Random bits

Ok so Carmen Ejogo has a new role, she's on NBC's new drama "Kidnapped." You should remember the half Nigerian, half Brit actress for her roles in "Lackawanna Blues", and as Coretta Scott King in "Boycott"

ABSA Soweto Festival starts today and runs until September 25th in Kliptown, Soweto. This is the largest festival in Soweto and has a trade fair atmosphere. IBM is also sponsoring a career village during this year's fesitval

Tommorow, in Washington, DC. Ghanaian first lady,Theresa Kufuor, will be hosting a gala fundraiser with the African Women's Cancer Awareness Association at the Capital Hilton Hotel. This is a great cause because we're too silent, and this disease affects us (in the continent and in the diaspora) too.