By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Michelle Obama inspired Richelle Shaw to be a better mother. The future first lady gave LaTonya Brown hope that she can find a husband. And Tina Sutton recites “We are Michelle Obama” with her 4-year-old daughter every morning. For black women across the country, …
by Dana Goldman As a young child of a black family in Cuba in the 1960s, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons loved art. But the art she saw in galleries left her feeling out of sorts. “When I was young and I was growing up in Cuba I remember going to the museum and wondering where are …
A Belgium Group of Congolese Diaspora, mostly women, on Thursday (30 October 2008) expressed their concerns to ACP Ambassadors about the recent outbreak of violence in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The women urged the ACP Group to push for immediate cessation of fighting as it severely affects women and …
By Serena Chaudhry JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (Reuters Life!) – South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa’s best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid, has died of a heart attack after a performance in Italy. She was 76. Known as “Mama Africa” and the “Empress of African Song”, Makeba was the …
