Angela Davis, Gerald Williams, 1971, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm), Courtesy of Gerald Williams and Kavi Gupta. AFRICOBRA: Nation Time Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia NORTH MIAMI, Fla., April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AFRICOBRA: Nation Time is an official Collateral Event of Biennale Arte 2019 (May 11th – November 24th 2019), in Venice, Italy. AFRICOBRA: Nation Time is presented by bardoLA, originated and supported by the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, and curated by Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D.

A Documentary About Fela Kuti Opens The 16th Edition of Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT)  This is the 16th edition of the Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT), the only festival to take place simultaneously in Europe and Africa The actress Rossy de Palma, Pedro Almodóvar’s muse, will present the opening ceremony, where she will be named Ambassador of FCAT.

If you want to capture a dragon, don't waste your time chasing after a monitor lizard. If you want to capture the big picture, don't settle for the miniature. ~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima After 93 years of filmmaking in Nigeria since Geoffrey Barkas made his "Palaver" in 1926 and later won an #Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1936 for his "Wings Over Everest", it is long overdue for Nigerian filmmakers to compete with the best at the highest level of the global film industry.

The most accomplished black female filmmaker is without dispute, Ava Marie DuVernay , the outstanding award winning African American film director, producer and screenwriter. And following in her trail blazers' status is the French Senegalese Filmmaker, Mati Diop who just became the first black woman to make the Official Selection of the annual Cannes Film Festival in the competition for the Palme d'Or. You can read more about her on my previous updates or read Tambay Obenson's article on https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/mati-diop-atlantiques-first-black-woman-cannes-2019-1202059926/ .

The World is Full of Millions of Lonely Men There are more than 65 million men than women in the world today. So, you see why there are not enough women for men and that is why there is increasing global demand for women as commercial sex workers to serve the millions of men without girlfriends and without wives. That is why a man marrying more than one wife is just greedy, inconsiderate and wicked. That is why we must use medical science to increase the births of more girls than boys before the end of the world. ~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima Publisher/Editor, NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima .

23 Benefits and Uses for Baking Soda  Written by Ryan Raman, MS, RD on November 24, 2017. Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, is widely used in baking. This is because it has leavening properties, meaning it causes dough to rise by producing carbon dioxide. Aside from cooking, baking soda has a variety of additional household uses and health benefits.