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Charlize Theron
I just love this beautiful and wonderful Oscar winning actress from South Africa.
I love Charlize Theron intoto.
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I found the Rose of Sharon
In the Garden of Eden
The Eden of heaven
The Rose of Zion.
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah
Our Saviour and our Messiah.
I received Him into my heart.
He is our Lord Jesus Christ.
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| Nigerian Afro-pop artist, Femi Kuti, plays June 18 during a concert in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Tony Karumba / AFP-Getty Images) |
The stage reverberates with funky, groovy and danceable music. A trio of supple ladies enters the stage, gyrating their bodies in the most sensual way, to the applause of an exuberant audience. The venue is the Harare Gardens, Caltex Stage, in Zimbabwe. It is a rare music concert brought up by Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa). The musician is a rare face to this part of the world. But as he wound up his enthralling show, his name — Femi Kuti — is indelibly printed on their minds.
Born June 1962, in Lagos, the son of legendary Nigerian Afro-Beat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Femi is a musical icon and a worthy successor to his father. Nimble footed, humorous on stage but hard-hitting in both his lyrics and talk, Femi has added a new dimension to the polyrhythmic sound in which his father specialized. Through flawless performances he has added the exuberance of young Lagos as well as the sound of American dance music such as house.
He first rose to fame in 1985 when he appeared in place of his father at the Hollywood Bowl after Fela was arrested at Lagos Airport on a dubious fraud charge. Femi delighted the audience with the same strident saxophone style and self-assured stage presence of his father. By 1987, he had formed his own band, the Positive Force, and their debut album “No Cause for Alarm” was released on Polygram Nigeria. It was an effective blend of soul and jazz with driving percussion and sociopolitical lyrics. He says of his music: “It reflects in my everyday living. I am a stronger believer in love.”
“My music gives hope to many lives,” he continued. “We perform five days in a row and two days are not for shows. We perform to twenty-three thousands of fans every night in Lagos. After every each show people are renewed and have great strength again.”
Femi’s music is intense and it embodies delightful and shindig melodies. The music is an amalgam of the West African fusion of “agit-pop” lyrics and dance rhythms, which has a major medium of social protest for the urban populace.
Like his father, some of his protest songs have provoked the ire of the authorities in Nigeria.
“Music is supposed to give hope and liberate. You see, I will sing music despite what the authorities decides is best for the people. I am not afraid of any force or those who try to prevent me in any way. I am not afraid to die. Even those who kill will die one day.” Femi says, resonating his father’s name Anikulapo (having control over death) Kuti (death cannot be caused by human entity).
The powerful singer says when he performs in Europe and America he is trying to tell them of the crisis in Africa, the corruption and the evil that is going on in Africa.
“I perform in Europe and America to tell them to put pressure to governments in Africa,” he says.
“There is a good 30 years that a number of African musicians have raised critical questions of the way African countries are being governed. There has been a lot of talking of issues of injustices but little justice is being done. The problem of Africa is how many things a person owns, how much money, cars, houses but when we die we will all be put in one coffin,” he says philosophically.
As it is recounted, Femi’s father needed all his ceremonial power on February 18, 1977, when the army mounted an attack on his home — a walled compound of houses called Kalakuta republic. Some 1000 soldiers cordoned off the area, set fire to the premises and viciously attacked the occupants. [Fela Anikulapo Kuti died from AIDS in 1997.]
While his recordings have drawn acclaim, it is during his live concerts that Femi really shines. He is equal parts comedian and teacher. He also showcases his voice as an instrument. Most of his songs touch social issues of human rights, provision of shelter, good education and good governance.
To many Femi holds an indelible mark, the hope Africa needs.
[Femi Kuti’s most recent album, “The Best of Femi Kuti,” was released earlier this year. Other notable albums include “Fight to Win” (2001) and “Shoki Shoki” (2000).]
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I am bringing you another portrait of another famous Nigerian born singer who is even bigger than Seal. Our own beloved Folashade Adu.
Sade Adu
biography, Lovers Rock and Best of CD
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Sade Adu is one of the distinctive voices in pop music. She has developed her unique, inimitable style which sets her apart from the average pop singer. Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1959. She is the daughter of a Nigerian economics professor and an English nurse. After her parents' divorce, she grew up in Colchester, Essex, England, where she moved with her mother when she was four. At the age of seventeen, she began to study fashion at St. Martin's School of Art. She also worked as a photo model.
