Beatrice Acheleke, founder and leader of the Black European Women’s Council was honored at the 2009 World Diversity Leadership Summit this month in Washington, DC. Ms. Acheleke is a mother, executive director of AFRA, a non-profit, non governmental self-organisation and NGO of Black Women with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and an inspiration to Black women …
Background: On January 20, 2009, Michelle Obama became the 44th First Lady of the United States. Unlike previous First Lady’s she is distinguished not only as the most educated First Lady but the first African American First Lady. Her rise to this position was extraordinary. Throughout the nearly two-year presidential campaign, Michelle Obama demonstrated intelligence, …
Some pictures I took at The Event: Dance with the Kings The Kings and Queens from Ghana visited the Surinam community in Amsterdam The Netherlands. Surinam is a former colony of the Netherlands. Since 1975 Surinam is independent. Roots of former Surinam slaves can be found in Ghana. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted for the Black Women in Europe™ Blog in the 2009 Black Weblog Award contest! Tusen tack! The Black Women in Europe™ blog is extremely honored to have won both the judges and popular vote in 2007, and to be a finalist in 2008 and again this year. …
