Archive for August 2009
Emeka Onwezi and Chizoba Chimezie Solemnize their Union
MARYLAND – Top City Attorney Mr. Emeka Onwezi and his angelic Wife Chizoba proved their love and substance as they exchanged marital vows in Maryland.
Photos by Tosan Aduayi and Damilola Odetola for Trendy Africa. Trendy Africa is a Multi Media Production Company based in Texas and are Publishers of Trendy Africa Magazine, Trendy Africa Fashion Xtra and www.trendyafrica.com
Eulogy At The Funeral Of Senator Edward Ted Kennedy 1932-2009
Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a weighty legacy; a champion for those who had none; the soul of the Democratic Party; and the lion of the U.S. Senate – a man whose name graces nearly one thousand laws, and who penned more than three hundred himself.
But those of us who loved him, and ache with his passing, know Ted Kennedy by the other titles he held: Father. Brother. Husband. Uncle Teddy, or as he was often known to his younger nieces and nephews, “The Grand Fromage,” or “The Big Cheese.” I, like so many others in the city where he worked for nearly half a century, knew him as a colleague, a mentor, and above all, a friend.
Ted Kennedy was the baby of the family who became its patriarch; the restless dreamer who became its rock. He was the sunny, joyful child, who bore the brunt of his brothers’ teasing, but learned quickly how to brush it off. When they tossed him off a boat because he didn’t know what a jib was, six-year-old Teddy got back in and learned to sail. When a photographer asked the newly-elected Bobby to step back at a press conference because he was casting a shadow on his younger brother, Teddy quipped, “It’ll be the same in Washington.”
This spirit of resilience and good humor would see Ted Kennedy through more pain and tragedy than most of us will ever know. He lost two siblings by the age of sixteen. He saw two more taken violently from the country that loved them. He said goodbye to his beloved sister, Eunice, in the final days of his own life. He narrowly survived a plane crash, watched two children struggle with cancer, buried three nephews, and experienced personal failings and setbacks in the most public way possible.
It is a string of events that would have broken a lesser man. And it would have been easy for Teddy to let himself become bitter and hardened; to surrender to self-pity and regret; to retreat from public life and live out his years in peaceful quiet. No one would have blamed him for that.
But that was not Ted Kennedy. As he told us, “…[I]ndividual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in – and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.” Indeed, Ted was the “Happy Warrior” that the poet William Wordsworth spoke of when he wrote:
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to suffering and distress;
Thence, also, more alive to tenderness.
Through his own suffering, Ted Kennedy became more alive to the plight and suffering of others – the sick child who could not see a doctor; the young soldier sent to battle without armor; the citizen denied her rights because of what she looks like or who she loves or where she comes from. The landmark laws that he championed — the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, immigration reform, children’s health care, the Family and Medical Leave Act –all have a running thread. Ted Kennedy’s life’s work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections. It was to give a voice to those who were not heard; to add a rung to the ladder of opportunity; to make real the dream of our founding. He was given the gift of time that his brothers were not, and he used that gift to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow.
We can still hear his voice bellowing through the Senate chamber, face reddened, fist pounding the podium, a veritable force of nature, in support of health care or workers’ rights or civil rights. And yet, while his causes became deeply personal, his disagreements never did. While he was seen by his fiercest critics as a partisan lightning rod, that is not the prism through which Ted Kennedy saw the world, nor was it the prism through which his colleagues saw him. He was a product of an age when the joy and nobility of politics prevented differences of party and philosophy from becoming barriers to cooperation and mutual respect – a time when adversaries still saw each other as patriots.
And that’s how Ted Kennedy became the greatest legislator of our time. He did it by hewing to principle, but also by seeking compromise and common cause – not through deal-making and horse-trading alone, but through friendship, and kindness, and humor. There was the time he courted Orrin Hatch’s support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program by having his Chief of Staff serenade the Senator with a song Orrin had written himself; the time he delivered shamrock cookies on a china plate to sweeten up a crusty Republican colleague; and the famous story of how he won the support of a Texas Committee Chairman on an immigration bill. Teddy walked into a meeting with a plain manila envelope, and showed only the Chairman that it was filled with the Texan’s favorite cigars. When the negotiations were going well, he would inch the envelope closer to the Chairman. When they weren’t, he would pull it back. Before long, the deal was done.
