and exotic designs, often incorporating feathers, beads, and sequins, are a constant and dramatic presence on the red carpet […]
Model: Jenny Boussaert
Model: Israela Avtau
Nationality and Place of birth: Israel Ethnicity: Ethiopian, African She won the Iaraeli Top Model competition at 16 years old. Article about Miss Avtau below: www.scribd.com/fullscreen She left Israel to seek a modelling career in New York. Israela signed a multi-million dollar deal with Avon Cosmetics in the US. She is the highest paid model after Bar […]
Anais Mali
Nationality:French Place of birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France Ethnicity: Polish / Tchad
Geneticist and mother of a mixed race child
Aarathi Prasad, a geneticist and mother of a mixed race child, sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race. Is It Better To Be Mixed Race? on Vimeo < View Documentary here It’s a controversial subject that has […]
SKIN – National Geographic
Skin Synopsis: Obsessed with its beauty, humbled by it flaws, humans are covered by a unique ultra-thin shield that instantly defines and shapes the body living inside it. Now, National Geographic invites you on an in-depth adventure revealing not just the science but the vital cultural meanings we attach to this largest of all human […]
Micaela Reis
Angolan and Portuguese ancestry http://youtu.be/inAoK4Qq8gk http://youtu.be/tSKXJWQ-bp4 the beauty pageant titleholder who was a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2007 and placed first runner-up to Miss World 2007, becoming Miss World Africa. She was the highest placed Miss Angola at both Miss Universe and Miss Worldbefore the win of Leila Lopes in Miss Universe 2011 She was also named Miss World Continental Queen of […]
Model: Mayowa Nicholas
Nationality: Nigerian Ethnicity: Nigerian, West African She stands at 5’11Ft tall. Ms. Nicholas is well known in the fashion industry for her sultry runway walk, great legs with her poise, pillowy lips and perfect runway physique charming casting directors, designers and fashion denizens alike. At the age of 16, Mayowa Nicholas won Elite Model Look […]
Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter: Sara Forbes Bonetta
Queen Victoria was impressed by the young princess’s exceptional intelligence, and had Sara raised as her goddaughter in the British middle class. Sara Forbes Bonetta (1843 – 15 August 1880) was a West African Egbado omoba of Yoruba royalty who was orphaned in intertribal warfare, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement and became a […]
Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and his second wife Maria of Antioch
Italy (c. 1150) Found in the Vatican Library, Rome. Artist: Unknown Manuel I Komnenos was a Byzantine Emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. His reign saw the last flowering of the Komnenian restoration, during which the Byzantine Empire had seen a […]
Unknown African Billionaire?
Alhaji Aliko Dangote (born April 10, 1957) is a businessman based in Nigeria. He is the owner of the Dangote Group, which has operations in Nigeria and several other countries in West Africa. A wealthy supporter of erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dangote controls much of Nigeria’s commodities trade […]
Africans in Greece
The Minoans may have first come into contact with Africans at Thebes, during the periodic bearing of tribute to the pharaoh. In fact, paintings in the tomb of Rekhmire, dated to the fourteenth century B.C., depict African and Aegean peoples, most likely Nubians and Minoans. However, with the collapse of the Minoan and Mycenaean palaces […]
Science explains why we have different hair
Beautiful Curly Hair –Model Koumba Toma Mcdonagh with IMG Models London WHAT DOES SCIENCE SAY ABOUT AFRO HAIR? Although there are no biochemical differences among black, Caucasian, and Asian hair types, there are differences in the hair morphology (8). Black hair appears elliptical or flattened in cross-section, whereas Caucasian hair is oval, and Asian hair round. […]
Ancient Gold Ram’s-head Pendant
What is a pendant ? It’s a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around the neck hanging downward. This ancient gold ram’s-head was made during the Kushite Period. Representations show these pharaohs wearing a ram’s-head amulet tied around the neck on a thick cord. Rams were associated with the god Amun, particularly in Nubia, […]
Prince of poets.
