The remix of Rema “Calm Down” with Selena Gomez’s climbs to No. 1 position "on the spot on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, jumping from No. 8 and marking each act’s first leader on the list." The song, “Calm Down” was originally made by the Nigeria’s Afrobeats superstar, Rema. The remixing of the song was accompanied by Selena Gomez. The end product of … [Read more...] about Rema & Selena Gomez’s Remix ‘Calm Down’ @ No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart
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US rapper Meek Mill Apologizes after the backlash for recording Music Video in Ghanaian Presidential Palace
The popular American rapper Meek Mill has apologized to the citizens of Ghana in response to his music video filmed at the Presidential Jubilee building in Ghana. Recently in Ghana during the Black Star Line Festival, rapper Meek Mill was a guest of the President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo. Afterwards, he filmed a music video in the presidential House and that did not sit well … [Read more...] about US rapper Meek Mill Apologizes after the backlash for recording Music Video in Ghanaian Presidential Palace
Accusation by a Nigerian Citizen: ‘Nigerian Embassy in Austria corruptly charges extra €50 from every visa applicant, €30 for passport’
Written by Uzoma Ahamefule · Stops Nigerians from going into the embassy with cell phones · POS installed at the embassy as a conduit pipe of corruption An open letter to President Buhari, National Assembly/House of Reps. Members, Foreign Affairs Minister, and the Acting Comptroller General of the … [Read more...] about Accusation by a Nigerian Citizen: ‘Nigerian Embassy in Austria corruptly charges extra €50 from every visa applicant, €30 for passport’
First Black Iraqi television newscaster (video)
BAGHDAD -- Randa Abd Al-Aziz was relaxing in a Baghdad cafe, making her friends laugh by reading a cosmetics pamphlet aloud in classical Arabic, the exaggeratedly formal language of speeches, official decrees -- and TV anchors. Overheard by a talent scout, Abd Al-Aziz soon got a totally unexpected and life-changing offer: How would she feel about reading the news on … [Read more...] about First Black Iraqi television newscaster (video)
Panama’s Black Christ Festival Stirs Up Sorrow and a Sense of Survival
For Afro-Panamanians, October offers a chance to celebrate Catholicism and their Blackness By Shannon Sims Smithsonia For three days each October, 26-year-old Evelyn Guerra treks 50 miles up and down jungled hills, until she reaches the Caribbean town of Portobelo, Panama, and the Festival del Cristo Negro. Along with several changes of clothes for the route’s rain and … [Read more...] about Panama’s Black Christ Festival Stirs Up Sorrow and a Sense of Survival