Sunday, August 26, 2012

Supple Magazine’s Sexiest Black Woman Alive Challenges Esquire’s Sex Symbols

Tracy Obonna, Supple Magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive.

Rihanna, Esquire's 2011 Sexiest Woman Alive.

Supple Magazine’s Sexiest Black Woman Alive Challenges Esquire’s Sex Symbols

Esquire’s celebrated Sexiest Woman Alive has defined the status quo of female sex symbols in entertainment for years without any critical objection to the selection process, because the chosen sexiest women have been based on the popular choice of millions of the readers and fans from a short list of nominees. But the selection of nominees who are always predominantly Caucasian sex symbols is warped by racial prejudice of the White controlled American news media. That is why most of their so called sexiest women alive in the world have been Caucasian bimbos with only few exceptions such as Halle Berry and Rihanna and this is what Supple magazine is challenging by naming Tracy Obonna, aka The Nigerian Bombshell as the Sexiest Black Woman Alive.

Tracy Obonna is hotter, prettier and sexier than Rihanna, 2011 Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive and 90 per cent of those on the list of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in The World 2012. The American born Nigerian sex symbol is the epitome of beauty with brains whose amazing voluptuous body makes Rihanna and every other Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive look ordinary from head to toe, because Tracy Obonna, aka the Nigerian Bombshell is actually sexier than them all. And it is also necessary to correct the erroneous notion of the narrow-minded selection of Esquire over the years, because it is generally wrong to name any woman sexiest woman alive without any consideration for the most eligible women outside America, which is what American tabloids have been doing in discrimination and disregard of other exotic beautiful and voluptuous women who are not recognized by the narrow-minded American news media. The American news media wants to dictate trends to the rest of us, but this is unacceptable, because the rest of the world is different from America and not inferior to America. What is hot or not in America is different from what is hot or not in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Europe.

~ Supple Magazine.


I agree with Supple’s point of view, because it is justified and long over due to dismiss the racial discrimination against non Caucasian sex symbols in the selection of the so called sexiest women or men in the world. The exclusion of Tracy Obonna from the nominees for Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive and FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World is questionable to say the least or she is not popular enough. By the way, how can white women with flabby buttocks be sexier than the voluptuous "Bootylicious" BeyoncĂ© Knowles, Tracy Obonna and other sexy non-Caucasian beauties in the world? Please, let’s be honest and stop the racist attitude of these racy American tabloids promoting the superior feel good factor of Caucasians and their ritzy lifestyles to the detriment of blacks, Hispanics, Asians and others!

In the anatomy of beauty and the sexuality of femininity when compared to the sexiest women of Esquire and FHM, Tracy is prettier and sexier than most of them, thus making nonsense of Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive and FHM’s hot list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World. But who is Tracy Obonna?


Tracy was born to Nigerian parents in Washington D.C.,USA. She has also lived in London and Lagos. When Tracy was six years old, her parents made the decision to move to Toronto, Canada. Growing up in Canada, Tracy grew a passion for the arts. She participated in numerous school plays and dance recitals. Somewhere in the midst of practicing ballet and tap moves, Tracy developed another passion for both watching and playing sports. In the the sixth grade, Tracy began playing volleyball very seriously…as a result of her hard work combined with dedication, she was able to receive a scholarship to play Division 1 volleyball for Youngstown State University in Ohio.Her sister Vanessa Obonna is also an exotic beauty queen and model.

Some of Tracy's most prestigious work include the following:

Nollywood Movie "X-Class" - 2012
Featured in Flava Girl Mag - Aug 2011
Heineken Ad Campaign/Commercial-2010
P Diddy's 4th of July Dancer in Atlantic City – July 2010
Featured Dancer-Ne-Yo's 30th Birthday Celebrity Party in NYC - Oct 2009
Dancer in Belly ft. Snoop Dogg music video "Hot Girl" – Sept 2009

Music Videos//
Belly ft. Snoop Dogg "Hot Girl"
Masspike Miles ft. Rick Ross "Nasty"
Trilogy "Warning"
Jim Jones and Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santana "Pop Champagne"

Magazines//
ELM Magazine…Featured Model-Issue # 5 (December 2011)
FLAVA GIRL Magazine…Summer 2011 (Featured Model)
GORGEOUS Magazine...Dec. 2009-Special Holiday/1208Models Issue (Featured Model)
TEARSHEET Magazine...Spring 2009 (Featured Model)

Awards//
Chancellor Award in Academics and Athletics
2011 NPA Award - Best Nigerian Model of the Year

Tracy currently resides in Florida, where she is pursuing an MBA degree in International Businessand Finance.
Follow Tracy: www.twitter.com/TracyObonna


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of African Beauty and other blogs and author of Children of Heaven, Sleepless Night, Scarlet Tears of London, Bye, Bye Mugabe, In the House of Dogs and other books.
















