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Who paved the way in the Black British Television & Film Industry?
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arl Cameron CME, born in 1917 in Bermuda, now at the seasoned age of 103, first graced the screen in Pool of London in 1951. He had many roles in television. His first major role was in The Dark Man, (BBC, 1960) in which he played the West Indian taxi driver, coping with the prejudices he faced on the job. In 1956 he went on to star in ‘A Man from the Sun’, a television drama documentary that portrayed the lives of Caribbean settlers in post-war Britain. He co-starred with Cy Grant, a Guyanese actor best known for his regular appearance on BBC’s Tonight and Pauline Henriques OBE, a Jamaican who preferred to be called Paul. She broke the glass ceiling as the first Black female actress on British TV. Henriques played Hattie Harris, in the 1946 BBC television version, of Eugene O’Neill’s play, All God’s Chillun Got Wings and Ella, in The Heart Within. This was an era before equal rights, when being black in the UK was difficult and challenging nevertheless someone had to go first to pave the way for us. In 1937 Ivie Anderson, appearing as Scat, performed the song, All God’s Chillun Got Wings with a cast of Black actors in the Marx Brother’s movie ‘A Day at the Races’.
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A Prayer Lord, Comfort Us, Heal Us, Protect Us, Guide Us, Provide for Us and most of all Forgive Us. In the name of Jesus, Amen. COVID-19 cases recorded 1 MAY 2020 3.26m hurting families, communities, and nations worldwide.
There is always hope Africa 1. Algeria — 4006 2. Angola — 25 3. Benin — 54 4. Botswana — 23 5. Burkina Faso — 616 6. Burundi — 11 7. Cameroon — 1832 8. Cape Verde — 82 9. Central African Republic — 16 10. Chad — 33 11. Comoros — 0 12. Congo-Brazzaville — 186 13. DR Congo — 500 14. Djibouti — 986 15. Egypt — 3,891 16. Equatorial Guinea — 84 17. Eritrea — 39 18. Eswatini — 31 19. Ethiopia — 131 20. Gabon — 167 21. (The) Gambia — 12 22. Ghana — 1,154 23. Guinea — 862 24. Guinea-Bissau — 50 25. Ivory Coast — 1,004 26. Kenya — 330 27. Lesotho — 0
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28. Liberia — 101 29. Libya — 60 30. Madagascar — 121 31. Malawi — 33 32. Mali — 309 33. Mauritania — 7 34. Mauritius — 331 35. Morocco — 3,568 36. Mozambique — 46 37. Namibia — 16 38. Niger — 671 39. Nigeria — 1932 40. Rwanda – 243 41. Sao Tome and Principe — 4 42. Senegal — 933 43. Seychelles — 11 44. Sierra Leone — 124 45. Somalia – 328 46. South Africa — 5647 47. South Sudan — 5 48. Sudan — 174 49. Tanzania — 284 50. Togo — 88 51. Tunisia — 918 52. Uganda — 83 53. Zambia — 76 54. Zimbabwe — 40
1. Anguilla — 3 2. Antigua and Barbuda — 24 3. Aruba — 100 4. Barbados — 81 5. Bahamas (The) — 78 6. Belize — 18 7. Bermuda —109 8. Bonaire, Sint, Eustatius & Saba — 5 9. Cayman Islands — 70 10. Cuba — 1501 11. Curacao — 16 12. Dominica — 16 13. Dominican Republic — 6972 14. French Guiana — 109 15. Grenada — 19 16. Guadeloupe — 149 17. Guyana — 74 18. Haiti — 72 19. Jamaica — 396 20. Martinique — 170 21. Montserrat — 11 22. Puerto Rico — 1539 23. Saint Barthelemy 24. Saint Kitts and Nevis — 15 25. Saint Lucia — 17 26. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — 14 27. Sint Maarten — 74 28. Saint Martin — 38 29. Suriname — 10 30. Trinidad and Tobago — 115 31. Turks and Caicos — 16 32. Virgin Islands, British — 6 33. Virgin Islands, US — 55
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I developed Scarlet’s personality Sheet for an animation project I was working on. Scarlet is an older character with psychic abilities that allow her to see into the future. I wanted to show her personality through these three poses.