In 1980, Sade became a member of the Latin-funk group Arriva. She began to write her own songs. Her first title was Kisses From The Kama Sutra. Together with the guitarist of Arriva she wrote Smooth Operator, which later became one of her biggest hits. In 1981, Sade switched to background vocal singer in the London funk band Pride. Rapidly, she became a fixed member of the band and began to compose together with the group's saxophonist Stuart Matthewman. For two years, she toured with Pride. In 1983, she separated from the band. Matthewman, Paul Denman and Andrew Hale followed her. Together with the drummer Paul Cook, they intended to form a new band. The soul-jazz-pop quintet made its debut at Ronnie Scott's Club in 1983. The then Pride-manager Lee Barrett had invested £8,000 in the project. In 1984, Sade signed with Epic Records. The contract guaranteed her £60,000 and 14% of the record revenues. The rest of the band had to deal with Sade - that was an usual deal in the record business at the time.
Already in February of 1984, Sade had a hit with the single Your Love Is King. In the UK a #4, in the US a #54. Four weeks later, Sade began to record her debut album. In May, the single When Am I Gonna Make A Living was released and made it to #31 in the UK. The album Diamond Life was released in July (UK#1, USA#5, D#1). The record stayed in the British charts for 98 weeks and sold over six million copies worldwide. The single Smooth Operator was another hit (US#5, UK#18, D#11). In 1985, Diamond Life was awarded the prize for Best British Album of 1984.
Sade's second album, Promise, was released the same year and was another success (US#1, UK#1, D#2). The singles Sweetest Taboo (UK#26, US#5, D#2
, It Is A Crime (UK#43, D#57) and Never As Good As The First Time (US#20, D#65) also made it into the charts. The debut album's recipe had hardly been changed, irresistible sweet and soulful music. After a world tour, Sade moved to Spain. In 1987, she acted in the movie Absolute Beginners. She was not only featured in the role of singer Athene Duncannon, she also contributed the song Killer Blow to the film.
In 1988, her album Stronger Than Pride was released (US#7, UK#3, D#4). After a pregnancy leave, Sade had produced it almost all on her own. The title song Stronger Than Pride (UK#44, D#51) as well as the singles Paradise (US#16, UK#29, D#21) and Nothing Can Come Between US also sold relatively well. Again, she went on a world tour. In 1989, she married the music producer Carlos Scola. But the marriage broke up within a few months and plunged the singer into a deep depression.
In 1992, her album Love Deluxe with the singles Feel No Pain (US#56) and No Ordinary Love (UK#26, US#28, D#43) was released. It was her weakest album so far, but the song No Ordinary Love was later used in the film Indecent Proposal with Robert Redford, Demie Moore und Woody Harrelson. Since then, fans had to wait for new songs by Sade. In 1994, the Best of was released.
Although one misses the catchy tunes of former releases on Sade's new album, Lovers Rock (Sony, November 2000), her femininity and sensuality still set her apart in a music scene which almost completely lacks these qualities. Lovers Rock may not be sensational, but it is still an enrichment. The newly released and remastered Best of CD by Sade is a must for fans and all the people who are not familiar with her former albums and hits. Only here, her singing deploys all its magic. It is not without reason that a lot of people used to make love and conceive children while listening to her dreamy, soulful melodies.
Seal is famous all over the music world and often celebrated for his Grammy Award winning hit "Kiss from a Rose" the theme song/sound track for "Batman Forever".
He is British, but his mother was Nigerian and his father was Brazilian. But, I see Seal more as a citizen of the world, because he is more of a universal artiste. A genius in classical rock music. Here is more on Seal from Wikipedia. Enjoy it.
Seal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist. Born Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel, in Paddington, England, his parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. A childhood bout of lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring. After school, he studied architecture and engineering.
Featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", which was a UK number one hit in 1990 (he signed a contract to Sire Records), he subsequently had solo hits such as "Crazy", "Prayer for the Dying", and "Kiss from a Rose" in 1995, which appeared in the film Batman Forever. In 1996 he covered the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" for the Space Jam soundtrack.
He has released three self-titled albums in 1991, 1994 and 2003. The first single released of the 2003 album was called "Get It Together".
On January 4, 2005 Seal announced his engagement to German supermodel and actress Heidi Klum. 