Saturday, August 25, 2012

UBM TechWeb Expands Online Marketing Summit to Santa Clara



UBM TechWeb Expands Online Marketing Summit to Santa Clara


New GM Announced to Drive Program & Brand Development for Leading Digital Marketing Event

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — UBM TechWeb announces the expansion of Online Marketing Summit (OMS) to Silicon Valley. In order to drive the growth and innovation of this brand, UBM TechWeb also announces Shannon Ryan as the General Manager of Online Marketing Summit. OMS empowers practitioners of all levels with hands-on knowledge and insights on digital marketing, enabling marketers to more effectively drive customer engagement. OMS Santa Clara will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center, October 22-25, 2012. For more information visit: http://www.onlinemarketingsummit.com/.



As a result of the success of OMS in San Diego in February, OMS will expand to Santa Clara this October to connect marketers with the latest knowledge, experts and technologies that are transforming digital marketing and businesses today. Given the technology innovation and rapid growth in digital marketing, Santa Clara represents a thriving technology market and a choice location for expansion of the OMS brand.

“It’s an exciting time to take the helm of the leading digital marketing brand, as we grow the conference series with the addition of the Silicon Valley event,” said Shannon Ryan, General Manager, Online Marketing Summit. “OMS is unique in that it provides in-depth education for marketers of all levels integrated with the context of how digital marketing is influencing and impacting customer engagement. OMS in Santa Clara is a must-attend event, presenting attendees with best practices that can be applied the next day in their job.”

With a blend of live event and digital marketing experience, Shannon will guide the direction and positioning of OMS in her new role as General Manager. She previously ran her own marketing agency offering a wide range of services, including brand positioning, marketing communications and digital strategy. She has also worked for George P. Johnson as global director for digital solutions and as a webcasting pioneer at ON24. Shannon is extremely active in the local marketing community and is the current president of the Silicon Valley chapter of the American Marketing Association.

OMS events present a program rich in digital marketing, featuring expert led educational sessions and case studies, collaborative engagement with peers, and thought leaders, and an Expo, showcasing the latest technologies, agencies and consultancies representing the complete mix of online and integrated marketing solutions. Exhibitors and sponsors include: Aquent | Vitamin T, Act-On Software, Bizo, Cadence9, Text Link Ads, and Yesmail Interactive.

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Before Nollywood There Was Day Break in Udi



Synopsis

DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.

Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives of the village attending open-air school and learning to read. In his office, the Udi district officer settles an argument concerning the ownership of a child. He next listens to a case where one of twin babies has died due to neglect. Two teachers, Irika and Dominic, propose the building of a maternity hospital. The district officer points out the difficulties and suggests they hold a village meeting to consult the elders. The meeting is held (955ft).

Rl.2 Dominic reports back to the district officer that there is some opposition, especially from a native called Eze. The district officer goes to the meeting, talks with the elders and wins the support of Eze's wife. Work begins. Grass is burnt to clear the ground. The natives carry stones on their heads to the site and the foundations are dug. Eze appears on the site and stops the natives working (1560ft).

Rl.3 Dominic reports to the District Officer that Eze has told the natives that if the maternity hospital is built, the Government will seize it. The district officer convinces the natives that this is not true and work resumes. Water is brought to the site. They make the ground smooth by treading it with their feet. Bricks are made, the framework is erected, walls built, doors and windows put in. The two teachers request a corrugated iron roof, which duly arrives and is fitted on. The midwife arrives (1986ft).

Rl.4 Irika tells the district officer that Eze is telling the village women that if they go to the hospital, their babies will be born dead or deformed. The district officer arranges for a woman of a neighbouring village to be the first to have her baby born in the hospital. Irika comes to the hospital to help with the birth. The midwife observes movements in the bush outside. Eze and his followers, dressed in masks, attempt to scare the midwife away. Irika throws boiling water at them and they turn away. The baby is born safely (2784ft).

Rl.5 Drums beat out the news. The natives perform dances. The District Officer makes a congratulatory speech. The natives begin on their next project - that of building roads (3485ft).