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rom a young age, I’ve always been interested in art. Both my parents shared a hobby of drawing and crafting and always encourage my artwork throughout my childhood. They would give me paper to draw on to keep me busy and this allowed me to express my ideas into drawing characters. Cartoons, such as Courage the Cowardly dog, Hey Arnold and As Told by Ginger always entertained me as a child. While watching these shows, it never crossed my mind that I could become an animator to create these cartoons. At the age of nine, I made the decision to become an animator, but didn’t have a clue where to start. I wanted to create my own stories and characters, but as I lacked the tools to create animations at the time, I created comics instead. I would generate various stories and through small flip books, play around with the idea of animation. I was amazed how a drawing would ‘come to life’ simply by using a pencil, paper and a flip book!
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I wanted to learn more about animation and visual arts and enrolled in a visual art programme in high school. I would get my regular education, such as math and science, but when it came to art class, my school enhanced the experience by teaching everything needed to be known in the art field. This allowed me to showcase my artwork in contests and small galleries and really I made Lena to practice my character designs for kid characters. I created four different poses to express her personality.
These are some examples of my storyboards from my thesis film “My Pet Venus”. This is the beginning of my film where both my main characters Arya, and secondary character Venus met for the first time.
built up my confidence as an artist. Near the end of high school, I was taught the basics of art such as perspective, colour theory, various paints and the history of influential artists; but I still didn’t know enough about animation. When I graduated from high school, I enrolled at The Art Institute of Atlanta to expand my knowledge of animation. I learn about the basics of animation and the various programmes used for it, for example, After Effects, Toon Boom Harmony and Photoshop. Even though I preferred 2D, I learned 3D animation while I was studying for my Bachelor’s degree. I tried my hand in all parts of animation before I finished school and this really helped structure what I wanted to show in my portfolio. After my undergrad, I did an internship for a studio in Atlanta and worked on a series creating character designs, storyboards and visual development. When my internship ended, I felt that my knowledge of film making and animated storytelling was still lacking at the time and I wanted to push myself more. I decided to enroll in the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) to obtain my Master’s degree in Fine Arts and Animation. I wanted to acquire the best animation teachings possible and SCAD is ranked one of the top three schools for animation in America. SCAD also opened a lot of doors for me;
allowing me to connect and work with studios and other animators in the industry. I even had the opportunity to work on films, including directing my own, My Pet Venus. Currently, I’m working as a freelance animator on an independent film titled Enongo - The Sammus Documentary. It’s about an inspiring story of a rapper, producer and Ph.D. candidate called Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo. This film is a hybrid of both live action and traditional 2D animation and I work alongside a team of other animators to create the movie’s 2D content. Since I’m a recent Alumni from Savannah College of Art and Design, I’m applying to animation studios in the hopes of securing a fulltime position as a 2D animator and/or storyboard Artist. If you would like to look at my work, please go to my website: www.arielpaxton.com
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SPRINTER tells the story of Akeem Sharp (Dale Elliott), who is set to be Jamaica’s next big trackand-field sensation. Akeem hopes a rise in the track and field world will take him to the U.S. to reunite him with his mother (Lorrain Toussaint, Orange is the New Black), who has supported the family while living as an illegal resident for over a decade. But Akeem’s rising star is weighed down by turmoil at home: a volatile father, and
an unruly older brother who insinuates himself into Akeem’s career as a means of escaping – or perhaps enhancing – his scam artist hustle. Not only does Akeem have to prove to himself and everyone that he can succeed, but also overcome the struggles that may ultimately bring him down.
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Cool Runnings The Last Black Man in San Francisco Directed by Joe Talbot and starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, and Danny Glover. Winner of the Sundance Best Director and Special Jury Awards.
The Real Story of the Jamaican Bobsled Team Depicted in ‘Cool Runnings’ Devon Harris was a founding member of Jamaica’s famous bobsled team fictionalized in the 1993 movie. When he started, he was a member of the Jamaican military, and admitted, “We had never seen a bobsled ourselves.” Harris told InsideEdition.com, “I knew that it was a winter sport. It was fast. It was dangerous, but that’s the extent of my bobsled knowledge.” While Harris never got an Olympic medal, he got the ride of his life. Transform your viewing...
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Truth Be Told Descend into the world of true-crime podcast. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell, (Octavia Spencer) to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation. Aaron Paul stars as the man she may have wrongfully put behind bars.
