2006

December 22, 2006

Music

Adele Ambrose

Dwele Reflections

>> Dwele (Photo by Adele Ambrose). Detroit’s smoothest soul brother stopped by Level Nightclub to celebrate Soul Kitchen’s Anniversary. Although there were a few rough edges, the evening was in read more..

December 15, 2006

Community

AfroToronto Team

Celebrating Young, Black Brilliance

>> Mesfun Haile and Howard Green (Photo by Adele Ambrose). The 1st annual Aroni Awards had one goal for the evening to INSPIRE, and it certainly has. I never had the opportunity to meet Aron H read more..

December 07, 2006

Commentaries

Undercover Brother

The Search for "The One" - Part II

The ups and downs of portfolio diversification in the "dating" market “When structuring an investment portfolio, received wisdom declares it prudent to diversify. In a diversified portfolio, by defin... read more..

Interview with Guru & Superproducer Solar

December 01, 2006

Music

AfroToronto Team

Interview with Guru & Superproducer Solar

MC Guru is a survivor. Not many MCs have been able to maintain both street credibility and continued success as recording artists for almost two decades. He began his career in 1987 as a member of G read more..

November 30, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Heartbeat Hotel

Recently, I decided to take advantage of my hard-earned vacation days and head down somewhere warm. I checked out the Flight Centre board in my work building’s underground mall and picked Costa Rica. ... read more..

November 27, 2006

Books

AfroToronto Team

Rough Crossings

Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution “Seeing the Revolutionary War through the eyes of enslaved blacks turns its meaning upside down. … The vaunted war for liberty was a war for the pe... read more..

November 22, 2006

Movie Reviews

AfroToronto Team

There's Something About Borat

Something’s been bothering me about the movie Borat. I could not identify what it was exactly, but I knew I had to try to dig it out of me. It was only recently, when watching Bamboozled for the fif read more..

November 20, 2006

Commentaries

Undercover Brother

The Search for "The One" - Part I

So what's up with the blog? So let’s get straight to the point. What’s up with the Undercover Brother blog? Part I of my summer dating report ended with a teaser promising a detailed cross-analysis o... read more..

November 15, 2006

Movies

Meres J. Weche

Conversations with Barbarians

An interview with South African Filmmaker Khalo Matabane Tonight, Cinematheque Ontario presents a screening of South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane’s 2005 film, Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon.... read more..

November 08, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

What is Urban?

What is urban art? In today’s society you either hear the term urban or say the word at least once a day. To understand what the urban art form is we need to understand the definition of the word urba... read more..

November 06, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Where are the Baby Daddies?

In Canada, it used to be seen only in predominantly black areas, but it is slowly growing in other areas. Fantasia and Wyclef Jean sang about it. Pretty young Black teenage girls pushing baby stroller... read more..

November 03, 2006

Community

Meres J. Weche

For the children

"Children are the rock on which our future will be built” - Nelson Mandela "An evening like this can raise funds for HIV/AIDS medication and care for thousands of children who have been orphaned by read more..

October 25, 2006

Books

Meres J. Weche

Write the Power

An interview with award-winning young Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the International Festival of Authors. Recently, AfroToronto.com had the opportunity to speak with a rising young l... read more..

October 18, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Porn Saves the Day?

Hello there, fellas; we want to get deep today. We want to go deep into the cabinet on the second shelf behind the old kung-fu videos. Let's look inside the unused picnic basket at the top... read more..

October 16, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

The Deadly Obsession with Beauty

Physical appearance is very important. We see that being emphasized everywhere. Freshly-minted faces on magazine covers, the hard eight-pack abs of the soccer star, the exposed body of the film actres... read more..

October 12, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

I Want a Rich Girl

Why should women do all the gold-digging? "With high-profile women like Demi Moore and Cameron Diaz dating and marrying younger guys, it’s no wonder that men aspire to have an attractive, rich, olde... read more..

September 28, 2006

Movie Reviews

AfroToronto Team

Black Gold

Exposé Details Coffee Cartel’s Exploitation of Ethiopians In Ethiopia, where coffee originated, over 15 million people are dependent on this aromatic bean for their very survival. In fact, the coun... read more..

September 25, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Is racism gone in Canada?

Or Has It Been Replaced by a More Subtle Version? Oscar Peterson…. If you don’t know who he is, then please google his name or take a trip to your nearest library. He is a profound jazz musician w... read more..

September 19, 2006

Movie Reviews

Meres J. Weche

African & Diaspora Films at TIFF 2006

A look back at four great films featured at the Toronto International Film Festival 2006 Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006) Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s film Bamako must be consi... read more..

September 19, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Until Debt Do Us Part

Should "no romance without finance" be the motto before talking marriage? "If couples can't ask their potential mate about finances, I would say they're not ready to get married … It''s like going t... read more..

September 15, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Do Black Women Have Attitude?

Busting the Myth of The Angry Black Woman If you are a black woman, then at some point in your life, you have heard of the so-called black female attitude problem. Expressions like black women think ... read more..

September 15, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Do Black Women Have Attitude?

Busting the Myth of The Angry Black Woman If you are a black woman, then at some point in your life, you have heard of the so-called black female attitude problem. Expressions like black women think ... read more..

September 13, 2006

Movies

Meres J. Weche

Dispatches from TIFF 2006 - Part II

News from the red carpet and events at the film festival- PART II The red carpet action has kept sizzling over the past few days at the Toronto International Film Festival. Just last night, for the w... read more..

September 09, 2006

Movies

Meres J. Weche

Dispatches from TIFF 2006 - Part I

News from the red carpet and events at the film festival- PART I The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in full swing again for its 31st edition. This year’s festival is billed a... read more..

September 06, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Are Children Growing Up Too Fast?

Though I am not a parent, I can’t help but be concerned with the way that some young girls are dressing nowadays. I’ve seen girls bare all in skimpy tops, micro-minis, and low-riding jeans. Is it me, ... read more..

August 23, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Promiscuous Girl?

In most societies, the more women a man sleeps with, the more promiscuous he is – meaning being sexually active with many different people - the more virile he is considered. The more notches he has u... read more..

August 16, 2006

Commentaries

AfroToronto Team

Kiss or Miss

Eyes closed tight, drawing in for the sensual exchange, your lips meet - suddenly, you realize that your bottom lip is being chewed, saliva is pooling down the side of your cheek, and it feels like on... read more..

August 15, 2006

Theatre

Meres J. Weche

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

An interview with playwright Djanet Sears “I Have a dream, a longing in my heart. A dream that one day, at any given time of the year, I will be able to find at least one play that is filled with p... read more..

August 09, 2006

Commentaries

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

The Player Radarscope

How Ladies Can Scope Out Players There have been a lot of women who have been burned by players and men who have no intention to settle down and commit. We live in dangerous times which celebrate p... read more..

Book Review: Forty Million Dollar Slaves

August 08, 2006

Books

AfroToronto Team

Book Review: Forty Million Dollar Slaves

BOOK REVIEW: Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. By William C. Rhoden "The Belt carries young black athletes out of black America and introduce... read more..

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