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Africa

This Small Thing Called Tribalism

This Small Thing Called Tribalism »

I wish Swahili was our mother tongue. It makes no sense to me which tribe is superior. For while the world battles with wars and racism, Africa battles with tribalism. It seems so juvenile....

March 1 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Asking the Right Questions to Feed Your Potential

Asking the Right Questions to Feed Your Potential »

I’m betting that you desire freedom and emancipation. As you begin to ask the right questions, feeding your potential rather than your perceived limitations, then the Universe – always responding in kind – will begin...

February 18 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
On Black History Month

On Black History Month »

Africans have taken a lot of time in playing the victims of colonization and as a result have failed in numerous accounts to develop economically, socially and technologically....

February 17 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Travel

Big Man / Small Boy in Ghana »

Big Man / Small Boy in Ghana

"Eh! ... Until a small boy came and said, 'The King is naked! The King is naked!' ... You know small boys have much...

Feb 15 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Coming of Age in Catalonia »

Coming of Age in Catalonia

My arrival in Barcelona was met by a red-hot summer’s day with the heat piercing every inch of my body. The only cold came...

Feb 11 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Bite Me All Night »

Bite Me All Night

I pride myself on the fact that I am a mosquito’s last port of call. They land on stones before they land on me....

Nov 16 2009 / View Comments / Read More »

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Sports

Best Black England Football XI, Ever »

Best Black England Football XI, Ever

An alternative look at the history of the England football team – the greatest black players ever to wear the Three Lions. And in the spirit of diversity, we’ve even thrown in Bobby Robson as a token white manager....

Feb 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

The Lazy Way to Fitness: A 15-Minute Workout »

The Lazy Way to Fitness: A 15-Minute Workout

Yes, party harder, drink more and enjoy really good sex! Here's The Colorful Times’ fitness programme that will show you just how to do all that and get you healthier and fitter into the bargain as well. All this in no more than 15-minutes a...

Jan 29 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

What Do They Know Of Cricket? »

What Do They Know Of Cricket?

Cricket has always been a presence in my life. My dad is from Guyana - the country that has produced great West Indies players such as Sir Clive Lloyd and Shrivnarine Chanderpaul - and has an obsession with the game that borders on the pathological....

Jan 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Money

A Recipe for Fail-Proof Success »

A Recipe for Fail-Proof SuccessFailure is not a fundamental option. The blooming of a rose. The intricate structure of a spider web. The trillions of cells operating simultaneously in...

Feb 25 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
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US

A Call to Action

A Call to Action

This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009....

Oct 12, 2009 / More »

Politics

Spot the Black MP

Spot the Black MP

Would you like to participate in an MP shadowing scheme? It’s organised by Operation Black Vote in partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government and is being run because there are...

Jan 15, 2010 / More »

Fashion

Everybody Hates Naomi

Everybody Hates Naomi

Yet another disparaging article on Naomi Campbell in the British newspapers....

Oct 4, 2009 / More »

Women

Precious – Black, Fat and All In Your Face?

Precious – Black, Fat and All In Your Face?

Anyone who knows me will tell you, I loathe urban fiction. The genre might be selling and filling bookshelves at major stores, but I just can’t get past the lack of substance in...

Jan 21, 2010 / More »

Education

SAFE

SAFE

SAFE is accessible, relevant and essential video drama. It was produced as a resource for teachers, social workers, youth workers and everyone mentoring young African, Caribbean and Asian men....

Dec 22, 2009 / More »

Dating

Are Black Women Destined to be Single?

Are Black Women Destined to be Single?

How big is the problem of black women being able to find suitable black males to marry or settle down with? Whose responsibility is it to ensure that black males are being raised...

Jan 9, 2010 / More »

Music

We Are Africans (Review)

We Are Africans (Review)

There are many reasons to like JJC's "We Are Africans"; a positive, inclusive and unhesitatingly pan-Africanist message, contributions from several rappers, including women rappers and a music video for the remix featuring the...

Mar 9, 2010 / More »

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