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A short 3D animation based on the book “EZE GOES TO SCHOOL”. This animation was created by 5 students of the Industrial Design Department of The Federal University of Technology, Akure as a final year project. These students are: Ajayi Olabode, Adelaja Abdul Malik, Adesina Abdul Kabir, Alamu John and Alabi Kehinde. This project was supervised by Dr. L.E Etsename and Dr. T.I Ibiwoye.
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A cartoon based on UNESCO Dakar’s children’s books collection
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From History To Our Story From History to Our Story - movies and a new way of looking at the past - Misan Sagay
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Misan discusses the importance of analysing history and giving voice to the previously unheard to give a more accurate representation of the past, and consequentially reshaping our future.
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Several years after his wife’s suicide, Terrence Cleaver finds himself haunted by his unfinished novel in a quiet Harlem apartment. A series of murders occur in his building, leaving him as the prime suspect. Terrence finds himself caught between fantasy and reality. Directed by Danielle Earle
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THE HAUNTED MIND OF AN INSOMNIAC TRAILER – 2020 HOT PROPERTY (BBC) A date based on their room alone.
Horror/Thriller starring Starring Ebeneezer Nii Sowah Leigh Poulos Kim Akia Yaron Urbas Hollis Fox Jamal James Rose Emma Lunderman Director Danielle Earle
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Cameroon Film Industry
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A group of Cameroonian filmmakers have managed to overcome monetary constraints to produce the feature film ‘My African Dream’. However, they do say that support and finance is needed to re-energize the country’s film industry.
Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of AfricanAmerican slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war’s end. Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the ‘Moses’ of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, where they hoped that freedom would finally greet them.
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Disheartened since her ex-husband’s affair, Grace Waters (Crystal Fox) is restored by a new romance. But when secrets surface, Grace’s vulnerable side turns violent. An electrifying thriller co-starring Phylicia Rashad, Bresha Webb, Mehcad Brooks, Cicely Tyson and writer/director Tyler Perry.
Just Mercy A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them. 18
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Reading Between The Lines World War Zombies
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tay home, stay safe and save lives’, seem to be the buzz phrases at the moment for obvious reasons. And when you liken the recent global Coronavirus pandemic to something out of a horror movie, you start to make sense of the similarities to the story. When I view the deserted, silent streets of London, one movie genre springs to mind – Zombies. With their high extreme ludicrousness and silliness that could make a fitting antidote for today’s fear factor, these dreadful horror movies are made for just such a time as this. Truth is, all zombie movies are inane and absurd; especially since the dead can’t literally be alive – or can they? From 28 Days Later, World War Z and Night of the Living Dead to Zombieland, all these movies share one thing in common – the dead apparently walk amid the living! The only other comparison to this strange notion is with reference to, oddly enough, the bible and reading between the lines, I think we could all do with this kind of wake-up call. Through twisted alternatives, inventions and dialogue, if we use our spiritual eyes, we’d discern that true human ‘zombies’ are those who are living in the flesh, but walking in death and darkness. They oppose all things that are of God and cannot submit their will to Him. To be more explicit, they are not alive in Christ and thus biblically speaking, are ‘dead men walking’. Over the past two decades, the film industry has more than over-indulged in apocalyptic horrors and biblical end times. Although the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit might not have made any starring appearances as Themselves, they’ve had plenty of scifi surrogates in the form of Will Smith’s, I Am Legend and Milla Jovovich’s Resident Evil. Both actors played the roles as saviours of the world. In addition to this, there’s always some kind of viral infection that forms the basis of these horror/biblical disasters, which one can liken to that of sin. The bible clearly
states that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). We all go through times where our fleshly desires wage war against our Godly spiritual being and for many, this can be a constant life-long battle. To summarise what Paul writes in Romans 7:15 – 24: we desire to do what is right, but there is another power within us that makes us a slave to sin and causes us do the wrong we don’t want to do. So how does the Christian overcome this war within? Well, just like in the movies, a real-life cure and/or vaccine is needed to destroy the terrible disease. In the movie, I am Legend, Will Smith - as a USA Army virologist, Robert Neville - seeks to develop a cure for a deadly virus and later discovers the cure is in his own blood. Similarly, in Resident Evil, Alice (played by Milla Jovovich), battles against a zombie pandemic to discover a vaccine and restore hope. So, if zombies can be likened to the majority of real people who aren’t born again in Christ and true believers are the remaining few left in the world; it shouldn’t come as any surprise to see these one-global-crisis-away biblical themes here again. When Jesus said, “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it” (Luke 9:24), you begin to understand the connection of the dead being amongst the living. Today, we’re living in a time where we’re told to stay in our homes. Once-bustling, busy streets are now eerily empty and silent. Enforced social distancing is becoming a new typical human norm. Many are wearing facemasks and the slightest sneeze or cough nearby makes people paranoid. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this would make a pretty good apocalyptic movie, wouldn’t you? Could it be that a government vaccination will be the answer to combatting Covid-19 and lifting our quarantine lockdown? Or perhaps the pure blood of Jesus is truly our only hope and cure for mankind. Transform your viewing...
