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Ghanaian Chieftain Son Marries English Woman

Ghanaian Chieftain Son Marries English Woman

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 […]

A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

The back story: The Chief of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now known as Botswana) Seretse Khama & his English wife, Ruth Williams that he married in 1948. It was a whirlwind romance. Seretse didn’t seek consent from his uncle because he knew it would be denied, but Ruth had to ask her father George, who argued that […]

The Lovings

The Lovings

The film focuses on the battle to overturn laws against mixed-race marriages. Seven years after a marriage that Virginia deemed illegal. The case was brought by Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. Their marriage violated the state’s […]

Model Bregje Heinen & Ro Parra-Grady

Model Bregje Heinen & Ro Parra-Grady

Nationality: Dutch Ethnicity: Caucasian Heinen was born in Borculo, a town in the eastern Netherlands. She speaks Dutch and English. Bregje Heinen is dating  Ro Parra-Grady, an event planner, marketing and nightlife/club promoter, who owns NYC Nightlife Group. Ro Parra-Grady describes himself as Cuban entrepreneur, who is imported from Detroit and now living in New […]

alek wek

alek wek

Alek Wek is a Sudanese-British model who first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995, sparking a career lasting to date.   She is from the Dinka ethnic group in Southern Sudan, but in 1991 she and some family members fled to Britain to escape the civil war in Sudan.   She […]

Keisha Sharp

Keisha Sharp

Nationality: American Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Keesha Sharp is best known for her role as ‘Monica Charles Brooks’ on the hit CW series “Girlfriends.” Her role garnered her a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.   Attended The Boston Conservatory. She has a passion for healthy organic living […]