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Depuis quelques années j'effectue un travail de recherche sur les musiques traditionnelles guadeloupéennes au sein d'une communauté- de paysans pauvres de la région de Baie-Mahault, au nord-est de la Guadeloupe proprement dite. La "Guadeloupe" se compose en effet de deux Îles principales: la Guadeloupe proprement dite ou Basse-Terre et la Grande-Terre, séparées par un étroit bras de mer, et formant, avec les petites Îles avoisinantes, ce qu'on appelle l' "Archipel Guadeloupéen". Le milieu social étudié comprend diverses catégories de travailleurs de la terre (regroupées sous l'appellation de "paysans pauvres") ainsi que d'autres catégories de travailleurs qui, issues des premières, n'ont pas rompu avec elles et avec leurs traditions. Il s'agit pour les premières, d'ouvriers agricoles, simples coupeurs de canne pour le compte de l'usine; de colons partiaires, paysans auxquels l'usine concède une parcelle d...

La La Vazquez: "Je suis noire, et je suis portoricaine " Par Latina Staff Traduit de l’Anglais par Guy Everard Mbarga http://guyzoducamer.afrikblog.com/ La La Vazquez n’est pas la femme-trophée d’une star de la NBA. Bien sûr, elle est la fiancée de la star de la NBA   Carmelo Anthony. Mais dans le numéro d’Avril 2010 du magazine Latina, Vazquez, 30 ans, précise qu’elle a roulé sa bosse longtemps avant cet épisode. La La Vazquez correspond parfaitement à la description de la femme indépendante, même si elle partage son lit avec son multimillionnaire, joueur de basket-ball, son fiancé, Carmelo Anthony. " Je ne pense pas que les gens comprennent à quel point j’ai bossé dur pour obtenir ce que j’ai ," indique-t-elle à Latina. Elle sait que les gens ont des questions, et elle est prête à y répondre. "Malgré tout ce que j’ai accompli par moi même," dit Alani "La La" Vazquez dans le numéro d’Avril 2010 de Latina magazine, " Je sais ce que...

Having a kid is hard work. What about having a mixed race kid? The child might not know the colour difference. But they might reach a stage when the society will force them to question the different skin tone of their parents. Living in a society where the minority are looked upon, a child from two different culture background might favour one over the other. In the following short story the author would like to explore how a little girl who is half African and half European might be forced to choose which race to belong to whilst she's both. (In the story European is predominantly white, and African is black. This is the product of the author and nobody else.) "These Africans are taking over..." said my uncle while we were all eating one Sunday afternoon. I didn't know what he was talking about, because I was only seven. He looked across the table and looked at me. I smiled in my innocent way. He continued his conversation not giving much weight to me. That day...

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 Italian Vogue - Black Issue So I never had the chance to purchase the Italian Vogue dedicated to Black models and people. But through browsing the net I learned about the topic in that issue: celebrating blackness. For the first time an Italian Magazine was dedicating its issue to Blacks. That was history. All my life I've wondered when I was going to see a mainstream magazine featuring black models and media personality. I love my ethnicity and I had to renounce some of it to fit in, because sometimes it was difficult to relate to someone (most of the time I related due to some aspect of their personalities and not to their colour, but I was always happy to see a black models or actresses). I remember whe I cut a picture of a black girl and I attached to my bedside so that I can be slim like her; this shows how I wanted more black models to look up to. However, growing up all the ads and products around me were dedicated to White people (maybe it was bec...

January 14, 2010 Before and After the Quake The Incapacitation of Haiti By ASHLEY SMITH A devastating earthquake, the worst in 200 years, struck Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, laying waste to the city and killing untold numbers of people. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and detonated more than 30 aftershocks, all more than 4.5 in magnitude, through the night and into Wednesday morning. The earthquake toppled poorly constructed houses, hotels, hospitals and even the capital city's main political buildings, including the presidential palace. The collapse of so many structures sent a giant cloud into the sky, which hovered over the city, raining dust down onto the wasteland below. According to some estimates, more than 100,000 people may have died, in a metropolis of 2 million people. Those that survived are living in the streets, afraid to return inside any building that remains standing. Around the world, Haitians struggled to contact their family and friends ...