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Jackson 5 in Africa
Written by Laura Adibe, Jamati.com    Monday, 20 July 2009 19:28    PDF Print E-mail
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Joe Jackson with Michael Jackson in Senegal. Photo: accesshollywood.comThis past week, I had the great pleasure of checking out a rare gem of a film at Harlem’s National Black Theater. ImageNation, the organization responsible for putting together the screening and Q&A, is a Harlem-based media arts organization.

Jackson 5 In Africa almost did not the see the light of day, however, someone affiliated with the unfinished film, which was shot in Senegal, recently mentioned to ImageNation that the footage had been sitting around untouched for decades.

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Obama went to Ghana. Should you?
Written by Courtney Pannell, Forbes.com    Wednesday, 15 July 2009 01:12    PDF Print E-mail
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President Obama speaks makes a speech at the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. He said it reminded him of the former concentration camp he toured in Germany, “of the capacity of human beings to commit great evil.” Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images Travel experts say the small, bucolic African nation is worth visiting before it becomes a tourism hot spot.

In his remarks to the Ghanaian Parliament last week, President Barack Obama touted the sub-Saharan country as "a face of Africa that is too often overlooked." He and his family then took in some sights, including a tour of what was once a major post in the slave trade.

Status differences aside, if a visit to Ghana is good enough for the First Family, does that mean it's good enough for you? Perhaps.

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