The couple married in May of that year, and Klum is currently expecting his child.
On January 10, 2005 Seal criticized rappers for portraying women negatively in both their videos and lyrics.
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G FOR GENEVEIVE!
"What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined..." |  Pix: George Nweke |
"hi genny, how is your weekend?" - A Nigerian Movie Fan.
The above line was taken from the Guest Book on Nigerian movie actress Genevieve Nnaji's website, http://www.genevievennaji.com/. Yeah, "Genny" is what they call her out here in cyberspace. Or "Gene". Or "'Vieve". Or just "G". How about that? The star/fan relationship has progressed to first names now. At the writing of this piece, there are 3549 entries in the Guest Book, spanning 355 pages of 10 postings per page. The fans stop by for all shades of reasons, but many, like the fan quoted above, merely come to find out how her day or week is going.
For the benefit of those of you who are not Internet savvy, a Guest Book is like an online message book. It is a series of messages left by visitors to a website, just as visitors to a house will leave notes to indicate they were around. Now, 3549… That's a lot of entries for any Guest Book. Even the biggest Hollywood stars usually have just a smattering of entries on their websites. Imagine you received so many visitors to your house within the space of a month (the Domain name was only registered late September 2003). Don't forget it isn't everyone that visits this particular house that leaves a written message. Some, like me, just sniff around and leave without a word.
What else do you need to identify a superstar in the making?
"hi, how come u don't reply mails" - A Nigerian Movie Fan.
Buddy, did Jennifer Lopez ever reply your mail? Why do you think Genevieve Nnaji will? Can you imagine how many other fans like you are scattered around the world, waiting for her to respond to a phone call or email or personal visit? We are commoners and the stars live up there while we live down here. When they give us a good movie, they are sharing a part of their souls with us and we need to be contented with that. So don't get all itchy if Ms. Nnaji is unable to personally contact you. That is the way it works worldwide. The stars shine while we bask in that glow…
But isn't Genevieve Nnaji slowly becoming the Nigerian movie industry's first true superstar? She is transcending stardom into…SUPERSTARDOM! It takes a series of factors to make this possible. Nigerian movies are suddenly earning international attention (acclaim will come later!) for the industry's ingenuity and resourcefulness amidst a stifling economic environment. The Internet is getting a foothold in Nigeria, and our youngsters are beginning to realize the vast possibilities awaiting them thereon. Nigerians in the Diaspora and Africans have discovered how to connect with the cultures they left behind through watching Nigerian movies, which in turn has led many reputable international publications to do stories on the Nigerian phenomenon (the movies, not 419). Oh, we should not ignore the GSM revolution in Nigeria, the ease of text messaging, the availability of phones to many youngsters who can now yap and yap and yap all day and night about the latest movie and star and…And Genevieve Nnaji, just at the appropriate age of 24, appears to be the front of this national and cross-continental conquest?
Of course we have stars aplenty in the movie industry. I mean what do you call Liz Benson, lovely elegant Lizzy of so many men's fantasies? Then there's Regina Askia, no strong actress, but a graceful head-turning model and beauty queen. Oh, and how can we skip Uche Osotule, angelic, a lady to the hilt, unpretentious, endowed with an incredible acting range that most male actors playing against her have been seriously incapable of equaling. There are others, stars all of them, faces that briskly move video movies on retailers' shelves.
These other folks, however, have functioned largely within Nigeria. They are just now being exported as much as Nnaji, but the other factors, those external things that no actor has any control over, did not come together for these most beloved leading ladies at the right age and time. And so they remain enormously popular, makers of the way, but it is Genevieve Nnaji that is benefiting from all the hard work they have done. Nnaji is the one becoming more than a star, the superstar!
"please genevieve can you give me your Email address or phone number" - A Nigerian movie fan.
What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. She is a talented actress, no doubt about that. The amount of talent dripping from one of her little fingers is more than many of our other female leading ladies can boast in their entire body. Even when she's being a bad girl, as in the irrationally jealous sister role she played against the under-challenged Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde in Blood Sisters, she steals scenes. No, she doesn't steal scenes...The scenes become her. The scenes simply develop a mind all their own and mould themselves lovingly around her. You have to look at her face. It calls you. A beautiful girl, she uses those eyes compellingly. Its like the camera was made for her!