Beautiful ancient mosaic. Virgil is seated between the muse of epic poetry, Calliope (on the left), and Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, who carries a theatrical mask. The poet holds a scroll containing part of his Aeneid. Bardo National Museum, Tunis. -History of the ancient world. The Tunisia Museum The national Bardo Museum is a […]
Mosaic Of Two Fighters Dueling From Rome, Italy
This portrays two fighters dueling with shields and swords. The influences of these mosaics are rooted in late antique impressionism that could be seen in frescoes, manuscript paintings and many pavement mosaics across villas in Africa, Syria and Sicily during the 5th century. The utterances they shout at each other are reproduced in written form: fol! […]
Afro-Iranian?
An introduction to a photo book by German-Iranian photographer Mahdi Ehsaei depicting the little known minority of Afro-Iranians in South Iran in fascinating portraits. Afro-Iran shows a side of Iran, which is widely unknown even to Iranians: a minority of people who influenced the culture of a whole region by continuing their African heritage with […]
Model & Actress: Liya Kebede
Nationality: Ethiopian Place of birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ms. Kebede stands at 5’10 Ft Tall. She speaks English & French. Ethiopian supermodel Liya Kebede became this first woman of color in Estee Lauder’s 57-year history to sign a contract with the cosmetics giant. She has a 3 million dollar a year for 3 years deal with […]
Theorizing Ancient Solar Flare or Sola Rays that possibly scorched our Skin & Hair?
I’m just theorizing if it was a gradual process or unexpected and extreme that lead us looking the way we do today.- Sola The Sun’s Wrath: Worst Solar Storms in History A similar event could wreak significant havoc today. That’s because our modern technology, including satellites, radio transmissions and power grids, could be seriously hampered […]
What Are You?
Carmen Lee Solomons is an South African Model currently in the U.S. with a unique beauty of her own. Quote: This is a question I receive on a daily basis since I’ve been in America. The Khoisan people moved upwards to East Africa, where civilization then began in the Nile valley (Starting in Ethiopia, where Asian […]
QUEEN: Maharani Bamba Duleep Singh aka Bamba Müller
Her Father Ludwig Muller was a German banker and her mother Sofia was Abyssinian, Ethiopian, African. She was born on July 6, 1848 in Cairo, Egypt. The Maharaja Duleep Singh fell for her charm & beauty, within 5 months they married at Alexandria in Egypt, on 7 June 1864. Both of them wore European dress apart from Duleep, who […]
The Beauty Of Human Skin in every color
Brazilian artist Angélica Dass’s photography challenges how we think about skin color and ethnic identity. In this personal talk, hear about the inspiration behind her portrait project, Humane, and her pursuit to document humanity’s true colors rather than the untrue white, red, black and yellow associated with race. By cataloging every conceivable human skin tone, […]
President of the United States: Barack Obama with Family
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician serving as the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born outside of the continental United States. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, born in Wichita, Kansas, was of mostly English ancestry.His father, […]
Africans In India as far back as the 4th century?
India and Africa have a shared history that runs deeper than is often realized. Trade between the regions goes back centuries – 4th century CE Ethiopian (Aksumite) coins have been found in southern India. Several African groups, particularly Muslims from east Africa, came to India as slaves and traders. On settling down in the country, […]
Megalithic Stones in Bouar, Central African Republic
Bouar megaliths – Nana-Mambéré. In the surroundings of Bouar city are found some 70 groups of megalithic stone settings (tajunu), most likely created in the Neolithic age. Sites contain burial cists and upright stones. Tallest stones are up to 5 meters high. Bouar megaliths 7440 BC. “In some parts of Africa megaliths survive which are […]
The Nubia Museum
Yes, this is real. There is officially a Nubian Museum in Egypt. Aswan’s rather fantastic Nubian Museum is one of Egypt’s best and a must for anyone interested in the history and culture of both ancient and modern Nubia. It documents the riches of a culture that was all but washed away with the building […]