  • DAYBREAK IN UDI
 

Technical Data

Year:
1949
Running Time:
40 minutes
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
3595 ft
 

Production Credits


Production Countries:
Great Britain
Director
BISHOP, Terry
Producer
ANDERSON, Max
Producer
TAYLOR, John
Sponsor
Central Office of Information
Sponsor
Colonial Office

Assistant Director
FULLILOVE, Eric
Author of the Original Work
SLATER, Montagu
cast member
AMALU, Joseph
cast member
ANEROBI, Harford
cast member
ANIBHEBE, Oso
cast member
CHADWICK, E. R.
cast member
ELUMUZE, Fanny
cast member
EMEHEL, Clement
cast member
MGBARONYE, Joyce
cast member
villagers of Amansiodo
cast member
villagers of Mgbabu Owa
cast member
villagers of Umana
Editor
TRENCH, Terry
Music
ALWYN, William
Photography
GAMAGE, Fred
Production Company
Crown Film Unit
Sound
CAMERON, Ken

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Friday, August 24, 2012

The Bokoharamic Muslims and the Islamic Muslims in Nigeria?


The Bokoharamic Muslims and the Islamic Muslims in Nigeria?

Many Nigerian Muslims want to be disassociated from the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic terrorists and they have denounced the extremism of the Islamists insisting that true Islam is a religion of peace and forbids violence.
Majority of Muslims are not terrorists and don’t like being profiled as terror suspects.
Therefore, I conclude that it means we should separate the two kinds of Muslims in Nigeria to avoid erroneous or ambiguous generalization.


There are the “Bokoharamic” Muslims and the Islamic Muslims, okay?
But they both worship at the same mosques and share the same symbol of the crescent and the star.


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The Girl With the Leaking Vagina


The Girl With the Leaking Vagina

The story of the girl with the leaking vagina is not fiction, but a true life story.

The girl with the leaking vagina is not a delight to sight and you may never recognize her on the street, because she does not want to be recognized in the present state of her predicament. She wants to hide the stigma and trauma of her loathsome disease that has made her cruel husband to drive her away and to be ostracized by others who have made her an object of derision as they cringe, cover their noses and spit at the first sight of her. Nobody wants to sit, talk or walk with her on the street , except her beloved mother, the only one sharing the pains and tears of her heavy burden day and night. Her mother is the only helping her to clean and wash her smelling underwear and other clothes everyday and nurses the wound of her malodorous sore. The sore that is always oozing with pus and the nauseating odour wherever she goes and she has to be in sanitary towels 24 hours everyday and may have to do so for the rest of her miserable life on earth. This disease has left her heart broken and hopeless as she goes about in the cloak of sadness, hanging her head in sorrow while her fortunate mates and others go about in the happiness of their good health and with heads raised in mirth. But the man, her cruel husband who inflicted this curse on her does not even care about her and has since taken a new young wife to replace her within weeks of driving her away from his home. No man wants to sleep with a girl passing out urine and faeces through her vagina. But this wicked man caused the cut in her vagina during the tormenting travail of premature labour as a result of her small pelvic. And she is not the only victim. They are legions, from the northern regions down to the southern states of Nigeria.

She joins other victims like her, exchanging consolations in the agonies of the lamentations of their malodorous disease. Each one of the over 700, 000 of them shares the same mirror of horror. But help is on the way as they receive the good news announced by the health centre.
Girls and women who need help on VVF care can dial the following phone numbers: 07033346418; 08033711116 and 08036492782.
She writes down the life saving information with glints in her brown eyes and her small brown lips part in a shy smile as she looks up at the noticeboard.
I thank God that there is hope for the girl with the leaking vagina.


Note:
As at the end of October, 2011, Nigeria had about 400,000 – 800,000 women living with Vestico Vaginal Fistula (VVF), with about 20,000 new cases occurring annually. 90 per cent of these have remained largely untreated. The above figures ironically place Nigeria highest on the VVF prevalence ladder in the world. Lamenting the high prevalence of the disease in the country, the first lady of Gombe State, Hajiya Adama Dankwambo recently took practical steps toward curbing the scourge in the state.

Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) or Recto vaginal fistula (RVF) are holes resulting from the breakdown in the tissue between the vaginal wall and the bladder or rectum caused by unrelieved obstructed labour. Over the years, Gombe state has remained one of the states in the federation where the number of women living with VVF is high, especially in the rural areas where majority of the infected persons are indigent and cannot afford medical treatment.

