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A blog by blacklooks

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Pan African Politica & Cultural Blog

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Blacklooks ranks 20 in Africa and 2 in Nigeria. According to site visitors it ranks 151, and 177 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 51 and 69 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

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Word Press seriously messed up my formatting of this poem but now I kind of like that it reads differently. I am going after a heart that migrated over the times And creating an effigy of a tear-man that has remained unwritten I will burn In a hollow shout of

Published on Feb 23, 2009, 8:33 pm

Women of Kiberia reach the rooftops

2000 square meters of rooftops in Kiberia have been covered photos of “the eyes and faces” of the women who live there. The photo project has been a year in the making is covered with special water resistant material. The material used is water resistant

Published on Feb 19, 2009, 3:39 pm

Jackson family slave memorial theme park combo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7858010.stm Hello all. I’m testing the waters after a long hiatus from the blogging world. If you haven’t come across this link already you might want to take a look. As extreme and absurd as this horrible plan is, it makes me think of the watered-down versions along the West African coastline.

Published on Feb 19, 2009, 3:28 pm

US Stimulus plan

"This isn't racism," says the cartoonist (CNN) — President Obama earned kudos from the media when he said he screwed up in nominating Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services despite his problem with paying taxes. Too bad the leadership of the New York Post didn’t follow

Published on Feb 19, 2009, 9:02 am

Toxic waste dumped in Africa

“Tonnes of toxic waste from municipal dumps in the West are being dumped illegally in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, an investigation has found. Hundreds of thousands of broken items like TVs and computers are being sold to dealers on the pretext of re-use. Under EU law, such household appliances

Published on Feb 18, 2009, 9:03 pm

Sentencing of confessed murderer of Eudy Simelane

Four men were tried for the murder and rape of Eudy Simelane at the Delmas Circuit Court last week. LGBTI activist and supporters from other social movements in South Africa were also there to give witness to the trial. One of the accused pleaded guilty to murder

Published on Feb 17, 2009, 8:00 am

Love in the time of AIDS

Pumla Dineo Gqola discusses promiscuity and culture and asks what impact these have on the spread of AIDS in South Africa which has 40% of the worlds infected population. Sex with multiple partners is so entrenched in Southern Africa that it is a religion, a basic moral philosophy

Published on Feb 13, 2009, 6:37 pm

Nigerian underground poetry series

Underground poetry series Infocentrix Concept Publishing, ICP is set out to give voice to poets to participate in National discussion. The dearth of poetry in the discussion of issues that are affecting the us as a people, has not only denial poetry literary community the right to express itself

Published on Feb 12, 2009, 2:59 pm

Quick Links

***Haiti Action reports on a Bill presented by Congresswoman Barbara Lee to investigate the role of the Bush Administration’s role in the 2004 Coup d’État of Haiti. “We do not teach people to overthrow our US government, and the Bush Administration must not participate in the overthrow of other

Published on Feb 12, 2009, 9:30 am

The Eudy Simelane trials starts today

Over five hundred activists from across the country will gather at the Delmas Circuit Court in Mpumalanga from 11 to 13 February 2009 to attend the trial that led to the murder Eudy Simelane, an open lesbian and rights activist. Simelane, a former national Banyana Banyana soccer player, was

Published on Feb 11, 2009, 6:26 pm

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