NEW IDEAS: Visualize your natural hair with the Big Chop App

Instant natural hair makeovers with The Big Chop iPhone App. The App will allow you to use your own photos in order to create a preview of what your hair will look like after "the big chop".

Afro-Colombians - Films, protest and Hip Hop group ChocQuibTown

News from the diaspora - One of the most forgotten black communities in the African Diaspora is probably the Afro-Colombian community. But as always, things change. The present peace talks between the FARC rebels and the government  may help the many Afro-Colombians, who are disproportionately displaced because of the conflict. But there is more news.

The winners of the Black Race Awards of Brazil 2012

Jean Paulo Campos, Cacau Potassio, Renato Sorriso. Photo, Troféu Raça Negra

The 'Troféu Raça Negra', or in English 'The Black Race Awards', is the prestigious annual "Oscar" awards ceremony of the Afro-Brazilian community. This year it was the 10th edition and this year it paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..  His daughter Bernice A. King  accepted the award on behalf of her father. The event was held on 19 November in São Paulo Brazil.

Video: African culture in Paris

Street scene in the Chateau Rouge neighborhood of Paris. Photo: Wendy Worrall Redal

Via Euromight 
CNN explores how African immigrants are making their mark Parisian life, including music and food.

The British Blacklist - Database profiling black British entertainers

UK’s definitive database of arts and entertainment industry professionals from the black communities, The British Blacklist.

Africa For Norway - New charity single out now! Official christmas video

From SAIH, a solidarity organisation of students and academics in Norway.. SAIH focuses on education in development cooperation, as well as North/South information and political advocacy in Norway. See also: http://vimeo.com/user5290987.

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.