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UK NEWS: JOURDAN DUNN ANNOUNCED AS THE FACE OF NEW ‘NEXT’ VENTURE

March 10, 2014

I don’t usually pay much attention to developments in the world of fashion but it’s Jourdan Dunn. High Street retailer NEXT has announced that black British model Jourdan Dunn is the face of their new venture LABEL which will launch on Thursday. LABEL will sell brands including Warehouse, Adidas, Converse, Oasis, Hobbs, L K Bennett, and Glamourous. If Jourdan had not been discovered shopping in Primark all those years ago I wonder what she would be doing now. Congratulations Jourdan.

BBC LONDON – DOTUN ADEBAYO SHOW: ARE BLACK MEN DISPROPORTIONATELY INVOLVED IN NIGHTCLUB VIOLENCE?

March 10, 2014

Dotun Adebayo asks are young black men disproportionately involved in nightclub violence? Guests include Mr. Play, DJ Spoony and Sara Myers. Last night’s discussion is in response to Afia Asha’s controversial Facebook post that blamed young black men for the violence in south London nightclubs. Afia who is the bar managing director for the Brixton Fridge Bar wrote: “Unless and until young black people (18-35) learn to conduct themselves in a civil manner then the night time economy will be closed or severely […]

LONDON BASED NIGERIAN COUPLE CREATE DOLLS TO HELP CHILDREN CONNECT WITH THEIR ROOTS

March 8, 2014

Raising their family in London, Nigerians Chris and Ada Ngoforo were keen for their children to stay in touch with their West African heritage. But the couple became concerned that their three young daughters didn’t speak any Igbo, one of Nigeria’s ethnic languages. “We thought amongst ourselves what we can do to actually help them to learn Igbo more,” says Chris Ngoforo. This desire to encourage their children to connect with their roots, coupled with an increasing frustration with the difficulty in […]

ARISE TV 360 INTERVIEWS BLACK BRITISH ENTREPRENEUR SIMONE BRESI-ANDO

March 6, 2014

Founder of The I’mPOSSIBLE conversation and entrepreneur Simone Bresi-Ando discusses the first international edition of the  I’mPOSSIBLE Conversation which will take place in New York today (March 6th). A laptop, an idea and a dream. That is what I started out with in 2009. I still have that laptop, the ideas keep flooding in and my dreams are so big they often scare me. To get to this point has been grit, blood, sweat and tears. It’s also being random acts of […]

CARIBBEAN FILM PREMIER: KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES -THE MOVIE (TRAILER)

March 6, 2014

After its successful run on the small screen, the hit Caribbean TV series from Barbados “Keeping Up With The Joneses” (KUWTJ) has now moved to the big screen in the UK. “KUWTJ: The Movie” is centred around the fictional Jones family (father Irving, mother Angela, daughter Tracy and son Nathan) who became famous after starring in a TV reality show. Life is going well but when the Joneses are kidnapped at a beach picnic, all seems to be lost. But hope is […]

MP FOR TOTTENHAM DAVID LAMMY TACKLES THE REAL ISSUES FACING US LONDONERS… WE NEED MORE CINEMAS

March 5, 2014

Labour’s David Lammy has spoken out about the lack of cinemas in London. According to The Evening Standard the MP for a struggling and angry Tottenham undertook research which found 27 out of the 73 constituencies in London had no cinema. An INCENSED Lammy said:  “It’s as if poor people have been written out of the script when it comes to cinema in London. “It’s unacceptable that there are still so many constituencies across the capital where people are expected to travel into the […]

UK TV: LENNY HENRY WRITES BBC DRAMA BASED ON HIS TEENAGE YEARS AND RISE TO FAME

March 2, 2014

Comedian and actor Lenny Henry has written a one-off BBC drama based on his teenage years and his rise to fame. The drama titled Danny And The Human Zoo tells the story of a teenage impressionist growing up in a Jamaican family in 1970s Dudley (Birmingham). Lenny who grew up in Dudley launched his career starring in the controversial Black And White Minstrel Show and later appeared on the hit talent show New Faces. When asked about the up and coming drama Lenny said: “I’m […]

TELL US SOMETHING NEW SOL – FORMER FOOTBALLER SOL CAMPBELL CALLS FA ‘INSTITUTIONALLY RACIST’

March 2, 2014

Former footballer Sol Campbell has claimed in his new autobiography that the FA (Football Association) is “institutionally racist”. In an extract from the book Sol says: “I believe if I was white I would’ve been England captain for more than 10 years. It’s as simple as that. I think the FA wished I was white. I had the credibility, performance-wise, to be captain. I was consistently in the heart of the defence and I was a club captain early on my career. “I don’t […]