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		<title>pgp286: The Happily Natural Awards – Now Accepting Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[afro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
	
	Help Happily Natural Day celebrate the brightest and most dynamic people in our community via the first annual Happily Natural Awards! We have fallen into the habit of celebrating greatness after the fact, we have decided to start giving our flowers to the living…
Happily Natural Awards


AWARD CATEGORIES 
The Afro Pick Award: Natural Hair Product of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pgp285: African Healing Dance&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[African Dance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
	
	In Africa, dance is much more than physical movement &#8211; it is a direct way to celebrate life and create healing. African Healing Dance is a step-by-step course on the healing tradition and expressive movements that are unique to Africa&#8217;s dance heritage. From the movements of nature and everyday life, the tribal people of Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pgp283: MTV, True Life and Going Natural</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural hair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
	
	MTV recently announced a casting call for Black women ages 15-28 for its reality show TRUE LIFE. The subject: Black Women Going Natural. The series seeks to document the black woman&#8217;s journey of transitioning to natural hair. The natural hair aesthetic is a popular trend now as it has gone from being an underground notion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imani and a KWANZAA celebration&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pangeasgarden.com/projectblog/events/imani-and-a-kwanzaa-celebration/</link>
		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/projectblog/events/imani-and-a-kwanzaa-celebration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Event Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afrocentric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebration]]></category>
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	It is the end of  the 7th, and final, day of KWANZAA. Today we celebrated IMANI (Faith). Today we renew our BELIEF in God, our people, our teachers and our leaders, and the virtue and victory of our struggle  - IMANI!
When we speak of faith as it relates to the principles of the Nguzo Saba, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pgp282: Love &amp; Hip Hop, Not!</title>
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		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/projectblog/pgp282-love-hip-hop-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nykieria Chaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t hate Hip Hop, I just despise what mainstream media and commercialized industries have turned it into. I can’t help that in seeing the name “Love &#38; Hip Hop”, I actually expected to see a show of real artists showing their love for the music and community, expressing how Hip Hop has inspired them, showing their influence on hip hop. I wanted to see what caused me to LOVE Hip Hop, not what makes me cringe every time I hear the term. Love &#38; Hip Hop is nothing but a new spin on an old thing… ]]></description>
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		<title>pgp281: an Ancestors&#8217; Celebration with BlaqButtaphly</title>
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		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/projectblog/pgp281-an-ancestors-celebration-with-blaqbuttaphly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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	Down by the Riverside&#8230;
 It was a day spent in reverence and appreciation by Keepers of the Way with BlaqButtaply…

The sun was bright and the breeze was cool. The wind whispered through the trees carrying the beats of drums and the praises of ancestors honored, elevated and remembered for all they have done for us.


Earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Arielle Loren: Does Arielle&#8217;s &#8220;Sexpertise&#8221; Mess Up Her Dating Life?</title>
		<link>http://pangeasgarden.com/pgtv/ask-arielle-loren-does-arielles-sexpertise-mess-up-her-dating-life/</link>
		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/pgtv/ask-arielle-loren-does-arielles-sexpertise-mess-up-her-dating-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
	
	You asked, &#8220;Do you find it harder to date due to your public image as a &#8217;sexpert&#8217;? Are men more intimidated by you or do you find the opposite true and they are more comfortable?&#8221; Ask Arielle Loren is an interactive web show for people to submit anonymous gender &#38; sexuality questions via formspring [http://formspring.me/arielleloren] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afrique Electrique With Josh Milan @ Cafe Circa Atlanta Ga 9.25.2011</title>
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		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/projectblog/events/afrique-electrique-with-josh-milan-cafe-circa-atlanta-ga-9-25-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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	One Sunday night I went over to Cafe Circa to check out Salah Ananse&#8217;s Afrique Electrique party with special guest Ramon Rawsoul, drummer Lil John Roberts, and House music legend Josh Milan, from Honeycomb Music . Ramon Rawsoul opened up the evening with his Deep House selections, then Lil John started to acompany him on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: If your butt isn’t big, you may not be Black</title>
		<link>http://pangeasgarden.com/commentary/whatsgoingon/warning-if-your-butt-isn%e2%80%99t-big-you-may-not-be-black/</link>
		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/commentary/whatsgoingon/warning-if-your-butt-isn%e2%80%99t-big-you-may-not-be-black/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vincent</dc:creator>
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By Shannon T. Boodram
of Sway Magazine 
Until recently, wide hips, thick lips and solid derrieres, common among many Black women, were passed over and deemed unworthy of even an honourable mention in the working definition of beauty.
But this year, Allure magazine announced there has been a milestone victory in the uphill battle versus beauty standards: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troy Davis: Justice Denied</title>
		<link>http://pangeasgarden.com/commentary/whatsgoingon/troy-davis-justice-denied/</link>
		<comments>http://pangeasgarden.com/commentary/whatsgoingon/troy-davis-justice-denied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pangea</dc:creator>
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Death-row inmate Troy Davis denied clemency
from CNN
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis.Davis was convicted of the 1989 killing of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia.
 [...]]]></description>
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