VIDEO: See Africa Street Photography

See Africa Street Photography from See Africa Differently on Vimeo.
Johny Pitts roams East-London in search of Afro-European fashion.

UK: White man cleared of racial abuse after using N-word 'as term of endearment'

Via Madnews
A British court has cleared a white man who shouted the word "nigger" at a black man of racial abuse, after he claimed he was a rap music fan who used the term as an endearment.

Black artists in Germany share their stories in new book

The book is entitled "The Little Book of Big Visions: How to be an Artist and Revolutionize the World" and it's edited by Sandrine Micossé-Aikins and Sharon Dodua Otoo.

Synopsis: Black artists in Germany find themselves – necessarily – in a position in which subversiveness and resistance – implicit and explicit – become essential strategies to be used in their work if they wish to survive in this predominantly white context. However, after resistance is no longer necessary, what could be the vision then? And what is the central role of the artist in shaping or creating these visions?

Will Black Pete ever be replaced by a White Pete?

Dutch Black Pete is outdated, wrote the influential  Dutch newspaper Het Parool. The paper quoted the elderman of Amsterdam Andree van Es. But will Black Pete ever become White Pete, or just Pete?

Video: Michael Olatuja - Le Jardin (feat. Onaje Jefferson)

Michael Olatuja: Photo: Carsten Fleck

Le Jardin feat. Onaje Jefferson from British/Nigerian bassist Michael Olatuja's album "Speak". The song starts after the intro!

Video: CUT UP Collective. Afro Style in Urban Fashion in Brussels

CUT UP Collective is an awesome project from three Brussels-based creative minds: make-up artist Nadjma Ramahatali and fashion designers Sylvie Iweanya and Noémie Nuo.

Brazil: A November to rescue Martin Luther King's dreams

Daniela Gomes and Dr. Bernice King during the Raça Negra Awards 2012

Afro-Brazilian journalist and blogger Daniela Gomes shares her thoughts on Dr. Bernice King, who was a special guest at the Raça Negra Awards in São Paulo Brazil. The Awards ceremony paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Gomes was the translator for Bernice King and for the American delegation at the Troféu Raça Negra.)

Brazil gets first Black Supreme Court president

BRAZIL’S Supreme Court is now headed by a black justice for the first time, reports ABC News.

Joaquim Barbosa was sworn in on Thursday 22nd. He became the only black ever to serve on the court when he joined it in 2003, even though more than half of the country’s 192 million people identify themselves as having African descent.

Video: les Afropéennes - Afro-French women on identity, race and togetherness

French women of African descend talk about the play les Afropéennes, a play which has been staged in October in Paris. They tackle issues such as race, gender, sexuality, injustice, stereotypes, cultural heritage and alienation.

TALK: Shantrelle P. Lewis on the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora in The Netherlands

Shantrelle P. Lewis, Brooklyn-based curator and a native of New Orleans, will give an overview about her research on the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora in The Netherlands. Place: Studio Charl Landvreugd. Date: 2 december 2012 | 14:30 – 15:30 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. For more details see 3073 TALKS & LECTURES.

Danny Glover plays in film about a slave uprising on Curacao + criticism

American actor Danny Glover will star in the Dutch Caribbean film “Tula, The Revolt”, from Dutch director Jeroen Leinders.  But the Tula project remains controversial.

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.