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Isaiah washington: Tracing roots is not enough

In this new era, we are now able to discover our past. Through DNA testing, one can trace their blood line and learn about their roots. A tree without its roots is dead.   Grey’s Anatomy, Isaiah...

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Survival Rate for Breast Cancer A Matter of Economics in Africa & the Caribbean?

“Data obtained from the International Agency for research on Cancer shows that compared to Developed countries African women do not have a higher rate of Breast Cancer Incidence but have an alarming higher mortality...

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Men Get Breast Cancer Too: Ask “Shaft”

Most of the dialogue about breast cancer surrounds women and on the rare occasions men are mentioned, it is usually in reference to their need to support the women in their lives affected by...

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Ruby Dee: Actress, Activist & Breast Cancer Survivor

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within — strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee Born on October 27th, 1924, Ruby Dee has been an important force in...

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Decoding Beyonce’s controversial photoshoot “Blackface”

“Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. A return to her African roots,...

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Woman Crowned King

Peggielene Bartels, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Maryland who has been a secretary at the Ghana’s Embassy  (Washington DC) since the 70′s  recieved a call 2 years ago about the...

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my Orijin| 88-Keys, Hip-Hop Artist reveals his Orijin (Exclusive Interview)

The album is dead. iTunes killed it. Blaming Steve Jobs and Co. for the plethora of awful LPs being released might be a stretch, but let’s face it, artists, especially MCs, are making better...