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PANTHER NEWSLETTER VOLUME TWO: ISSUE 19

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Greetings and Welcome to another issue of PANTHER NEWSLETTER: its mission – To Educate; To Motivate; To Promote; To Inspire; To Express; To Share…

The next issue of PANTHER NEWSLETTER will be in October and then December.  With effect from March 2012, PANTHER NEWSLETTER will be published quarterly.  If you like what PANTHER NEWSLETTER has offered over the past 18 months, please feel free to make a donation to help keep this newsletter going.

In this month’s issue we have some of the usual suspects.  The FEATURED POEM, an enlivening interview with our SPECIAL GUEST, from Brooklyn New York, THE MUSICAL COA-COA BASKET, there is no FEATURED ARTICLE this issue, however, last but by no means least, we do have everybody’s favourite THE CULTURE CORNER.  So sekkle steady, warm and easy and enjoy ISSUE 19.

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NEWS (UK)

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SHOPKEEPER BAILED OVER MAN’S MURDER

Cecil Coley, 72, was playing dominoes with afriend when his shop was targeted by robbers; more…

‘RACISM IN THE CLASSROOM IS RISING’, SAYS NEW STUDY

Racism in primary schools increased by 4.5 per cent; here…

BLACK CHEF TIPPED TO BECOME FACE OF SAINSBURY’S

Jamie Oliver could be pushed to the side by new chef on the block Lorraine Pascal; here…

OWN GOAL

Rio Ferdinand sparks CIA security alert as White House picture is pulled from Twitter; here…

FOOTBALLER IN T-SHIRT OUTRAGE

Anti-knife crime campaigners condemn Manchester City striker’s violent t-shirt; here…

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ELSEWHERE

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ALL SURVIVE AIRLINER CRASH IN GEORGETOWN GUYANA

Everyone aboard a Caribbean Airlines jet from New York survived when the plane overshot a rainy runway, slid through a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a ravine at Guyana’s national airport on Saturday; read here…

THE FIRST GRADER

Maruge goes to school aged 84 and becomes a totem of hope for the Kenya education system; more…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOUTH SUDAN

Read the The Mzungu Diaries here…

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THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY

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EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE AND/OR ZUMBA FITNESS WITH Chloe Redmond

For more details of her classes, check out Chloe’s website here…

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KING OF KINGS: NGUSA NAGAST by CLAUDETTE. E. JOHNSON

King of Kings is an important revelation, presenting breakthrough facts on biblical history and the Rastafarian Movement.  King of Kings offers insight into uncovering the truth regarding boodlines of King Solomon and The Queen of Sheba, King David, Jesus Christ as well as The Ark of the Covenant, proven through geneology and made popular by movies “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK” and “THE DA VINCI CODE”.  If you’re searching for a good historical read, why not check out this superb and inspiring book; here…

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 SANKOFA ASSOCIATES in collaboration with PANTHER NEWSLETTER

PRESENTS

A free E-Book publication

Real Talk

Shadow People speak out …

by Martin Glynn

 

Real Talk…

Shadow People speak out: is a collection of monologues which has been a long time in the making.  For many years Martin Glynn has worked in prisons, engaged with the disaffected sections of the community, and has been through his own rite of passage. Throughout his journey as a writer and criminologist he has encountered many amazing people whose stories have gone with them to their grave, have not been told, been ignored, or have been too uncomfortable for many to hear.

Download your free e-book of Real Talk: Shadow People Speak Out here…

Also check out Sankofa Associates Goods & Services here…

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THE DRUM; BIRMINGHAM PRESENTS

The book launch of…

CELEBRATE WHA?

Thursday 22 September 2011: 7.30pm

£5 (£3)

In the Studio

Ten Black British Poets from the West Midlands Edited by Eric Doumerc and Roy McFarlane (Birmingham Poet Laureate 2011)

Celebrate Wha? is an anthology of poems about identity and race, curry goat ‘n’ rice.  Ten poets – Dreadlock Alien, Sue Brown, Marcia Calame, Evoke, Martin Glynn, Michelle Hubbard, Kokumo, Roy McFarlane, Chester Morrison and Moqapi Selassie – explore what it means to be black and British and from the West Midlands.  This is the English language in a Caribbean coat, Auden in a Creole accent.  Celebrate Wha? celebrates writing with a reggae rhythm, born out of a heady mixture of dub, grime and performance poetry, politics and music, anger and laughter.   Join us for the official launch of an anthology dedicated to Birmingham’s Black poets – long overdue.  Read more about the anthology here…

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BIG UP TO SISTA TONYA

A long time in the making

Multifaceted and multi-talented Tonya Bolton enthrals you with her one woman show.  Let her take you on a journey taken by many, but one that is rarely shared so honestly in the public domain.

FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE SHOW CLICK here…

SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2011 – 7.45pm @ THE PUBLIC, NEW STREET, WEST BROMWICH B70 7PG

CHECK IT !!!

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OBITUARY

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AMY WINEHOUSE FOUND DEAD AGED 27; read more here…

JOSE ARROYO GONZALEZ COLUMBIA’S SALSA KING HAS DIED

His full name was Alvaro Jose Arroyo Gonzalez but he was known in the music world as Joe Arroyo -and in his native Colombia as just Joe.  Read about him here…