For those who have found themselves outside their homeland and are keen to seek solace within the culture they grew up with, cultural journalism is a key method of doing so. To not only read about, but also document the ongoing culture of your country of birth is a great way not only to stay wired into what’s going on back home, but also to introduce others to your culture.
Category: Culture & Lifestyle
African Heritages
Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron to host Miss Africa USA Pageant 2011
The Count Down continues for the 2011 Miss Africa USA Pageant, a pageant like no other in the United States of America, celebrating African beauty. Miss Africa USA Pageant empowers young African girls as Goodwill Ambassadors and prepares them for leadership roles. African women are beautiful, bold, ambitious and very savvy but most of all they are intelligent.
2013 Diversity Visa Lottery Program
The online registration period for the 2013 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2013) will begin on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and conclude on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5)
Leila Lopes from Angola is crowned Miss Universe!
Born in Benguela, Angola, to parents of Cape Verdean background, Lopes is a business management student in Great Britain, where she was crowned Miss Angola UK on October 8, 2010, the official representative of the Angolan community in the United Kingdom to the 2011 Miss Angola pageant.
2011 NAFCA AWARDS (AFRICAN OSCARS)
The highly anticipated, long awaited historical moment for African Film industry is finally here. The 2011 NAFCA Awards which has been dubbed ‘the African OSCAR’. Get […]
Foster Heritage: Immigration and Race Relations
An olden American-West Indian adjacent relationship that grants safe passage to West Indian inclusion among American white workers
Mother’s Day – The Situation about Women and Girls
In the United States, Mother’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother’s Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well the positive contributions that they make to society.Although many Mother’s Day celebrations world-wide have quite different origins and traditions, most have now been influenced by the American traditions.
HIV Positive: To tell or not to tell?
To tell or not to tell- that’s the penultimate question! Ok, this morning a friend wrote on my facebook wall a question which I’ll summarize as : “and what do we do about those who do not disclose of their + status, who are going around with poorer, more vulnerable people & spread the disease?”
Clayton County Cultural Celebration 2011
Clayton County Cultural Celebration 2011! Saturday April 16, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. LOCATION: Clayton County Performing Arts Center | 2530 Mount Zion […]