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his is a play on two words – Black and expectation especially where Blacks are living in a society in which they are an immigrant minority or 1st generation and beyond in such society. It also applies to societies such as the Caribbean where, although Blacks are the majority, their access to the means of development are controlled by a minority class that is generally non-Black.
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Blackspectation is a civil and human rights issue. It is the rights of Black people in these societies to have equality of treatment and access to: Education Health care Jobs Affordable housing Proper nutrition In essence, to pursue life, love, liberty and happiness without regard to their Race, National origin, Colour and Religion (Creed). This dichotomy of Black expectation and reality is brought to the forefront of our existence by the world pandemic COVID-19. It shows especially in societies such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Europe, that the areas that are devastated are those that have large pockets of minority people (Blacks/Hispanics). It shows that because of the historical disparities such as the lack of adequate housing, access to health care, jobs, and education, the death rate for this group is higher than that of the larger society. Therefore, for Blackspectation to be a reality, these societies will have to take more direct and affirmative steps to give Blacks access to basic human rights that their white counterpart enjoys. It is also incumbent on Blacks to take the responsibility of advocating for and maximizing those opportunities whenever they are achieved. It is our personal responsibility too, to instill in successive generations, the hunger to continuously fight for and defend those rights that we have achieved because it is only through this advocacy and maintaining of our gains that we will be able to change the Black expectation to Black integration in society without having to legislate these rights and access.
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was born in St Andrew Jamaica the son of a banker, and as a child, I struggled with a lot of social issues. One issue that I wrestled with constantly was the fact that I felt like I had no talents. All my friends were good at sports, I was terrible at sports, all my friends could draw well, and I could only draw stickmen. My mother tried to help me find my passion for years but nothing would ever stick. One thing I did have a knack for and didn’t realise until I decided to pursue the path of filmmaking was stories. I loved writing them, acting them out, pretending I was a hero in a medieval story or a space ranger flying through space. When I was a teenager, I finally found a talent and a passion, music. I played in a band and decided I wanted to pursue a career in music as part of a rock band. I had finally found a talent that I could be proud of and excel in. From here, I had a sort of renaissance of love in the arts and began to watch and critique films I would watch. Suddenly, I became a sort of cinephile and became quite obsessed with everything about film. But it wasn’t until I left Jamaica and went to Chicago to further my music studies that I decided I wanted to change from music and pursue film. It felt right, it felt like I could be more creative but also I fell in love with the idea of visually telling a story. With creating a world with characters, settings, plots all from my imagination and putting them on a screen for people to see. I soon began making very short films with an old VHS camera, the first of which was a campy vampire film that was a homage to Universal horror films called “Son Of Nosferatu”. It had no budget; I used my roommates as actors and
did the monster makeup myself. It was…rough, but I still felt proud, I had made a film. My college, unfortunately, didn’t have a film programme so I finished my four years, moved to Florida and decided to go to film school there at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. It was here that I learned the foundations of my filmmaking skills and began understanding not only how to make films, but what my specific voice was with filmmaking. I met like-minded filmmakers, made a ton of short movies that won numerous awards and finished off my journey there with a film titled “DAYKILLERS”, which won me to the highest honour in my graduating class. After the Art Institute, I pursued my Masters degree at the University of Miami (UM) where I honed my skills. While the Art Institute developed my technical skills, UM helped me craft my artistic abilities, especially in direction and screenwriting. I met my wife Sarah there and she quickly became my filmmaking and writing partner. Together we took the school by storm and pumped out quality film projects throughout the semesters. It was there, at UM, that I began to seriously make films, not just to make them, but because I felt an innate need to tell a story that I thought needed to be told. At UM, I directed and wrote seven shorts films, all of which did extremely well on the festival circuits, and my thesis film, “HALLIE” won the “Best Director” prize at my school’s end of the year film festival. It was also shown in LA as part of a showcase of UM top films. Today, Sarah and I live in LA, where we pursue the next level in our careers. Together we have written two feature horror films that centre on religion and spirituality that we hope to produce next year.