Hers is the kind of unannounced presence that goes on to permeate the place and space. Charisma… She oozes charisma, easily outshining others in the same scene with her merely by her gestures, even without lines. Some would call it over-acting. I think it is just a lack of polish, an absence of technique, the result of too many classes in the confusing schools of experience under the tutelage of directors that are themselves in need of directing, in dire need of schooling in their craft.
"i wanna take ya to the alter b december 29 so start praying that our dream will come true when charly boy will be our mc .ilv ya start fasting and praying now .but ino get money . say amen." - A Nigerian Movie Fan
Admittedly, Nnaji's greatest admirers are the teenagers and university students. But, historically, this is the constituency that has always worshipped stars, the followers worldwide that make stars shine. They have the youthful spirit and time to devote to icon worship. And don't forget, they grow up to become full adults and they never let go of their stars.
Genevieve Nnaji, like the great Nigerian model Oluchi Onweagba before her (http://www.oluchi.com) hawks possibilities, the fact that the girl next door can grab the stars and walk above the clouds. She symbolizes hope for many who dream of breaking into the burgeoning Nigerian movie industry. She plays all the romantic leads, representing the girls about her age who are in reality just discovering love and heartaches and kisses and stuff. She also sells intrigue and mystery and has a member of the Naijarules.com movie forums wondering with confidently marshaled statistics why Ramsey Noah appears only to touch lips with her and no other leading lady in many movies?
"Hello, how is life treating you? my name is chris from edo state. u can't beleive how far i went to get your phone number.i sent u msg with my phone ystday. i love to hear from you. my tel…" - A Nigerian Movie Fan.
Nnaji gives many aspiring youngsters out there a chance to believe that they can also become somebody, stars paid for doing what seems so simple, something they love. Genevieve has got a lot of youngsters considering a career in the movies. Talented, fashionable, great looking, photogenic, getting well paid… These are all characteristics that the average youngster seeks. Everyone wants to be popular. Everyone wants to shine like a star…and the star today has a name: Genevieve Nnaji. All the girls want to be Genevieve Nnaji.
To become a superstar, Nnaji has to be exportable, and that she is already. Projects in Ghana, Sierra Leone, London, all over. Nnaji appeals just as warmly to Kenyans and Liberians and South Africans and Ghanaians who avidly watch Nigerian home videos at home and abroad. Genevieve is leading that market into new territories today.
She took the extra step of projecting herself beyond Nigeria by having a website constructed, arguably the most trafficked Nigerian site on the Internet as at the time of this writing. WhoIs information reveals the Domain was only registered late in September 2003, and at the rate of about 200 Guest Book entries daily, it has been online for about 17 days as at the time of this writing. Its fame spread like wildfire, a jolly virus. 3549 entries in 355 pages in two weeks… That is phenomenal by Internet standards, probably unequaled by any star below the level of a Britney Spears. It has become one of the most popular sites on the Internet in a matter of days, a Mecca for her legion of fans who are seemingly incapable of getting enough of this beautiful princess from some hyperbolic dream, a fantasy creature strutting her sweet stuff across our captivated reality.
"God's gift to you is you life and what you become in life is your gift to him. You must give your life totaly to god. Use the gift he, god, has blessed you with to win souls for him. Then you can sit back and smile at the work of your hands." - A Nigerian Movie Fan.
Hers was the second site to come online, second only to Richard Mofe-Damijo's rmdpromotions.com. And she filled the space only with what they want - little information, a little taste of her glamorous world. The website adds to her mystery, from the first page where she peeps from behind a veil asking you to come in and discover - through the carefully selected photos that adorn the sparse pages. Every image flashes that mischievous smile that is melting and breaking hearts around the world.
The entries in the Guest Book are mostly from Nigeria, but African countries and North American regions are also well represented. The thoughts expressed in the pages are often sporadic, but true in their spontaneity, sincere in their intentions. Love is the word used most on his website. "I love you…" I don't think the word has ever been used within any limited space as often as is used site. They love their icon. Many leave their phone numbers, email addresses, in hope of a reply…especially the young men who just want to marry her.
She hasn't acted in an international collaboration the size of Richard Mofe-Damijo's Critical Assignment. Unlike RMD, she does not have an agent in South Africa, but her name is just as recognisable as his, if not more so. And she is 18yrs younger than he is. As it says in the pop hit, "time is on my side" should be Nnaji's song. The best years of her career are still ahead.
