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I am not a fan of guile. But I've grown into an adult and I am relentlessly informed, reminded, that the adult world is all guile. That "the American people," those poor, inattentive, ruthlessly manipulated children, were to be shielded from the Straussian society of those who know better...

Indeed, the issue of how Nollywood movies affect us Black people has been on my mind for a while.

Last week I got my hair braided at a Senegalese hairdresser's in Brooklyn, who also sells Nigerian home videos. As we were watching some not-so-recent movies (hey time flies when watching two-part dramas while having to sit for a five-, six-, seven- or eight-hour hairdo), another customer commented on how her mom is addicted to these movies.

Nigeria: 50 Cent, Awilo, Others to Perform Live at Kora Award in Abuja - Kora Music Award Limited has concluded arrangements to bring to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Hip-hop super star, 50 Cent, a very popular Zairian artist, Awilo Longomba and Nigeria 's D'banj to perform live at the Kora All-Africa Music Awards. [Music]

Judge J on ANTM is a fascinating man-woman-thing. Her hideousness is absolute... brave... and thus, beautiful. He-she is said to know a thing or two about the runway, something empiricists would scoff at. No ugly one has ever been a top model. Forget next. Seen? And yet, Tyra, with her knobbly knees, whose own hideousness was emblazoned across the internet entitled--yew ain't gouwn belie dis shit (she was without make up and thirty pounds overweight)--demonstrates, week

So I'm celebrating today. It's not my first... event in the music industry. It's merely the largest yet, and it won't get larger than this. So I'm celebrating. Had I the common sense of common people, I'd be in Brooklyn trying to cajole Sister Emanuella to make me some moist wollof. Instead it is the middle of the night and I'm wondering just what rastaman would think... just what he would say if I rang his doorbell at this time asking him for a beef patty. I'd get it, I'm sure. I'd certainly get it.

Why must all the good ones go in violence?

Nigeria: Lucky Dube (1964 - 2007) - Before he was murdered during an attempted car hijacking in Johannesburg on October 18, Lucky Philip Dube, South Africa's world acclaimed reggae artiste, had put an indelible stamp on not only the minds of millions of music lovers across the globe but also on the psyche of those who cherish the virtues of equality, justice and the communality of the human race. [Music]

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arent we as Africans wonderful in art? I think so...

"Dear Citizen" fraudulent e-mail messages claiming to be from the Department of Justice are on the rise.According to a press release, the DOJ said the messages state that the e-mail recipient has recently filed a complaint with the agency and / or the Internal Revenue Service and may go as far as to provide a case number purportedly "filled [sic] by Mr. Henry Stewart." A DOJ logo may appear at the top of the e-mail message or in an attached file. Finally, the message may include an attachment that supposedly contains a copy of the complaint and contact information for Mr. Stewart.

Hello Netizens!I am so sorry you have not heard from me in a while. I finally have my priorities in order and this blog comes first. Expect to hear more from me. So much has happened in the past few weeks. For one I have a new baby boy! He is adorable. My baby girl is also still doing well, bouncing around the place like she just drank ten cups of coffee!I do have some updates you should expect in upcoming blogs:* A new music playlist* A book review for budding entrepreneurs* What people are saying about the new iPhone* Some great summer recipes