Prayer And Unity Start Exaltation By Donna Marie Williams Pause, halt, stop, genuflect! Rest, reflect, refresh and re-set. In this new normal Back to the pit bacchanal! Yes, a new song we’ll be singing With cymbals and tambourines ringing. So that God can be magnified And the enemy mortified! Look at the beauty of His Creation Our vacation is no longer our destination. Surrounded by Majestic splendor We know He is our Savior. The birds, insects, animals and foliage Why haven’t we paid homage To the One who commanded them into being? For the first time ever our eyes are now seeing How much He loves us And why He makes a fuss. As a Shepherd He leads So that His flock may feed. Behold the King of our breath Has responded, “Do not fret” Children of The Sovereign King Can you not perceive this new thing? Get your lamps ready To be centered and steadied As our Father draws nigh We will be sheltered on high To the prepared mansion And continue His affection. As we bow down and worship The I AM, that I AM in fellowship To the Lamb who was slain And His Blood fused in our vein Alleluia He is Risen and to us He has given The Way, The Truth and The Life. Transform your viewing...
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The L Word
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Combining poetry and guitar to explore different types of love.
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The PSYCHOSIS Of WHITENESS IS NOT RESERVED FOR WHITES ONLY
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W is for Whiteness, which is not just an identity, ideology or privilege. It is a psychosis hiding the truth that 22,000 children die a day due to the wealth of the West. A delusional rabbit hole we should not fall into From the A-Z for @OBU_Black Unity at make-it-plain.org/2020/…
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r Kehinde Andrews wrote a paper about the delusions of big budget movies about African enslavement. It addresses society’s perception of race by taking an in-depth look at two British movies Amazing Grace and Belle. Dr Eugene Nulman directed a powerful documentary that brings to life the points made in the paper. It addresses skilfully the lack of black agency in the films and argues that the same institutions that supported slavery were now being praised for its abolition.
Dr Kehinde Andrews is a British academic, professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, director of the Centre for Critical Social Research, founder of the Organisation of Black Unity, and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. Movies or incidents mentioned in the paper can be found on Page 26 & 27.
You may read the open access version of Dr Kehinde Andrews’ academic paper here:
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“Before we can change the world, we must try to understand it. That is what my research and teaching is focused on doing.” — Dr. Eugene Nulman
Dr Eugene Nulman is the Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University. He is very passionate and interested in social movements and social change and teaches to inspire. His academic work is driven by an emphasis in public sociology, bringing the academic knowledge to the wider community. He is the director of Psychosis of Whiteness.
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHITENESS Dr. Myriam Francois.
The Zong Massacre was the historical story that was the backdrop of the movie BELLE.
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Whiteness
“ a dominant cultural space with enormous political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin.”
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Ruth Frankenberg (1993), Teach Me Thunder: A Manual for Anti-Racism Trainers
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CHRONICLES Back to Basics with Fae Ellington
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ae Ellington, OD, is a Jamaican media personality and lecturer best known for hosting the television series Morning Time on Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation for more than twelve years. Fae hails from Clarendon, is a St. Hugh’s High School alumnus and lectures at her alma mater the University of the West Indies. She also served as one of the main news anchors on Jamaican radio and television for decades. In 2005, she made her directorial debut, when she staged the one-woman show, Who Will Sing for Lena? She is currently hosting the programme Profile, on Television Jamaica.
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Fae Ellington reaches out after being missing in action for a few days. During these times nourish your body and your mind. These chronicles are intended to help you through these challenging, scary, frightening times.
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St. Catherine is under full lock down. It’s just a matter of time before it reaches Kingston and St. Andrew.
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Hemsley Morris aka Benzly Hype is no stranger to the camera. He created and starred in the television drama Mi and Mi Kru, which first aired in Jamaica in 2009. The sitcom is based around his mother, Beatrice Morris who has sadly passed. In the show, Benzly moves out of his mother’s home and into his own house with his mother after a big win on the lottery. What transpires is hilarious.
