A’Lelia Mae Perry (Bundles), great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and daughter of Mae Walker, with her AKA sorors at Howard circa 1946. Ms. Perry is third from the right on the front row. Photo courtesy of her daughter, A’Lelia Bundles.
Lena Horne and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a party Ms. Horne gave in Dr. King’s honor in New York in 1963. Photo by Steve Schapiro.
*side-eye*
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? What do you all say?
Bad thing….KFC get the heck up outta Kenya. They don’t need Western processed foods…
A rare picture of Michael Jackson from GQ magazine. Happy Birthday Michael!
Michael Jackson…
Day 2
I met the most incredible person ever, and she is only 15. Her name is Elancia, Cici for short. She has a powerful spirit, a strong character and an actual moral sense of wellbeing. I was being my usual distant self, staying away from the croud of children ( i was intimidated by them…
An Ethiopian diplomat rejected the myths of competition and rivalry between India and China in Africa and underlined that the two rising Asian powers complemented each other and have contributed to the development of Africa.
“Neocolonialism is a scenario being created by the western media which the world is following. Whereas in reality India and China are working in our interest”” said Metasebia Tadesse, minister counsellor at the Ethiopian embassy. Africa’s relations with India and China have been strengthening over the years and both the regions have a lot of investment in the continent, he said.
“Western countries are spreading the rumours that India can colonize East Africa, whereas India and Africa have people to people relations,” he said. Underlining unique features of India’s engagement with Africa, ICWA director general Sudhir T. Devare said that though India and China both have a significant role in Africa, India’s role is different.
“India and Africa share a bond since time immemorial whereas China has been a late entrant to Africa. Indian investments have been there in areas like capacity building, trade and education which is completely different from Chinese investment,” he said.
India’s intensified engagement in Africa has been led by private sector, and focuses on capacity building and human resource development. China’s engagement, critics say, is focused on extractive resources and is driven by the powerful state. China’s bilateral trade with Africa (over $110 billion) is estimated to be nearly three times than that of India’s bilateral trade with Africa (around $45 billion).
