Marsha Ambrosius Live in London on Dec 20th

December 19th & 20th 2012 sees the long awaited return visit from the USA of UKSoul star Marsha Ambrosius. It’s been a while since her last UK show & this will be her first UK show since achieving her first USA No.1 with her album “Late Nights & Early Mornings”.

CNN: Black in America: It's not just about the color of your skin

H/T John
On December 9, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST, CNN will air its fifth installment of the annual documentary series Black in America. This year’s special – “Who is Black in America?” – was inspired by the scope of the (1)ne Drop Project and will tackle issues of colorism and racial identity.'

Video: Brazilian Soul Reggae - Natiruts ft. Sonia Savinell - "Sorri, Sou Rei"

The Brazilian Soul Reggea band Natiruts ft. Argentine singer Sonia Savinell live from the hill Mirante Dona Marta in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This year the group released the DVD Acústico no Rio de Janeiro.

UK WOMEN: The I'mPOSSIBLE conversation, winter edition, 2012

The I'mPOSSIBLE conversation, winter edition, 2012. Wednesday, 12 December 2012 from 18:30 to 21:30 (GMT) London, United Kingdom

Video: Conversations on the presence of blackface in Swedish children's fiction

Photo: Ylva Habel, Shantrelle P. Lewis and  Barakat B. Ghebrehawariat

Conversations on the presence of blackface in Swedish children's fiction: "Little Pink & The Motley Crew"

CONFERENCE: "What is Africa to me now?" in Liège, Belgium

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A 3day conference on the African continent and its literary diasporas will be held at the University of Liège in March 2013. Part of the conference there will be a photo exhibition by Johny Pitts. Invited speakers are Chika Unigwe, Caryl Phillips and Jackie Kay.

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.)