Now, it is normal for celebrities to get x-rayed and "exposed", if you know what I mean. Understandably, some with eyes like knives are already piercing her with their scrutiny. Posts on the site for instance wonder why she does not mention a "child" they claim she had before she became a star. Some wonder why she is still single. Some call her prostitute. A particular post that seems to buttress other claims that she is "snobbish" goes thus: 'hi, dnt've much 2 say,just dat u shuld try & be nice 2 ppl u meet out der.cos i watchd u insult a security man in ctizens bank in enugu ova nutin dat wsnt calld 4.dat was 2 bad girl.well,like u sed in ur prfile"do un2 odas what u want them 2 do 2 u"'.
Yes, the walls still have those ears and eyes. So does everything else these days. The benefits of stardom come first. Then the unceasing scrutiny and stress emerge and you want only to get away from it. Some just hurl stones at her for no obvious reason: "Are you sure you are not more than 30 years .why didnt you tell us when you finish your sec chool. anyway try and go back to school. Dont be carried away with this so called your site , beside i dont know who you think you are ." Should we call that advice? This definitely is: "What were you readind . Well if it is true that you left school for acting that is rubbish , beside i thought you said your mother was a teacher. Take a good look at most of the actors , they are all well educated . My dear go back to school."
For some, the interest is merely "professional": "l want you to help me to be part of actors in nigeria movies" and "learn to stop acting crazy parts in movies and pls stop acting with Ramsey Noah." For this person, it is an eye-opening experience: "Hi Genny,guess u moved me into watching Nigerian Movies!i have always looked on them as a waste of time and not inspiring,but when watched Keping Faith i realised there was more sophistication than i thought. the movie inspired me a lot.K". For others, it is a matter of life and death: "Sweetheart,plz mail me if u dont mail me this night i ll dieoo".
Look at her and tell me who she reminds you of… Halle Berry, African American Oscar winning movie superstar… Janet Jackson, African American Grammy winning Singer… She is black like them. And she has their fragile, yet strong friendly features. Her smile is winningly handsome, electric, tickling the heart. Like them, she has that graceful frame that seems to fit into the international world's conception of beauty.
As has been noted elsewhere, a star is perpetually in character. Once you become a celebrity of that magnitude, you must be playing a role round the clock because your audience never goes to sleep. There is no relaxing your guard. It is a stressful existence and a stars' simply human mistakes are blown often out of proportion. A second chance is hard to come by after that first impression. Add to that the worries of losing your fame, a thought that crosses every star's mind at some point...Once you grab the klieg lights, you never want to be obscure again.
What is the difference between the stars who remain icons for many years and those who die out quickly? Good and bad films. The secret to retaining that stardom is selecting good movies and constantly staying in the imagination of the people by never revealing all in your personal arsenal. The day they find out all there is to know, that's the day they will start looking for another unopened box. A good manager's worth is unquantifiable. As at the writing of this piece, I know Nnaji has management offers that she is considering. If she selects the right manager who has a vision for her that reaches beyond our borders, beyond even the stars, then she will go far. It's going to take targeted packaging. Perhaps it will take much more than anyone of us can even begin to imagine for this conquering lioness to saunter into the world outside Nigeria, a world that is known to Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Halle Berry and Denzel Washington…Superstars all… Maybe another fan, Vanessa, has the answer in her short entry: "i prayed for u today. i care a lot"
Thank you Vanessa. And thank you "G' for bringing so much excitement and glamour into our lives.
Dr. Matthias Rath is an awesome medical doctor. It is challenging to address the person and phenomenon of this ninth wonder of the world. Could all his medical breakthroughs be true? He has the answer to so many diseases that one would be too overwhelmed to interview him. This is an introduction to the real Doctor of all cases. We believe Dr. Matthias Rath is a God sent man of medical miracles.
Clinical Proof: Micronutrients Reverse the Course of AIDS!
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Dear Attendees of the Conference on AIDS and Nutrition,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Over the past two decades the AIDS epidemic has grown into a health problem unparalleled in human history. Millions of people have already died and tens of millions of people are hoping for and expecting solutions that would spare them a similar fate.
People and governments around the world are looking to scientists to come up with the answers to decrease the suffering and economic burden imposed by the immune deficiency epidemic AIDS.
