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VIDEO: UK NEWS – THE FAMILY OF CHERRY GROCE DEMAND JUSTICE!

Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce was shot and paralysed from the waist down after armed police raided her home looking for her son. This incident sparked the 1985 Brixton riots . After 30 years the Metropolitan police has grudgingly apologised to the family of Cherry Groce for the shooting. Due to the injuries sustained at the hands of an armed policeman, doctors gave the mother of six 10 years to live. Cherry lived for 26 years and died in 2011. Official documents show that pathologists believe the []

DOCUMENTARY: AFRAID OF DARK (TRAILER)

This is the official documentary trailer for, “Afraid of Dark”, new documentary by Mya B. This film goes on a quest to answer, “Why are people afraid of black men?’ by analyzing certain stereotypes and how black men view themselves.

VIDEO: VYBZ KARTEL GUILTY VERDICT – SUPPORTERS REACTION (THE JAMAICA GLEANER)

Yesterday Dancehall star Vybz Cartel (real name Adidja Palmer) was found guilty of murder. Check out The Jamaica Gleaner’s news report. “Free Kartel”  “Free worl boss” I am sorry but the people screaming the above and knocking down barricades in anger have got their priorities all wrong. Jamaicans are facing a multitude of serious issues on a daily basis. Right now the Jamaican economy is struggling, there is extreme unemployment, rising costs, poverty (the list is endless) and politicians choose to sit back and []

UK TV: THIS MORNING – “I THOUGHT ONLY PEOPLE IN AFRICA GOT HIV”

Peter Schofield and Holly Willoughby talk to Rachel Dilley, a mother-of-three who says she never dreamed she was at risk of HIV – because ‘only African people could get it’. “Growing up the only thing I’d seen was an advert on TV in Africa of African people dying of AIDS and I thought it was a disease you caught in that COUNTRY,  and that only they caught it. I didn’t realise that you know a white person had ever had it.” Is []

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

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 []