New episode of Mi & Mi Kru
Benzly recognised that social distancing, quarantine, economic hardships, and the loss of jobs because of COVID-19 is causing anxiety and stress. So he doing his part to ease the situation he has released all of the episodes of Mi and Mi Kru on YouTube free of cost. Transform your viewing...
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faith on tv
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Churches that already had a strong, online presence raised the bar by preaching to empty pews. On the upside they gained a new ‘homechurched’ congregation.
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TD Jakes and Pastor Stephen Furtick
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Minister Dajohn Green the Crazy Preaching Senior
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pastor was struggling to prepare his sermon and didn’t want to be disturbed by his five year old daughter, so he removed a map of the world from his study, tore it into pieces and gave it to his daughter to assemble with the promise that he would answer all her questions and play with her when she was done. He knew she would never be able to fix it. To his amazement, in less than five minutes, she returned to him in his study with the map in perfect shape, every continent and every country in its place. The surprised father asked, ‘’Honey, you don’t know anything about geography, so how did you fix the world so easily and quickly? The five year old girl smiled sweetly and replied, ‘’The picture of JESUS was at the back of the map and I knew that if I have JESUS in the right place, the whole world would be in perfect shape.’’ That was just the right inspiration he needed for his sermon. He thanked his daughter and prepared a powerful sermon on the subject - ‘Fix your world by placing JESUS at the right place’ Just place JESUS in his rightful place and your life will be in order. Do you really understand this? Spread it to the world, let them know that THEIR WORLD CANNOT BE FIXED WITHOUT JESUS. We all need Jesus!
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ypolink Village Resort, is an exclusive, modern day, African Village which offers you a home-away-fromhome experience in a luxurious, Ecofriendly environment. Its renowned architecture is an exceptionally blessed detail with lots of African flair. This unique ‘Smiling Coast of Africa’ resort, offers elegant oasis gardens, set in an ideal location, with the beautiful Kololi Beach only a short walk away. HYPOLINK is an exclusive venue for hosting weddings, private events and conferences.
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Accommodation at HYPOLINK comprises of 10 fully equipped self catering apartments, with convenient self catering ‘home from home’ kitchen spaces. It offers weekly events like Yoga classes, Vegan cooking classes, Movie nights, Zumba dance and classes, Pool parties and also staged events. HYPOLINK has a fully equipped stage and outdoor space for performing artists, wedding receptions and workshops. The resort has a domed restaurant which is a hotspot for fine dining, with a panoramic roof terrace, indoor and outdoor bars, two restaurants, designer swim-up pool bar, live stage, treatment centre for mind, body and spirit. Also Wi-Fi, Yoga, Zumba and Cooking classes, and Movie nights makes HYPOLINK Village – more than just a resort. Tailor-made Tours are on offer, as are excursions to various tourist attractions - all at affordable costs. The tour guide will be happy to tailor-make activities to fit your holiday requirements. Special holiday packages are available, which means you can stay at HYPOLINK Village and other locations in Senegal or Guinea with flights, accommodation and transport included, please contact HYPOLINK on the details below.
Hypolink Village Resort, is an exclusive, modern day, African Village which offers you a homeaway-from- home experience in a luxurious, Ecofriendly environment. Its renowned architecture is an exceptionally blessed detail with lots of African flair. This unique ‘Smiling Coast of Africa’ resort, offers elegant oasis gardens, set in an ideal location, with the beautiful Kololi Beach only a short walk away. HYPOLINK is an exclusive venue for hosting weddings, private events and conferences. Accommodation at HYPOLINK comprises of 10 fully equipped self catering apartments, with convenient self catering ‘home from home’ kitchen spaces. It offers weekly events like Yoga classes, Vegan cooking classes, Movie nights, Zumba dance and classes, Pool parties and also staged events. HYPOLINK has a fully equipped stage and outdoor space for performing artists, wedding receptions and workshops. Matthew Hypolite the owner, was born on the cusp of Virgo and Libra, in the Spice Island of Grenada during its worst ever hurricane, hence his nickname Stormy. He came to England in his early years and grew up in SW6 Fulham. He is very creative, with a “just do it” can-do attitude. His studies and working life have revolved around the arts, music, property and community development. He discovered Gambia in 2005 and purchased what is now HYPOLINK Village, during his first two weeks on holiday. The resort was fully developed, designed and built by Matthew, alongside local workers, and a learning experience was had by everyone. They all acquired new skills and working techniques, using new materials and building in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way
Contact Information HYPOLINK Village Resort, Palma Rima Junction, Bertil Harding Highway, Kololi, The Gambia UK: +44 (0)7444 337 980 Gambia: +220 788 9883 WhatsApp: +447752151551 hypolinkvillage@gmail.com www.hypolinkvillageresort.com Facebook: hypolink village Transform your viewing...
