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Museum Celebrates the Life of Afrobeat Pioneer Fela Kuti

The Nigerian icon's legacy lives on

Friends and family of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti celebrated his life during a week-long series of…

By Demetria Irwin

Posted: October 23, 2012 Tags: afrobeat, black broadway, Broadway, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Nigeria

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele was a co-host and winner at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards. (Image: NEA)

WATCH: Awards Show Brings Top Nigerian Talent to New York City

Top African entertainers honored in film and music

Who’s who of African entertainment in the diaspora honored for talent in film and music…

By Janell Hazelwood

Posted: September 12, 2012 Tags: Africa, African entertainers, blacks in film, Career Advancement, entertainment industry, film industry, media indusry, Nigeria, Nigerian entertainers, Nollywood, Tinie Timpah

How I Did It: Web Entrepreneur Makes Finding Right Products Online Easy

Founder of PlumPerfect.com talks e-commerce and tech-based businesses

Asmau Ahmed, founder of PlumPerfect.com, combines tech skills with love of online shopping for Web…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: May 4, 2012 Tags: Africa, Asmaru Ahmed, beauty, Career Advancement, cosmetics, digital entrepreneur, e-commerce, engineering, Entrepreneurship, Nigeria, online retail, online shopping, PlumPerfect.com, shopping, STEM, tech, tech business, Technology, women entrepreneurs, women in tech, women professionals, young entrepreneur

From designers to photographers, these five fashion industry professionals have taken their culture and influences from Africa abroad, creating a competitive niche and finding success in the international fashion industry. ---Sirita Wright

Talents from the Diaspora: 5 African Fashion Professionals Blazing a Trail

From photographers to designers, these heavyweights take success abroad

From designers to photographers, these industry heavyweights have brought success from shores of Africa abroad.

By Sirita Wright

Posted: April 11, 2012 Tags: Africa, Arise Fashion Show, Arise magazine, Barbara Mensah, blacks in fashion, Bunmi Olaye, Chris Saunders, Dawn Richards, Deola Sagoe, Diggy Simmons, fashion, fashion industry, global fashion, global industry, global professionals, image consulting, London, Nigeria, South Africa, street style, Ugo Mozie, women professionals

"Africa, Tech & Women: The New Faces of Development" panelists discuss the role of women in Africa's tech space (Image: Winston Ford)

SXSW 2012: Women Influencing Africa’s Tech Scene

Panelists discuss the increasing role of women in technology across the continent

Led by Project Diaspora co-founder TMS Ruge, Monday’s panel “Africa, Tech & Women: The New…

By Winston Ford

Posted: March 13, 2012 Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, Africa, Cnectd, Debora Ensor, Ebele Okobi, Funke Opeke, Internews, Invisible Children, Isis Nyong'o, Kenya, Main One Cable, Nigeria, non-governmental organizations, SXSW, TMS Ruge, Yahoo

Hooray for Nollywood: Behind the Scenes of the Nigerian Film Industry

As the Oscars dust settles in Tinseltown, we turn our attention to one of the largest film industries in the world: Nigeria

As the Oscars dust settles in Tinseltown, we turn our attention to one of the…

By Tomika Anderson

Posted: March 5, 2012 Tags: Africa, Ebbe Bassey, entertainment, entertainment industry, film industry, Hollywood, Nigeria, Nollywood, Osas Ighodaro

THE THESPIAN: GENEVIEVE NNAJI This Nigerian actress, known as the "Julia Roberts of Africa," has appeared in more than 60 films since her debut in 1998. A Nollywood A-lister --- and one of the highest paid actresses in the industry --- she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, and today is the spokesperson for several international ad campaigns including MUD Cosmetics.

10 International Women of Power to Watch

From entertainment to technology, these women are making a major impact across the globe

These ten women of color are making a major impact on the world at large,…

By Janell Hazelwood

Posted: January 30, 2012 Tags: African Brits, African professionals, African women, Black Brits, Black Women, Blacks in Britain, British women, entertainment, Female Executives, global professionals, international business, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Nollywood, Scotland, Technology, women executives., Women in business, women in entertainment, women in technology, Women of Power, women professionals

Why Black America No Longer Exists

In his new book, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eugene Robinson talks about the 'Disintegration' of the Black monolith

Author Eugene Robinson has sparked debate with his recent book, ‘Disintegration: The Splintering of Black…

By Derek T. Dingle

Posted: February 8, 2011 Tags: 2008 presuidential campaign, Abandoned, affirmative action, Barack Obama, biracial, black immigrants, Bob Johnson, corporate America, deficit reduction, Disintegration:The Splintering of Black America, Emergent, Eugene Robinson, Ken Chenault, Mainstream, Marshall Plan, mixed-race heritage, naacp, Nigeria, Oprah Winfrey, Pulitzer Prize, Republican Party, South Africa, spending freeze, Technology, Transcendent, Urban League

Nigeria: Workers Search For Dead After Violence

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Muslim volunteers searched Friday among charred buildings in neighborhoods in central…

By Associated Press

Posted: January 22, 2010 Tags: Christians, corpses, massacre, Muslims, Nigeria, sectarian violence

Group: 150 Muslims Killed In Nigerian Town

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — An international human rights group is calling on Nigerian officials to…

By Associated Press

Posted: January 22, 2010 Tags: human rights, massacre, Nigeria, sectarian violence

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