Posts Tagged ‘West Africa’
Did Reps. Jesse Jackson and Ed Royce threatened Liberia with withdrawal of U.S. support?
By Charles S. Mombo @CafeLiberia, #Liberia, @burnedbrass, @charlesSMombo Article Source: Cafe Liberica U.S. Democrat Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois and U.S. Republican Representative Ed Royce who represents [Read More]
Review of the Center for Contemporary African Art & Culture ‘My Identity’ by Liberian Artist Martin Zeinway
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, @charlessmombo Article sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Each piece of Zeinway’s work eloquently captures his experience during Liberia’s barbaric civil war in [Read More]
Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot by Susan Peters
By: Charles S. Mombo Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot by Susan Peters In the 1970’s when Black Pride was at its height, many African Americans embraced their roots in Mother Africa by changing their hairstyles, their names, their way of dressing but continued [Read More]
Separated at Birth by Armand Scott shows at Gene Siskel Int’l Black Harvest Film Festival
Armand Scott is the producer and director of Separated at Birth. Despite his very busy schedule, we had the opportunity to sit and talk with Armand Scott. Scott is the producer and director of Separated at Birth. An inner-city drama, Separated at Birth, is about an [Read More]
IMF Chief, Strauss-Kahn allegedly messed with the wrong sister – from Guinea
IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged victim is from Guinea, West Africa Details of the alleged victim of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is starting to come to light. New York Police said the Times Square Sofitel's chambermaid is a [Read More]
Edward Okpa for Mayor of Dallas
Edward Okpa, is the only black or minority candidate running for the mayoral seat. He is a Harvard graduate and a successful entrepreneur with a background in commercial real estate and international business. This will be Okpa's third run at the office. May 14th is the [Read More]
Chris Hondros was a friend of Liberia
Article Source: Cafe Liberica By: Charles Mombo Twitter Hashtags: #CafeLiberica Twitter's Username: @CafeLiberica Facebook:Cafe Liberica To Liberians and the rest of the world, Hondros is best known for his famous or “not-too-famous” photograph of a Liberian militia [Read More]
Egypt Celebrates Freedom Republicans Assault Ours
By: Cheryl Gittens-Jones Cheryl Gittens-Jones - Egypt Celebrates Freedom Republicans Assault OursThe Egyptian people have spoken with one voice and with people-power they have opened the door to a new way of life. They are about to learn what the true meaning of the word [Read More]
The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia
image: Henry Y. Bonds and family, ca. 1912 Photomural from silver-gelatin print American Colonization Society Papers By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo The Burke Family – a slave trail from Arlington to Liberia In 1802, the first slaves to inhabit Arlington plantation [Read More]
Jimmy Cliff says African leaders must resist foreign influences
While en route to Freetown, Sierra Leone, West African, Jamaican reggae singer and actor Jimmy Cliff, 62 year-old made a stopover at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Jimmy Cliff, a Peace Ambassador to the Economic Community of West African [Read More]
ObiSoulStar electrifying performance and album release concert
ObiSoulstar with Nick Jaffe on lead guitar.ObiSoulStar, the hottest new performing and recording artist coming out of the Windy City has released his second, highly anticipated and long awaited album, SoulRokinRolla; for your immediate listening pleasure. ObiSoulStar's [Read More]
Chocolate City’s exclusive interview with singer ObiSoulStar
Obisoulstar discusses his soon to be release CD, SoulRokinRolla, with Chocolate City.Born in the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois and raised in Nigeria, West Africa, ObiSoulStar is an explosive singer whose time has come. Influenced by a wide breadth of sounds – from [Read More]
As Obama visit, are African incapable of ruling themselves
President Obama and family visit Ghana The United States of America’s first African unhyphenated American president, Barack Obama arrived in Ghana, West Africa yesterday. This will be President Obama’s first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa since [Read More]
Interview With Fashion Designer Nathalie Konan
By: Charles S. Mombo Nathalie Konan - the brainchild behind the fashion brand NK Style.It is truly an honor for ChocolateCity.cc (CC) to interview the beautiful, talented and successful Ivorian fashion designer whose African consciousness is reflective in her work. Her [Read More]
