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A movie about black German musicians: they live in two different worlds. After a black man is beaten to death by a right-wing extremist teenager, they come together and found the musical group
A movie about black German musicians: they live in two different worlds. After a black man is beaten to death by a right-wing extremist teenager, they come together and found the musical group "Brothers Keepers". The musician fights with her voice.. (Courtesy Photo)
Black German Musicians Unite to Fight Racism
Originally published April 26, 2013

German youth respond to the violence they are subjected to because of their mixed race darker skins. It is their music that units them. "Yes I AM" is a movie about how the German musical group "Brothers Keepers" came together in the unforgiving racist environment that unfortunately continues to pervade today's Germany.more More Arrow

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Afro-Scot Eunice Olumide uses her music to examine issues like race. She says she rarely meets people like her, but believes that Scotland is become more diverse.
Exclusive: Scotland Moves Towards Diversity
by Shayla Martin
March 02, 2013 - Scotland's African/Carribean population has greatly increased in the last decade. Eunice Olumide, otherwise known as sweeTs the lead for a popular hip-hop duo known as NorthernXposure, is a born native of Edinburgh. She shares her observations of what Black minorities in Scotland are facing and how Scotland appears to be moving in a positive direction with the involvement of various Black organizations that assist in defining and overcoming the impediments generally arising due to racial differences.http://www.euromight.com/afroscots.phpmore More Arrow

David Adjaye
The Powerlist 2013: Britain's Most Influential Blacks and Europe's Most Powerful Black People
by Afro-Europe International Blog
February 23, 2013 - The Black Power in Britain and in Europe for 2013 is listed in this year's The Powerlist that encompasses many lines of professions. The Who's Who of Black Europe.more More Arrow

Hans Massaquoi
Blacks In Europe: Hans Massaquoi
by Afro-Europe International Blog
February 01, 2013 - Hans Massaquoi, the former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote the distinctive memoir "Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany", has died. His son said Massaquoi died Saturday (Jan. 19, 2013), on his 87th birthday, in Jacksonville. He had been hospitalized over the Christmas holidays.more More Arrow

Blacks in Europe: Fate of the Afro-Turks
by Qantara.de Internet portal
November 23, 2012 - Africans from eastern and northern Africa were brought to the countries in the Ottoman Empire like Turkey, via the slave trade during the nineteenth century. Since then the story of the African in Turkey is one that is not fully embraced by the culture or community at large. To fight the discrimination imposed upon them, some Afro-Turks enter mixed-race marriages ensuring future generations will have less African features and a diminished cultural connection to Africa and their ancestors.more More Arrow

Helen Grant, the first Black woman elected by the British Conservative Party.
Helen Grant First Black Female Conservative Minister in the UK
by Afro-Europe International Blog
September 11, 2012 - David Cameron's Conservative Party has quietly made history by electing the first woman of African descent to British Parliament. Helen Grant, whose father is Nigerian, practiced family law in private practice before winning her seat to represent one of the 17 constituencies in London's Kent County. Not known for a history of inclusiveness, the Conservative Party holds the majority in the UK's House of Commons and Grant was one of just 143 women elected in 2010, 49 of which represented the Conservative Party. On Sept. 4, 2012, Cameron appointed Grant to dual positions as Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Women and Equalities. more More Arrow

Femi Kuti, afro-beat musician and son of the late Fela Kuti.
Femi Kuti at 50: ‘My Pains, My Gains’
by Vanguard Newspaper
July 27, 2012 - Femi Kuti, son of the late legendary Afro-beat musician turned 50 on July 16, 2012. In this no holds barred interview, the only Nigerian based musician ever to be nominated thrice at the Grammy opened up on the day to day challenges of sustaining the legacies left behind by his late father. He also speaks on his relationship with women and how he was able to overcome the pains of separating from his ex-wife Funke.more More Arrow

Bolt at Berlin World Championships 2009.
Survival of the fastest: Why descendants of slaves will take the medals in the London 2012 sprint finals
by Sally Beck
July 12, 2012 - Olympic legend Michael Johnson says a ‘superior athletic gene’ in the descendants of West African slaves means black American and Caribbean sprinters will command the sport at the London Games.more More Arrow

ChristianityToday.com Launches New Site Design
by Christian
June 13, 2012 - Christianity Today, a nonprofit global ministry recently debuted the new design of ChristianityToday.com, the website for Christianity Today magazine, with new features and a clean, fresh look. more More Arrow

www.tbn.org
TBN's Church Channel Network Offers Worship and Ministry Programs 24-7
by Christian
June 13, 2012 - What if there was a special television channel that carried all the best church and ministry programs featuring the most respected Christian leaders? And what if that channel was available around the clock to comfort, inspire, and challenge viewers any time day or night?more More Arrow