It was only a few years ago, on St. Patrick’s Day, when Teddy buttonholed me on the floor of the Senate for my support on a certain piece of legislation that was coming up for vote. I gave him my pledge, but expressed my skepticism that it would pass. But when the roll call was over, the bill garnered the votes it needed, and then some. I looked at Teddy with astonishment and asked how he had pulled it off. He just patted me on the back, and said “Luck of the Irish!”
Of course, luck had little to do with Ted Kennedy’s legislative success, and he knew that. A few years ago, his father-in-law told him that he and Daniel Webster just might be the two greatest senators of all time. Without missing a beat, Teddy replied, “What did Webster do?”
But though it is Ted Kennedy’s historic body of achievements we will remember, it is his giving heart that we will miss. It was the friend and colleague who was always the first to pick up the phone and say, “I’m sorry for your loss,” or “I hope you feel better,” or “What can I do to help?” It was the boss who was so adored by his staff that over five hundred spanning five decades showed up for his 75th birthday party. It was the man who sent birthday wishes and thank you notes and even his own paintings to so many who never imagined that a U.S. Senator would take the time to think about someone like them. I have one of those paintings in my private study – a Cape Cod seascape that was a gift to a freshman legislator who happened to admire it when Ted Kennedy welcomed him into his office the first week he arrived in Washington; by the way, that’s my second favorite gift from Teddy and Vicki after our dog Bo. And it seems like everyone has one of those stories – the ones that often start with “You wouldn’t believe who called me today.”
Ted Kennedy was the father who looked after not only his own three children, but John’s and Bobby’s as well. He took them camping and taught them to sail. He laughed and danced with them at birthdays and weddings; cried and mourned with them through hardship and tragedy; and passed on that same sense of service and selflessness that his parents had instilled in him. Shortly after Ted walked Caroline down the aisle and gave her away at the altar, he received a note from Jackie that read, “On you the carefree youngest brother fell a burden a hero would have begged to be spared. We are all going to make it because you were always there with your love.”
Not only did the Kennedy family make it because of Ted’s love – he made it because of theirs; and especially because of the love and the life he found in Vicki. After so much loss and so much sorrow, it could not have been easy for Ted Kennedy to risk his heart again. That he did is a testament to how deeply he loved this remarkable woman from Louisiana. And she didn’t just love him back. As Ted would often acknowledge, Vicki saved him. She gave him strength and purpose; joy and friendship; and stood by him always, especially in those last, hardest days.
We cannot know for certain how long we have here. We cannot foresee the trials or misfortunes that will test us along the way. We cannot know God’s plan for us.
What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world, so that someday, if we are blessed with the chance to look back on our time here, we can know that we spent it well; that we made a difference; that our fleeting presence had a lasting impact on the lives of other human beings.
This is how Ted Kennedy lived. This is his legacy. He once said of his brother Bobby that he need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, and I imagine he would say the same about himself. The greatest expectations were placed upon Ted Kennedy’s shoulders because of who he was, but he surpassed them all because of who he became. We do not weep for him today because of the prestige attached to his name or his office. We weep because we loved this kind and tender hero who persevered through pain and tragedy – not for the sake of ambition or vanity; not for wealth or power; but only for the people and the country he loved.
In the days after September 11th, Teddy made it a point to personally call each one of the 177 families of this state who lost a loved one in the attack. But he didn’t stop there. He kept calling and checking up on them. He fought through red tape to get them assistance and grief counseling. He invited them sailing, played with their children, and would write each family a letter whenever the anniversary of that terrible day came along. To one widow, he wrote the following:
“As you know so well, the passage of time never really heals the tragic memory of such a great loss, but we carry on, because we have to, because our loved one would want us to, and because there is still light to guide us in the world from the love they gave us.”
We carry on.
Ted Kennedy has gone home now, guided by his faith and by the light of those he has loved and lost. At last he is with them once more, leaving those of us who grieve his passing with the memories he gave, the good he did, the dream he kept alive, and a single, enduring image – the image of a man on a boat; white mane tousled; smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizon. May God Bless Ted Kennedy, and may he rest in eternal peace.
