the power of music!

I was browsing on you tube and i found some old music that my parents used to love and it brought back deep memories of joy
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senegalese dance! Sabar dance!

Senegalese dance is beautiful.Here is an American woman called Ashley Maher dancing sabar. she does it so well.I can't even dance like that!
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Akon!the Senegalese-American artist.

Alioune Thiam known as Akon is Senegalese-American hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer.He is the founder of Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is well known for singing hooks and has over 155 guest appearances and 23 Billboard Hot 100 songs to his credit. He is the first artist to ever accomplish the feat of holding both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.

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The heroes of the world!(CNN HEROES)

CNN reveals the top ten heroes of the world.This was such a great event.We found people who have the passion to help the one's in need.i find it to be very beautiful and the deserve to be recognized and awarded.
below are the top ten heroes of the world and thair achievements. This event showed that human beings do care about each other and that their are people out there who are actively participating to the well-being of the human race.

Tad Agoglia, Houston, Texas
Agoglia's First Response Team provides immediate help to areas hit by natural disasters. In a little over a year, he and his crew have aided thousands of victims at more than 15 sites across the United States, free of charge.

Yohannes Gebregeorgis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia --
Moved by the lack of children's books and low literacy rates in his native Ethiopia, Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads, bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children.

Carolyn LeCroy, Norfolk, Virginia --
After serving time in prison, LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents. She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 messages from inmates to their children.

Anne Mahlum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --
On her daily morning jogs, Mahlum used to run past homeless men. Today, she's helping to transform lives by running with them, and others as part of her "Back On My Feet" program.

Liz McCartney, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana --
McCartney moved to New Orleans to dedicate herself to helping Hurricane Katrina survivors move back into their homes. Her nonprofit St. Bernard Project has rebuilt the homes of more than 120 families for free.

Phymean Noun, Toronto, Ontario --
Growing up in Cambodia, Noun struggled to complete high school. Today, she offers hundreds of Cambodian children who work in Phnom Penh's trash dump a way out -- through free schooling and job training.

David Puckett, Savannah, Georgia --
Puckett started Positive Image Prosthetics and Orthotics Missions -- PIPO -- to provide artificial limbs and braces and care to people in southeastern Mexico. Since November 2000 his mission has helped more than 420 people, free of charge.

Maria Ruiz, El Paso, Texas --
Several times a week, Ruiz crosses the border into Juarez, Mexico, to bring food, clothing and toys to hundreds of impoverished children and their families.

Marie Da Silva, Los Angeles, California --
Having lost 14 family members to AIDS, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease

Thanksgiving break!

Although it is not my culture; I just love thanksgiving turkey!
American families really celebrate thanksgiving and the food is delicious.One of my schoolmates invited me for thanksgiving.
I was suppose to go to New York this weekend for youssou Ndour's concert but my budget is so low that i decided to stay.
My friends mother is a great cook. i've spent thanksgiving with them before and it was great.
Thanksgiving actually reminds me of Tabaski in Senegal.
during the festivities of Tabaski we eat lamb, every family buys a sheep, kills it on the day of Tabaski and cooks it very fresh .

A warm weekend!

This weekend was a lot of fun.I spent the weekend with afriend of mine. We cooked and listened to senegalese music. The meal was a success , we cooked peanut butter sauce with fresh lamb meat and some rice . The atmosphere was totally African, we both wore traditional wraps, the music was loud, the sound of the drums reminded us the parties back home and the scent of the food invaded the apartment.
It was so cold this weekend that none of us wanted to step outside. We stayed warm and enjoyed each others comapany.

African fashion! an evolution

Fashion is wonderful in Africa , just like everything else, fashion has also evolved. Although the traditional outfits are modernised,the material used and the vivid colors that portray the ethnicity and the exoticness stay uncheangeable. I just love African clothes; i find them to be very elegant.
The materials are very rich and the western touch that most designers have added, make the outfits universal.
this is a fashion show by Oumou Sy; a fabulous senegalese designer.