Women with VVF have overtime been treated like outcasts by society especially in the rural areas due to the nature of their condition which gives off a foul-smelling vaginal discharge.

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/21517/2012/04/08/succour_vvf_patients_gombe.html?quicktabs_2=0


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, author of Children of Heaven, Scarlet Tears of London, Bye, Bye Mugabe, In the House of Dogs and other books.

© 2012. Nigerians Report. International Digital Post Network Limited, Lagos, Nigeria. All Rights Reserved. No part of this report should be used in any format of media without the permission of the authorized copyright owner.







Mobile Phone Subscribers in Nigeria Spent Over $3.5 Billion in 6 Months


Do you know that mobile phone subscribers in Nigeria spent over $3.5 Billion on phone calls and text messages between January and June 2012?

There are over 100 million users of mobile phones in Nigeria.








Celebrity Popularity by Brown Envelopes: From the Bellanaira to the Lindarella


Celebrity Popularity by Brown Envelopes: From the Bellanaira to the Lindarella


"Truth is not only violated by falsehood, it may be equally outraged by silence"

- Henri Frederic Amiel 1821 – 1881.


Four horrible and terrible evils are rampant in Nigeria and these four evils have done more harm to Nigeria than even the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic terrorists, Niger Delta militants, Igbo kidnappers, hired killers, robbers, prostitutes and other lunatic fringe of the populace, because majority of Nigerians are either active or passive agents and perpetrators of these horrible and terrible evils plaguing our beloved nation. They are CORRUPTION, HYPOCRISY, IGNORANCE and MEDIOCRITY.

These four evils are practiced and celebrated by both members of the ruling class and the poor masses from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the street to the internet, from the cesspit to the pulpit and from the closets indoors to the cabinets of the corridors of power in Lagos, Abuja and other towns and cities in Nigeria. These four evils have destroyed more lives and properties than all the crimes of the Boko Haram terrorists, kidnappers, hired killers, armed robbers and prostitutes since Nigeria became independent on October 1, 1960 to date. Moreover, these conscienceless and shameless perpetrators are busy pointing accusing fingers at the politicians and at those they gossip about on social and political gossip blogs, forums, pages of daily newspapers and tabloids. They are the loudest noisemakers during strikes, pickets and marches on the street and internet posing and posturing as civil rights activists and agitators of democracy and governance, but they are the same dirty and filthy butt-lickers, sycophantic jobbers and beneficiaries of the same people they are pointing accusing fingers at.

I am going to illustrate some of these hypocrites whose intellectual ignorance goes on public parade in the masquerade of social arrogance and mediocrity as they go about with shallow airs and graces among their peers as they compete among themselves for public attention and the patronage of members of the ruling class; from the Bellanaira to the Lindarella and the sycophantic brown envelope journalists on their payroll.

Please, read the following:
Nigeria: Brown Envelope Syndrome, Bane of Journalism –Adaba on http://allafrica.com/stories/201011300346.html, a report by Michael Jegede published by the Daily Independent on November 29, 2010.

Truth is either nailed to a bleeding cross, or it dons a variegated cloak. That is the nexus between the 'brown envelope' syndrome and the cancer of corruption on http://www.africmil.org/publications/African%20Journalism%20in%20a%20Culture%20of%20Brown%20Envelopes%20The%20Nigerian%20Perspective.pdf

Journalism vs. 'Brown Envelopes' by Shola Oshunkeye | Thursday, August 4, 2011
On http://themediaproject.org/article/nigerian-journalism-culture-brown-envelopes

Why we collect brown envelopes- Nigerian Journalist
on
http://www.nigeriansreport.com/2011/02/why-we-collect-brown-envelopes-nigerian.html

These brown envelope journalists are among the laziest news reporters who hardly do any investigation and verification before the publication of the bogus claims and lies they have been fed with by those who buy them breakfast, lunch or dinner and give them fat brown envelopes and some of them are so shameless to tell you that except you pay them, they will not report your news or inform the public of the importance, relevance or significance of what you are doing for the common benefit of your community and society. One of the most ridiculous cases was when a reporter from one of the top five leading daily newspapers in Nigeria demanded N10, 000 to report a non commercial public event on the fight against malaria in Africa convened by http://bookalleria.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.htmlMai Nasara, the winner of the 2011 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited. Unknown to him, Mai Nasara knows the Chairman of the Editorial Board who would never condone brown envelope journalism or any form of corruption.

These shameless brown envelope reporters at large are doing more harm than good to modern journalism.

