villagechief, Author at Dogon Village

Actors Nia Long and Mike Epps to Co-Host the 24th Annual Trumpet Awards, Sponsored By American Family Insurance

January 11, 2016 villagechief 0

Atlanta, GA – The Trumpet Awards Foundation and title sponsor American Family Insurance present the 24th Annual Trumpet Awards, to celebrate and honor history-making entertainment, humanitarian, political and philanthropic individuals. “The Best Man” actress Nia Long and “Survivor’s Remorse” actor Mike Epps, co-stars of the upcoming ABC sitcom Uncle Buck, will host the black-tie ceremony, to be […]

Entertainment

RIP David Bowie, a Musical Genius

January 11, 2016 villagechief 0

Music legend David Bowie passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 69. Prayers go out to his beautiful wife, Iman, and his family. We loved his music and his wonderful love affair with his wife. This video, Lazarus, was posted less than a week ago. RIP David Bowie.

Headlines

NY Police Sgt. Kizzy Adonis Charged with Failure to Supervise in Connection with the Death of Eric Garner

January 11, 2016 villagechief 0

By Melanie Eversley, USA Today – A New York City police sergeant has been stripped of her gun and badge in connection with the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black Staten Island man who died after police to administered a controversial choke hold. Read the full story at USAToday.com (video by Newsy Newslook).

Politics

Black Women Vow to Be a Powerful Voting Force Again This Year

January 10, 2016 villagechief 0

By Vanessa Williams, Washington Post – Jamia Wilson is supremely proud of this fact: In 2008 and 2012, black women voted at a higher rate than any other group. Four years ago, 74 percent of eligible black women went to the polls — and 96 percent voted for President Obama. Some pollsters and pundits are […]

Hip-Hop Dance Challenge at Ron Clark Academy

January 8, 2016 villagechief 0

Entertainment

Who’s the Liar: Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Anderson or Donald Trump?

January 7, 2016 villagechief 0

Donald Trump appears to have some issues with honesty. I will never get over the blatant lie about the Muslims celebrating on rooftops in Jersey after 9/11. Now we see he struggles with being truthful even about little things. First he doesn’t know Samuel L. Jackson, then he’s analyzing the golf swing of the same […]

Books

“The Committee” Selects a Black Female President in Bestselling Author Terry E. Hill’s New Release

January 6, 2016 villagechief 0

San Francisco – With Come Sunday Morning, When Sunday Comes Again and The Last Sunday, author Terry E. Hill has proven himself an adept story weaver. Enthralling his readers with a trilogy based inside a megachurch setting, his well-spun plots of scandal, suspense and seduction were delivered with acute precision. Skillfully whipping his readers into […]

Politics

Video Proves Hillary Clinton’s Claim that Trumps Divisive Words Are Used in Terrorist Recruitment Videos

January 2, 2016 villagechief 0

Entertainment

KRS-ONE: ‘Technology is Attempting to Manipulate Hip-Hop

January 2, 2016 villagechief 0

By Christopher Harris, The Village Voice – At 26, KRS-One sneered, crouched, and raised his fists in a fighting stance on the cover of the Village Voice’s June 1992 Rock ‘n’ Roll Quarterly edition. Within a sprawling twenty-two-page Q&A, penned by Robert Christgau, the Voice examined the young rapper’s ideologies in a cover story titled […]