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Miriam_Makeba_despide_escenarios R.I.P. Miriam Makeba - Goodbye Mama Afrika we shall surely miss you

R.I.P. Miriam Makeba - Goodbye Mama Afrika we shall surely miss you

We will be presenting our tribute to Miriam Makeba on BadGalsRadio on WED 11/12/08; she will be our featured artist in this edition of The RawRootsPodcast
Bless Mama Afrika - Miriam Makeba, and bring peace to her family and loved ones.

A Luta Continua Mama Afrika !

~RE

N’Kosi Sikeleli Africa- With Miriam Makeba


Singer Miriam Makeba dies aged 76

Miriam Makeba. File pic
Miriam Makeba was a leading symbol in the struggle against apartheid

South African singing l

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TWO ORGANIZERS ON RACE AND CLASS

THE UNCOMPROMISING CLASS STRUGGLE!by M. Sifika wa NkomoThis is the 21st century that needs an UNCOMPROMISING CLASS analysis in our communities, organizations and leadership interests be it in electoral politics and non-electoral radical organizational alliances.Electoral politics especially in the United States and South Africa must be used to politically educate African and non-African peoples primary (strategic) and secondary (tactical) political differences of the overall long-term IDEOLOGY o
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The Intentional Millionaire

Who Else Wants To Attract More Money In The Next 6 Months...Than You Did All Of Last Year? You're About To Get Your Hands On Your Blueprint To Become A Millionaire ABSOLUTELY FREE! My Intentional Millionaire's "no money" to "mo money" story will convince you that: If someone in a financial coma can create wealth… you can do it too! Here's the deal. I grew up in a middle class family in Dallas, Texas. The fourth of five children, we lived in a housing project until I was 3 years old. That's
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Solicitors International Human Rights GroupA LectureThe Dam Building in Northern Sudan: is it a Tool for the Resettlement of Millions of Egyptian Peasants? Is it a New Darfur Scenario in the Making?By: M. Jalal HashimPlace: BPP School of Law, London, Red Lion Street, WC1Time: Wednesday 24.9.2008 18:00IntroductionIn this lecture (which is adapted from Hashim, 2006) I will try to discuss the deteriorating situation in northern Sudan that has resulted from the policies of demographic engineering im
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August 12, 2008 was the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine, one of Haiti's most respected human rights advocates. The Haitian Blogger remembers him fondly: “It's a…sad commentary that Lovinsky has not returned to his family. Lovinsky embodied Haiti. Haiti's spirit of independence, struggle, wisdom and knowledge of self.” GLOBAL VOICES: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/12/haiti-lovinsky-still-missing/
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DUDLEY THOMPSON - The Charges

Thank you for your mail and for agreeing to step-down as Chairperson of the Honorary Board and agreeing, as Kola says, ‘to remain on Board’, by being a member of the Honorary Board of the Sudan Sensitization Peace Project (SSPP)That said and to reverse the order of proceedings, I come to the ‘Charges’ as you call them. Please do not take these questions personally. We are all in a learning curve, with some more advanced in their knowledge of Afro-Arab relations than others. The fact that these i
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"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."-Harriet TubmanMany of our people of color are in mental slavery. Most are victims and refuse to escape to the land of self sufficiency. I and many others work tirelessly to lay out the tools , but few grasp them immediately, trust and
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BadGal BadGal What Ya Gonna Do ? BadGals VideoBlog number 4 for you !

Detroit Mayor Jailed; Appeal Set For Friday

Judge Revokes Bond, Suspends Travel

POSTED: 10:09 am EDT August 7, 2008
UPDATED: 8:10 pm EDT August 7, 2008
Inmate No. 25330, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will be treated the same as any other prisoner in the Wayne County Jail as he spends the night Thursday, said Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans.Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court, Judge Ronald Giles sent Ki
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Elections will be in less than 100 days! To help me reach my fundraising goals I am supplementing my online fundraising for Obama for America with offline activities, most recently at a produce and flea market. Many flea market goers are looking for necessities at the dirt cheap prices.But I thought it was still a good idea to get out and set up a table at rustic Lakeland Farmers & Flea Market to reach more people offline. Customers who made a donation received one of my handmade items created f
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FALL – OUT FROM THE WRIT ISSUEIt is now possible to evaluate the repercussions from the announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of its intentions to seek to issue a Writ against the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al Bashir and others. After the news was released Khartoum immediate reaction was the issue of threats of dire consequences for Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Ageement (CPA) etc. The landing rights for UN flights into Khartoum were suspended with humanitarian consequenc
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/21/2008 Mganga (Rev.) P.D. Menelik Harris 404-527-7756 Pan African Priest Urges Building of African Pilgrimage Centers At his 84th birthday feast and forum, Reverend Dr. Ndugu T’Ofori-Atta called for faith leaders to pull together to spearhead the building of Pan African Pilgrimage centers in Africa and the African Diaspora to commemorate our Ancestors, especially those Africans perished in the holocaust of enslavement, within the last 500 years. During his pointed message
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Join the Campaign! Sign the Petition Below! Send To all your Friends 5000 signatures needed! CAN WE DO IT? It is now official that the EPA will not be signed this month but will be signed at the end of August. We therefore have thirty extra days to get 5000 signatures. This petition joins France, the Chair of the EU, believe it or not, who commissioned a report revealing that the Caribbean is being taken for a ride. We have THIRTY more days to get 5000 signatures. Don’t vacillate. Show tha
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Africa for Africans - doing it for ourselves! Transforming conditions in Zimbabwe right now! Today, Africans from around the world are joining the All African People's Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP), coming together as one people to bring our skills back to Africa and to restore our motherland. Our latest endeavor is the Zimbabwe Farm Irrigation Project. We need your help to raise $6,000 to get this project off the ground. Will you contribute?

Donate securely online The Zimbab
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Bring the Million Father March 2008 to Your City!

Illinois Congressman Danny K. Davis and men supporting the Million Father March welcome students back to Williams School on the first day. In 2008, men across America will lead their children, their families, their communities and their country back to school. Education in America has become an issue of national security. When American schools do not do well, the American economy does not do well. The whole country must recommit itself to edu
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Census Campaign For Accurate Caribbean Count Kick-Off, June 20, 2008, New York http://www.jamaicans.com/news/events/kickoff-6-2008-045.shtml Published Jun 24, 2008 The campaign to get Caribbean nationals accurately counted by the U.S. Census in 2010 will kick off officially in New York on June 20, 2008. “Being visible in America begins and ends with the U.S. Census,” proclaimed CaribID2010 chair Felicia Persaud, in announcing a campaign with widespread support among those of Caribbean descent
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