Remarks of President Barack Obama
courtesy – the White House
AFRICA RISING: Leon Sullivan Foundation Ninth Summit
WASHINGTON DC – Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr. Henry Louis Gates and T.J Holmes did not fail to acknowledge the outstanding organizational attributes of the ninth Leon Sullivan foundation held at world acclaimed Kennedy center for the performing arts in Washington DC.
Special recognition awardee Winston Duncan, the 14 year old founder of “Wheels for Africa” drew a standing ovation for his charity work which he established at the age of 11.
Dr.Henry Louis Gates, the Harvard University Professor that made headlines recently during the infamous arrest saga was also a special award honouree. He spoke extensively about the science of Genetics-DNA as he emphasised the importance of encouraging education amongst black children in America.
Mia Farrow actress, activist and United Nations Goodwill ambassador was honoured and recognized for her tremendous and consistent efforts at alleviating the struggles of Children in war torn African countries.
Photos by Tosan Aduayi and Damilola Odetola for Trendy Africa. Trendy Africa is a Multi Media Production Company based in Texas and are Publishers of Trendy Africa Magazine, Trendy Africa Fashion Xtra and www.trendyafrica.com
French actor Jacky Ido stars in “Inglourious Basterds”
LOS ANGELES – Fluent in French, English, Spanish and Ki-Swahili, Jacky Ido is a multi-talented artist who has worked as a writer, director and actor.
A poignant character in Quentin Tarantino’s latest project “Inglourious Basterds” which is based on a group of Jewish American soldiers in France, Ido plays Marcel, the French speaking confidante of a Jewish girl who survives the holocaust.
“Marcel is a character who’s seeking for purity in a world that has been completely spoiled,” Ido says of his character. “Together, they are trying to reestablish some purity.”
As in “Kill Bill,” Tarantino’s previous project, the story engine is revenge with the Nazis being the enemies and with all of Tarantino flicks, it has oodles of quality dialogue – a gift very few directors have mastered.
“Inglourious Basterds” – deliberately misspelled is the story of a group of guerrilla U.S. soldiers led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) in Nazi occupied France during World War II whose mission is to kill Nazis with swift, shocking acts of violence.
Told in three interconnected stories with a novelistic “chapter” format familiar to fans, Tarantino puts his unconventional storytelling to play with a particularly poignant opening chapter in which two men sit down for a discussion in a French farmhouse. One is SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), the “Jew Hunter” who has been placed in charge of rounding up all the Jews in France whilst the other is local French farmer Perrier LaPadite (Denis Menochet), who is extremely on edge and rightfully so as viewers soon discover. The rollercoaster scene which lasts fifteen minutes switches from subtitled French to English as LaPadite is delicately questioned on his affinity to Jews.
It’s a dark comical tread which continues in the following four chapters as we are introduced to other key characters including the numerous members of “the basterds,” by narrator Samuel L. Jackson, a familiar fixture in Tarantino’s projects. Key members include Hugo Stiglitz, (Til Schweiger) a German defector and Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), nicknamed “the Bear Jew” because he bashes the heads of German soldiers with a baseball bat.
Woven in this tale of retribution is Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) Ido’s counterpart who narrowly escapes the Nazi’s and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Dreyfus is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own as is Bridget Von Hammersmak (Diane Kruger), a German movie star and British spy. Thus, everyone is on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich and the question remains: will they succeed?
An exhilarating ride from start to finish, “Inglourious Basterds” is a perfectly sculpted flick with such depth, wit and blazing originality that it will stand up to repeat viewings.
“Inglorious Basterds” is currently out in theatres
Samantha Ofole-Prince is a professional entertainment journalist who frequently covers events in the Los Angeles area and can be reached on sofole@gmail.com
Ogadinma Ogwuegbu and Ebubedike Nwoko Wed in the Big Apple
NEW YORK – Love fills the moment and the moment begins eternity. Love fills a lifetime and a lifetime begins this hour. These were the first two lines on the wedding invite of Ogadinma Maureen Ogwuegbu and Ebubedike Osita Nwoko who exchanged marital vows at the Winners chapel in New York.
The event was full of exciting moments characterized by an exotic display of culture and entertainment. The reception at the Ramada Plaza Hotel JFK New York experienced a capacity turnout of adults and youths respectively.