How many of these so called celebrities they blow their trumpets in Nigeria have been celebrated by the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, New York Times and other proven international news media channels as notable Nigerians like Helon Habila, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Eunice Olumide, Peace Anyiam- Osigwe, Dr. Ola Orekunrin and others have been recognized? Because, the journalists from these highly esteemed international news media channels don’t ask or collect brown envelopes like some of the local journalists. When a young BBC News reporter came without any invitation or solicitation to interview me in April 2003, I did not pay a penny or one kobo for the one hour interview on my performance poetry in audio and the news interview was broadcasted worldwide gratis and it was a good content for the global appreciation of BBC News. And I have never asked for payments to report news on Nigerian journalists, entertainers and other newsworthy people I have published on my news blogs and online forums. In fact, Azu Amatus did not even know when I highlighted his blog on Nairaland, and I did same for the leading Nollywood film critic Shaibu Husseini, I did not ask for anything and he has never asked for anything too to report my events or projects. When I wrote on the good public relations of the Nollywood diva Omoni Oboli, she never solicited for it and we never communicated personally over it. Nobody knew who was Linda Ikeji on the internet until I reported her as a local supermodel on Nairaland and received a lot of flak for celebrating her and she did not pay me for it and I also did the same for popular Nollywood star Emeka Enyiocha and other celebrities and non celebrities without their solicitation or gratification and that is how true journalism should be practiced without asking for fat brown envelopes, cash for news or the chequebook journalism practiced by some social and political tabloids in Nigeria and other countries.

I have reported the dangers and evils of brown envelope journalism to newspapers, radio and TV stations without mentioning the names of the journalists involved and in fact I refused to give names when a private TV station asked for them. I simply advised the station to warn their staff to desist from the corrupt practices in modern journalism. But unfortunately, instead of repenting, the guilty ones engaged in whispering campaigns of calumny against whistle blowers and in some cases whistle blowers are exposed to risks of being attacked by their patrons and sponsors or beneficiaries.

When we condone corrupt practices, the perpetrators of corruption and other immoral and criminal practices would never be pricked or sanctioned to stop their evil crimes and that is why the four evils of CORRUPTION, HYPOCRISY, IGNORANCE and MEDIOCRITY continue to spread like the HIV/ADIS scourge and the perpetuation of corruption will continue the spiral destruction of our nation.

We must separate the wheat from the chaff in every facet of life to separate the good from evil and until we do so, no reformation or transformation will be possible.

Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.
~ Thomas Jefferson
(3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)



~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, author of Children of Heaven, Sleepless Night, Scarlet Tears of London, Bye, Bye Mugabe, In the House of Dogs and other books. 

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

What is Customer Experience?


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What is Customer Experience?

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First Africa - China Media Forum pays tribute to late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi


23 Aug 2012 11:20 Africa/Lagos

First Africa - China Media Forum pays tribute to late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

BEIJING, August 23, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The first Sino-African Media Forum on cooperation holding on 23rd August 2012 in Beijing, China, began its inaugural session with a minute of silence dedicated to the late Prime Ministers Meles Zenawi of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, who passed away on 20 August 2012.

Information Ministers, General Managers of Radio and TV as well as representatives from renowned media in Africa and China, present at the opening session of the First Sino-African Media Forum, paid homage in memory of the departed illustrious Prime Minister.

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11:51 First Africa-China Media Cooperation Forum: AUC Chairperson Dr. Jean Ping acknowledges the important role of media and press freedom in changing the socio-political landscape in Africa.
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11:20 First Africa - China Media Forum pays tribute to late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
11:09 African Parliamentary Speakers' Conference
11:05 Catherine Ashton travels to South Africa for the 11th EU-SA Ministerial political dialogue
10:54 IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with South Africa









Nigeria is the Usain Bolt of Africa on the Internet


Nigeria Leads Africa’s Internet

Have you heard the news?
Nigeria our own beloved Nigeria is the Usain Bolt in internet speed in Africa with an average speed of 322kbps, and a peak rate of 5,674kbps, but Nigeria does not know what to do with this awesome speed on the World Wide Web, because despite the new ranking, huge amount of bandwidth capacities still lies fallow at the Nigerian shore.

As reported in The Guardian, the honourable minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson said in Abuja recently that over 7.78 terabytes of Internet capacity was lying untapped at the shores of the country, even as Internet penetration in the country remained abysmally low. The number of Internet users in the country is about 52 million, while Internet subscription was about 3.6 per cent, while she put penetration is 33 per cent.