I walked away content with the film’s overall message; the difference in our skin tones is nothing but a difference in levels of melanin. No matter what our skin tone, we’re beautiful, and we have to do our best to remind our daughters of their own beauty and worth so they don’t go looking for that reminder in all of the wrong places.

The enslavement of Africans, especially during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, is an enormous smear on world history (the effects of which are still felt). For Vogue Italia to refer to such a horrific crime against humanity so flippantly, and to simultaneously trivialize and glamourize such an atrocity, is in extremely poor taste.

I had an extensive conservation with him at a fundraiser in Hull a few years back. He spoke to me for about two minutes and asked me if I had a napkin. When I pulled out one, he wrote his personal cell number and told me to call him so that we could allow the conversation to continue.

In the first of our series on African Canadian candidates in the coming Ontario election, Sway profiles Founding Partner of The SEM Group, Fred Sherman.

The 2011 edition of this annual event brought about much controversy and skepticism. From the name to change to the event owners and sponsors, everything about this Caribbean showcase was being questioned. It would seem, though, that the event was being questioned by all the wrong people.

I believe that it is important for teachers to consider multiple languages and forms of language in classrooms to accommodate all students. Within a school setting, students will not experience a true and holistic sense of empowerment unless their language of identity is validated, accepted and legitimated throughout their educational experience.

Movie making is now a mainstream business in Ethiopia, and many talented actors and actresses are being afforded a rare opportunity to showcase unique and top notch talent.

Although most wander this big and prosperous city looking for opportunities in the day time, at night, thousands of young girls are forced in to prostitution in order to survive.

Sway’s Samuel Getachew had a rare chance to interview the newly reelected Member of Parliament (for Toronto Danforth) and Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Jack Layton on important and leading African issues such as maternal health and how Canada could be a major player in areas of poverty reduction throughout the continent.

Black self-hate is extremely insidious. Partly due to the fact that many blacks would not share this feeling with others. This silent destroyer of our people manifests itself in a variety of ways and sadly, it appears to cling to and afflict the young and vulnerable among us.