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Social Media has opened the door for people’s creativity to be shared in a way that decades ago was not possible.
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A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO FOOTBALL’S ICONIC FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT
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Pape Diouf (68), the Senegalese Sports journalist, football agent and former President of Olympique de Marseille (a professional French football club), has died.
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great man, who has made so many positive contributions to the sporting industry, was sadly laid to rest after contracting the COVID-19 virus. Pape passed away in Dakar, Senegal, on 31 March 2020 and became the first Coronavirus fatality case in this country. He had been due to fly to Nice in France to receive treatment for the virus, but was unfortunately too ill to travel. Pape was born to Senegalese parents in Abéché, Chad and shortly after his birth, the family returned to Senegal. At the age of 18, he relocated to Marseille in France, where he studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, recognised as one of the best universities in the world. Starting his career as a Sports Journalist working for La Marseillaise newspaper, he soon moved on to became a Sports Agent. Some of the impressive notable clients he secured include: Didier Drogba, Basile Boli, Samir Nasri and William Gallas. Pape became the Club President of Olympique de Marseille in 2005 and as such, become the first Black President of a premierrated European football club. He served as its President from 2005 until 2009 and under his management, Marseille went on to win the Ligue
1 once; finished in second position twice and; were runners-up in the Coupe de France twice. Between September 2007 to June 2009, Pape worked as an Administrator for the Ligue de Football Professionnel. In 2009, he attended the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, to address the issues of racism in - and the standards of football in France. Pape Diouf will forever be an icon in the football world for all the tireless contributions he has made. Butterfly Magazine’s prayers, thoughts and sympathies go out to his family, friends and many fans. As a sporting legend, Pape will be forever mourned, but he will never ever be forgotten.
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The Jamaica National Rugby League Team – Reggae Warriors Left to right: Khamisi Mckain, Marvin Thompson, Joel Farrell, Mo Agoro, Danny Thomas, Alex Brown, Aaron Jones-Bishop Omari Caro, Ross Peltier, Ben Jones-Bishop, James Woodburn-Hall and Jacob Ogden(kneeling)
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ince the International Rugby headlines a year ago, we’re all rooting for the Jamaican National Rugby League Team after they qualified for a place in the 2021 World Rugby league. This is a brilliant milestone and major achievement for Jamaican sport! Jamaica – a country with such an athletic history - should have no problems reaching the top ranks in rugby. Currently, Jamaica is ranked 20th on the International Rugby League (IRL) standings after unfortunately dropping seven places. Players with a Jamaican heritage - such as Noah George Jarvis from England – has taken this as an opportunity to join the international team. Once again, this offers a huge opening for Jamaican fellow rugby enthusiasts from abroad to reach international level and achieve caps from their native country. Special mention goes to Jamal Coleman, who plays for the London Skolars and who is the team’s top point scorer with 44! Further congratulations go to Wayne Reittie, who plays for the Bately Bulldogs. He’s the team’s top try-scorer with six tries to his credit. We aim to see Jamaica as the best rugby team up there soon. Go Jamaica - we are behind you 1 000% and are all rooting for you!
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Last Laugh
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Music: Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin. Louis Armstrong originally preformed this song at The Threepenny Opera in Greenwich Village in 1958. It was banned in 1959 because of worries that its jazzy tune might incite gang violence. Mack is a violent murderer!
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Dance youR way back to life with Nicola
Hi, my name is Nicola Mandikate and I work for the NHS as a Senior Biomedical Scientist. I am currently completing a course to become a life coach but I love to dance. Due to recent events with COVID 19, I decided to share my Afrobeats and Dancehall dance fitness videos on my new YouTube channel. I hope they will help others boost their energy level and improve their mental wellbeing as they have helped me. I really want my video to encourage everyone to dance and to love the way their body moves and the way they look. Dancing helps us to build our self-esteem and bring life and joy back into our lives. Transform your viewing...
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