It’s the dark heart of Britain, the place where democracy goes to die, immensely powerful, equally unaccountable. But I doubt that one in 10 British people has any idea of what the Corporation of the City of London is and how it works. This could be about to change. Alongside the Church of England, the Corporation is seeking to evict the protesters camped outside St Paul’s cathedral. The protesters, in turn, have demanded that it submit to national oversight and control.
Culture: Combolo
The Black Man Who Founded Chicago
Point du Sable – By Oguejiofo Annu
There is no known record of Point du Sable’s life prior to the 1770s; his birth year, place of birth, and parents are unknown, though he is suspected to have been of Muurish American, or an original Moor of Europe, a Black American Indian (yes they are thousands of them) or a man of African descent. Anyway, he was a black man in the modern day sense.
The HIV-AIDS Scam Backfires
Executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, Babatunde Osotimehin
The international community has “made a mistake” with the intensity of its focus on the global HIV-Aids epidemic and lost ground on family planning issues as a result, according to the head of the United Nations population agency.
Nyabinghi! Death to all Forms of Exploitation
Exploitation has many faces. This evil should be shunned where it does not exist and crushed where it does…
– His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Jamaica gets new Prime Minister
Former Jamaican education minister Andrew Holness has been sworn in as the island nation’s new prime minister.
Mr Holness, 39, is Jamaica’s youngest ever leader, and the first to be born after independence from Britain.
The Royals of Old Libya: The House of Al-Senussi of Benghazi
Late Mohammed Al Mahdi Al Senussi Supreme leader (and son of the founder) of Senussi movement 1859 -1902
Late Ahmed Al-Senussi Supreme head of the Senussi order 1902 – 1933 
The Moorish Owners of Libya 1913: Black Libya, the untold stories
A rare 1913 picture of Libyan boys and girls.
Libyan girl from Tripoli carrying a water jug 1913
Young Libyan girls in a 1913 picture
Libyan woman carrying prepared food 1913
Italia invades Libie 1940
Breaking News: Gadaffi Captured and Slain .. unconfirmed
Rasta Livewire is picking up chatter that Gadaffi was captured and died shortly after. He was supposedly captured in Sirte his home town durning a stormy fight.