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GeneralSupermodel Naomi adds YouTube to her resume
There is no way around it, if you want to make it as a star these days you have to be on social media and especially YouTube is the place to be for creatives. But then there…
GeneralBeyonce shuts down Global Citizen Festival
Johannesburg, South Africa was the place to be this weekend. The Global Citizen Festival took place with the most famous pop stars of the world gracing the stage. The Festival…
GeneralIssam brings the trap to Morocco
A great way to start of your week with a trap banger by Issam . Not from the trap capital Atlanta, but all the way from Derb Sultan, Casablanca, Morocco that is. The video will…
GeneralUsing instagram for a week as a challenge, will she like it?
Can we ignore social media? Is it possible to live your life without the likes and comments online by friends and strangers you've never met but feel connected to? Joey, the…
GeneralThe Talkshow is Back: Let's talk Cuffing Season
We're back with a new season of the Alkebulan Talkshow! And we're starting with a BANG - a sorta Dating game 2.0. We're talking the struggles of finding the one, the…
GeneralWho run the Senate: WOC
History has been made last night, during the midterm elections in the US. Ilhan Omar, a proud Somali-America, is a force to reckon with. Having already experience in the…
ArtistsBlack Panther Princess
Oehhhh have you seen Ciara's black panther halloween costume? Oh boy! You missed a lot! She definietly came to impress. Ciara channeled her inner Lupita Nyongo as the fearless…
GeneralNadir Nahdi takes us along in search for Home
“Who am I? Where do I belong. Home. Where is home?” With these questions Nadir Nahdi the creator behind YouTube Channel BENI , begins his journey for the search of his…
GeneralNeelam, the breakout King and Queen newest video
If there is a rapper that has turned heads and shattered stereotypes this year, it must be Neelam . From sharing some freestyle raps on her instagram page that we're being…
GeneralYes! Woman on top
Yes! We are happy to hear that Ethiopian parliamentarians unanimously appointed Sahle-Work Zewde, 68, as president on Thursday 25 October after the surprise resignation of…
GeneralNew Music Alert: Narcy ft Mashrou Leila - Time
The Iraqi-Canadian rapper Narcy released his latest single called 'Time' in collaboration with the Lebanese indie rockband Mashrou Leila. In the song Narcy shares his life…
General#RepresentationMatters An impressive statement made by 30 successful black men
How a picture of 30 black men all dressed as dapper dons is making a statement all across the Netherlands and beyond. Initiator Gershwin Bonevacia is a writer himself and upon…