Family members honored the young newly weds as they arrived from distant locations including Nigeria and Canada. Even the stormy New York weather on the weekend of the event did not deter guests from attending the event and having lots of fun.
Photos by Tosan Aduayi for Trendy Africa. Trendy Africa is a Multi Media Production Company based in Texas and are Publishers of Trendy Africa Magazine, Trendy Africa Fashion Xtra and www.trendyafrica.com
GODSWRITER Debut Album Release Concert "DECLARE" at RCCG Dominion Chapel
The concert was explosive, and one of kind. Just a little introduction about the Godswritter himself.
Born & raised in Nigeria, first born of Olanrewaju and Adedayo Osinowo – GodsWriter – (Olanrewaju,Osinowo II) also known as Timothy or Junior among his peers, found a strong love and desire towards the Arts at the age of 10. Timothy moved to the states with his family at the age of 12. His first poem was written at the age of 15 for a NAACP poetry competition. Overtime, he has branched into the spoken word, poetry, play write, music, and acting genre.
On March 3, 2003, Timothy re-dedicated his Life to Christ; this enabled him to fully re-dedicate the talent/passion back to God the Creator that deposited the gift in him. During his metamorphosis the name ‘GodsWriter’ was adopted, signifying that he was done writing for self and or self glorification, but now writing for God so that man can truly see how Glorious the Almighty really is. (Matthew 5 : 16)
Timothy has been inspired by the likes of those who seek Gods Heart, and truly live a lifestyle of worship. Timothy Osinowo believes that without God, he is nothing. So he prays that God will continue to make him a blessing as his steps are ordered in the path of his destiny.
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Ten Year Old Kwesi Boakye Stars In New Tyler Perry Movie
LOS ANGELES – Pettite, polite and exceedingly cute, Kwesi Boakye is Hollywood’s rising star. Already a veteran actor with an ever growing resume and roles in several features including Tyler Perry’s upcoming flick “I Can Do Bad All By Myself”, he began his career in television commercials at 10 months old staring in a video for pre-school kids called “Tots on Tape”.
A modeling gig in the worldwide Baby Gap campaign followed and it wasn’t long before he snagged his first casting role on the medical deama “Strong Mediine”.
Since then, he has appeared in a string of prominent television shows such as “Boston Legal”, “South Park”, “Daybreak” with Taye Diggs and the daytime soap opera “Days of our Lives”.
Kwesi can be heard as a series regular on the new cartoon network animated series “Gumball” voicing the character role of Darwin. He also voiced Andrew on the animated series “Special Agent Oso” although his most notable voice over role was in the Oscar winning flick, “Happy Feet”.
“I enjoy acting because I meet a lot of people and get to travel to different places, which is really fun,” says Kwesi whose upcoming flick “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” stars Academy Award Nominee Taraji Henson and Grammy Winner Mary J. Blige.
“In the movie I play a character called Manny who is a very tough kid that likes to fight a lot and is a little rough around the edges as he had to grow up pretty fast”.
A huge fan of Perry’s, it was a dream come true for Kwesi to be cast in the movie. “Mr. Perry has a way with kids and every you are around him he breaks things down in the movie with a kid’s version. It was a dream come true when I finally got to meet him and it was a good experience working with him.”
Despite his high profile in Hollywood, Kwesiwho cites Will Smith as his favorite actor still attends a regular school in Los Angeles and when he isn’t working, has a fair regular life. He is a gifted student who loves reading, playing sports and taking hip-hop dance lessons. “My Favorite sport is soccer and I enjoy it because it involves a lot of exercise and it’s a very fun sport to play because you get to run up and down.”
With several more projects in the pipeline including a part in the upcoming TNT series “Men of a Certain age” with Ray Romano, this 10 year old Ghanaian native has officially sealed his spot in Hollywood.
“I Can Do It Bad All By Myself” releases in theatres on September 11th 2009.
Samantha Ofole Prince Contributes from Hollywood and can be reached at ofole@msn.com
The TENANT™: International Award winning Movie by Nigerians set to premiere in Lagos
NIGERIA – Broken Manacles Entertainment, has announced the forthcoming premiere of their multiple award winning movie called: The TENANT™. The movie which was also written, produced, and directed by Jude Idada and Lucky Ejim, two Nigerian emigrants in Canada was shot at various locations in Canada and Nigeria with Dare ‘BabaDee’ Fasasi as co-director.
