Category: Black History and Culture

• Remembering Joy: RIP Maya Angelou

  Dinner with friends at a tiny restaurant in Tribeca on my birthday in 1996. It was before peak hours, so the restaurant was nearly empty. My bestie Kenya Unique Massey gave me The Complete Collected Poems (Maya Angelou). It had been on my birthday/Christmas/Kwanzaa wish list for a while, so I was surprised (thrilled) to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  May 28, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Books, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building, Performing Arts, Simone Monique Barnes, Wild Women

  Maya Angelou

• Can a Tribe Sue for Copyright? The Maasai Want Royalties for Use of Their Name

  “According to Ron Layton, a New Zealander who specializes in advising developing world organizations on copyrights, patents, and trademarks, about 10,000 companies around the world use the Maasai name, selling everything from auto parts to hats to legal services. …. Most of the value of the Maasai brand is not in the handicrafts the tribe…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  March 20, 2014

  Black History and Culture, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building

  Africa, copyright, econmics, Kenya, Maasai, Nation Building, Tanzania, trademark, tribe

• 40 Days of Black Art. Day 4: Michael Cunningham

  Day 4: Photographer Michael Cunningham   Three Things: From his official bio: “Cunningham chooses to work in black and white; this allows him to express what is in his soul.  Black and white photography is very personal, he says and reaches deep inside the viewer, making them study the photograph for what it represents outside…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  March 8, 2014

  Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Church, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  African American, artist, church, church women, Crowns, Michael Cunningham, Photography, portraits