November 20 - Brazil celebrates Black Awareness Day

The Day of Black Awareness ("Dia da Consciência Negra" in Portuguese) is celebrated annually on November 20 in Brazil as a day on which to reflect upon the injustices of slavery (from the first transport of African slaves to Brazil in 1594) and to celebrate the contributions to society and to the nation by Brazilian citizens of African descent. It takes place during the Week of Black Awareness.

Greenpeace: Dutch rappers against environmental pollution in Canada

Four famous Dutch rappers leave their comfort zone and explore the spectacular Canadian nature. From the giant tar sands in Alberta to the beautiful Great Bear Rainforest in Vancouver.

NEW Video: The new sound of Laura Mvula - "She" (UK)

UK's Laura Mvula is a singer who can make your heart skip with her sonic surprises, wrote the Guardian. And they are right. I hope we will hear much more of this talented singer-songwriter (signed to RCA), who was born in South Africa but grew up in the UK.

Exhibition: Homestory Deutschland brings black Germans' stories to light

Via: Black German Heritage & Research Association
An exhibit gives voice to the histories of Africans, African-Americans and Afro-Germans from the past 300 years of German history. It presents a differentiated perspective on the lives and histories of blacks in Germany.

Black Women In Europe™ Power List 2012

  Doreen D. Lawrence: Photograph Linda Nylind for the Guardian

The blog Black Woman in Europe has compiled it's annual list of outstanding Black woman for 2012. One of the persons on the list is Doreen D. Lawrence. She is an  OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and  British campaigner and writer who first came to public attention in 1993 as the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager who was murdered in a racial attack in South East London.

Babette de Rozières chosen as one of France’s most favourite TV chefs

French Caribbean Chef Babette de Rozières is the fourth favourite TV chef in France, according to a survey of TV2.  French favourite is top chef Cyril Lignac.

Britain's most influential black people and black Europeans powerlist 2013

Photo: David Adjaye

The Powerlist 2013 featuring Britain’s most influential black people and a extra list of 30 most influential black people in Europe has been released. Architect David Adjaye is number one this year on the list of Britain's most influential black people.

Norway Utøya: “Wrong Time Wrong Place” documentary to open 25th IDFA

Photo: The Ugandan refugee Rita was pregnant, had actually  no money, but decided at the last moment to travel to Utøya

Director John Appel’s film about last year’s mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway will open the 25th annual International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which takes place from November 14-25.

Video: Cuidar de Mim - Paula Lima & Seu Jorge (Brazil)

With Brazilian singer/songwriter Paula Lima and the famous Seu Jorge

German court bans police racial profiling

A court in Germany has told the police they may not carry out identity checks on people on the basis of their skin color. There's disagreement among the police as to whether they welcome the ruling.

Video: London police racial profiling - "5 to 10 times a week"

Police stop & search hits UK minorities. If you are black in London you are 28 times more likely to be stopped than a white person. In the video trainee lawyer Mohamed Elmi says he is stopped 5 to 10 times a week.

President Obama wins four more years!

Barack Obama promised the American people that the 'the best is yet to come" as he accepted a second term in the White House after easily beating off the challenge from his Republican rival, Mitt Romney.

Video: Sundance winning director Ava Duvernay is at the Amsterdam Film Week

Ava DuVernay is one of the voices of the new generation of black filmmakers. And this year she became the first African-American woman to win a best directing award at the Sundance Film Festival. She won for "Middle of Nowhere," a drama about a young black woman named Ruby who puts her life on hold while her husband is in prison.