Faced with the onerous challenge of breaking into Hollywood, the duo of Lucky Ejim, and Jude Idada founded the film production company called Broken Manacles Entertainment Inc.
The movie has already won international accolades that include:
§ Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film–(Hollywood Black Film Festival2009), Beverly Hills, California;
§ Best Feature Film – (Moving Image Film festival2008), Toronto Canada.
The movie billed to premiere in Lagos sometime in October, 2009 at the cinemas tells the tale of the average African emigrant in search of a better future for himself and his family: Obinna, a Nigerian refugee in Canada, faces deportation in 30 days. When all hope seems lost, a chance confrontation with Timothy, his terminally ill landlord, provides him an opportunity to remain in the country. Timothy who is a former immigration officer makes him a deal; he will intervene in his pending deportation if Obinna finds his estranged daughter Nicole and convinces her to see him one last time before he dies. With the clock ticking, Obinna fights to save his dreams, in the course of which he stumbles on a discovery that will shake the very foundations of his beliefs.
So far the movie has been screened at various film festivals in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. In the words of the movie director Lucky Ejim: “…Some of the ideas that emanated from our research was the pain associated with the need to survive, to love and to forgive, but these words alone wasn’t enough to make an interesting film so we decided to quantify pain…” Following the screening in Canada, some of the guests had this to say:
“…. This film makes Nigeria proud. Great storytelling, Great acting, Great Directing, There should be a part two” – His Excellency, Professor Iyorwuese Hager (High Commissioner of Nigeria to Canada);
“…. I loved this film. As a successful writer, I couldn’t even fathom the plot line, twists, reversals etc. The language was marvelous. The directing is superb. I am in awe.” – Robert Eisele Writer (The Great Debaters)
The official premiere of The TENANT™ would be preceded by a screening of the movie to the media and the online blogging community on the 16th of October, 2009. The movie trailer and additional information about the TENANT™ movie are available at: www.thetenantmovie.com.
Press contacts: Gossim Daniels |The Bobby Taylor Company| prafrica@bobbytaylor.ca; [+234 706 2929 222]
Health Care Reform and Politics as Usual
WASHINGTON DC – Contrary to the story that is being told by the dramas playing out at town hall gatherings across the country, majority of Americans support health care reform. And we really do need health care reform in this country. Millions of American citizens do not have any form of Health Insurance; millions more lose their health insurance every day.
Most people have their claims denied because of preexisting conditions and more people simply cannot afford health insurance.
The attitudes of most politicians and pundits who are opposed to health care reform and a public option is that people without health care insurance are just too lazy to be bothered and especially for the politicians, people without health insurance are not their constituents since these are more likely to be minorities. Therefore it is not their problem, but the election of President Obama seemed to have particularly strengthened their resolve in defeating all efforts to reform health care.
It’s been a difficult month for Democrats in Congress and President Obama. The Republican Party has been against every bill and every idea that’s been conceived, not because they have a constructive opposing bill or idea to present but because they think they can win back the vote of the American people by becoming a stumbling block.
Although most people will agree that we cannot continue to borrow to finance our way in the world, we shouldn’t because of a budget deficit fail to act either, especially since the change is essential in our moving forward as a stronger country and a stronger economy.
Spending on health care has been rising steadily for years and it is becoming unsustainable. According to the data provided by the government on http://www.healthreform.gov
• Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have more than doubled in the last 9 years.
• Approximately $2.2 trillion was spent on health care in 2007 which comes to 16.2% of GDP.
• Health care costs doubled from 1996 to 2006, and are projected to rise to 25% of GDP in 2025 and 49% in 2082.
The United States is the only major industrialized nation in the world without health care coverage for all its citizens. Small businesses cannot afford to provide health insurance coverage for their workers and people have to choose between health care and other necessities because of cost.
It is shameful when Americans have to worry about how much their treatment will cost when they are diagnosed with devastating diseases or worse the medical debts they might be leaving behind for survivals to inherit.
Talk to a couple of people and you will hear stories of how insurance companies avoid paying for treatments by telling patients that they have a pre-existing condition.
A man who was in a devastating car accident which almost killed him got home and a $50,000 hospital bill was his welcome home present.
Many people get bills from the doctor’s offices months after a procedure or test because the insurance refused to pay. Our companies are being crippled by the rising cost of health care, GM is a good example. Bad management had a lot to do with their current state of affairs but how much they spend on health care coverage for their workers didn’t help matters at all.
The main opposition to health care reform is insurance companies and conservatives who argue that a public option will kill private insurance and private companies. Also, recently former Alaska governor Sarah Palin saying death panels are going to be formed to decide who lives or dies and that the government is not good at running anything.
Consider the sources, a certain group makes huge profits every year and will continue to rake in the profits by maintaining the status quo. Conservatives are just out to make sure that the Obama administration does not achieve anything constructive so they can be trounced in the next election year. And Palin, well let’s just say she’s short of a few of the old gray cells.
And as much as the Republican opposition hates government, they all seem so eager to work for the government. They don’t all volunteer to resign except for Palin; they enjoy the perks of their various jobs while literally screwing their constituents. They believe empathy is a dirty word; they also want us to continue to trust in them because they’ve all done such a marvelous job these past eight years.
The thing is, government might not be the best answer to the problems facing this country considering the past eight years, but since this is a democracy, and unlike North Korea, Iran or Insurance companies our government is accountable to us. We reserve the right to kick them out whenever we want if they are not working in our interest. Insurance companies have only their own interest at heart, and that interest is to make as much money as they can. We also have no control over what they do, they can deny coverage and have unfair practices but there is nothing anyone can do since we have no option.
The American people deserve to have the best health care coverage possible and since insurance companies cannot provide that unless forced to, then a strong competition should be made available. The strongest competition will be a public option which is subsidized by the government and anyone who is not happy with their health insurance can join as well as all the other uninsured or underinsured Americans.
If the economic downturn of the past year has taught us anything, it is that private companies are run by selfish adults who behave more like children. They need constant supervision which in this case will translate to regulations so they don’t mismanage the companies they are in charge of while lining their own pockets with fat bonuses. The culture of getting paid while running the company you are in charge of into the ground and lack of adequate regulations led us into this crisis. We shouldn’t let the health insurance companies lead us into another crisis in future.
If they can spend millions of dollars on campaigns to kill the proposed health care reform, then they can damn well afford to provide the best coverage for the American people.
It makes you wonder though, if they are doing such a good job why are they afraid of reform.
And to those elected officials who are more interested in defeating the president’s agenda than in representing the needs of their constituents, it is time for them to wake up and smell the coffee. Insurance companies might be bankrolling their campaigns but their constituents’ votes for them; insurance companies can only provide so many votes on Election Day. We the American people elect you to represent us not the insurance companies. It is time to stop reading PR memos from insurance companies and lobbyist and have a real debate that will lead to a real reform, because lost in the midst of all the back and forth and ideological divide is the absolute truth that we need better health care in this country. A government run health care might not be the ultimate solution but let’s at least have the debate. And at the end of the day, a reform that matters not a series of rules that translates to nothing in the real world.
Yetunde Adurota writes from Washignton for trendy africa
Culture and Color Epitomize the 50th Birthday of Tonye Dagogo-Jack
TEXAS – Anyone who has ever had a doubt about Africans especially Nigerians being the happiest people on earth should have been live witnesses to the grand birthday event of Tonye Dagogo-Jack.
People from all races, ethnic cultural backgrounds and professions all gathered at the Blue Cypress grand hall in Arlington to honor Tonye at 50. It was truly an event that redefined the essence of celebration that has it’s true foundation based on love.
Mrs. Roselyn Dagogo Jack, Wife of the celebrant had spent several months planning what was supposed to be a grand surprise but no thanks to chatters. Anyway, the celebrant expressed his surprise at the overwhelming turnout of guests who had come to show love.
The Birthday party had an exotic flavor to it as seen with the rich apparels adorned by family, the flowing corals on the necks of the celebrant and the presence of grilled snails on the menu list. What more; there was just so much canapes and high end thirst quenchers available. My verdict? another “A+” party.
Photos by Chibuzor Okonta and Tosan Aduayi for Trendy Africa. Trendy Africa is a Multi Media Production Company based in Texas and are Publishers of Trendy Africa Magazine, Trendy Africa Fashion Xtra and www.trendyafrica.com
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