But the solution is at hand. For nearly a century, textbooks of biology, biochemistry and other natural science disciplines have document the following facts about immune deficiencies:
Unfortunately, while these facts are basic knowledge in biological sciences, they are excluded from medical practice and withheld from the people of the world. The pharmaceutical industry systematically prevents the widespread dissemination of this information to protect investors and promote its patented drugs.
The exporting of patented antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people affected with the HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a multi-billion dollar business and a tool to renew old colonial dependencies of the developing world. Non-patentable, natural health solutions threaten the very existence of this drug business and are being vigorously attacked.
The Dr. Rath Health Foundation has been a leader in scientific discovery and the promotion of the health benefits of essential nutrients in the area of cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases. More than half a million people worldwide have already benefited from these natural health programmes and our websites are the leading source of science based natural health information in the world (www.dr-rath-health-foundation.org, www.drrathresearch.org).
My scientific discoveries contributed to these advances in science-based natural health. In the fight against HIV/AIDS, the finding that the amino acid lysine in combination with certain other micronutrients can block the spread of viruses through the connective tissue of our body paves the way for the control of this disease - by natural means.
This new scientific approach has now been confirmed in a clinical pilot study. We present here for the first time the results of this clinical study in HIV infected patients who had developed advanced stages of AIDS. They received a combination of vitamins and other essential nutrients for a period of four weeks. None of the patients had received any ARV drugs prior to or during this nutritional program.
The clinical condition of all patients significantly improved, including weight gain, decreased lymph node swellings, healing of ulcers and other signs of recovery. These clinical improvements were paralleled by dramatic improvements in the production of immune system-related white blood cells. The blood test results conducted before and after four weeks of this nutrient synergy program showed significant increase in the body’s defense cells, including lymphocytes, monocytes and other immune function cells.
Considering these results of effective, safe and affordable natural therapies - excluding any ARV drugs - it is obvious that the pharmaceutical interests are running amok. They not only fear the loss of a multi-billion market of ARV drugs - at stake is the entire credibility of their investment business.
This is why - in an unprecedented step - representatives of these drug interests within the WHO and other UN bodies have directly attacked this groundbreaking work of our Foundation. Against the will of the people of the world, who once set up the UN as an international body to improve the lives of all mankind, these drug-related interest groups abused these United Nation's bodies in a desperate attempt trying to block this breakthrough from reaching all mankind.
The people and the governments of the world have to decide whether they are ready to stop being manipulated by the pharmaceutical industry and embrace instead the scientific knowledge that is now available to fight the global HIV/AIDS epidemic with effective, safe and affordable natural means.
The Dr. Rath Health Foundation protects its intellectual property in order to prevent it from being taken hostage by pharmaceutical investment interests. However, this scientific knowledge is given for free to the government of South Africa as well as any other government in the world that is ready to implement it in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
If you are interested to learn more, please contact us.
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Dr. Rath was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1955. After graduating from medical school he worked as a physician and researcher at the University Clinic of Hamburg, Germany and the German Heart Center in Berlin. His research focused on the causes of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
In 1987, Dr. Rath discovered the connection between vitamin C deficiency and a new risk factor for heart disease- lipoprotein(a). After publication of these research findings in the American Heart Association journal “Arteriosclerosis,” Dr. Rath accepted an invitation to join two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling. In 1990 he went to the United States to become the first Director of Cardiovascular Research at the Linus Pauling Institute in Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Rath worked together with the late Nobel Laureate in various areas of nutritional research. The two scientists became close personal friends who shared common humanistic values, including their determination for peace and justice. In 1994, shortly before his death, Linus Pauling stated: “There is no doubt in my mind that I was thinking about Dr. Rath as my successor.”
Today Dr. Rath heads a research and development institute in nutritional and Cellular Medicine. His institute is conducting basic research and clinical studies to scientifically document the health benefits of micronutrients in fighting a multitude of diseases. Dr. Rath is the founder of the scientific concept of Cellular Medicine, the systematic introduction into clinical medicine of the biochemical knowledge of the role of micronutrients as biocatalysts in a multitude of metabolic reactions at the cellular level. Applying this scientific knowledge in the fight against diseases, he and his research team have identified the following common health conditions as being primarily caused by chronic deficiencies of micronutrients:
Dr. Rath is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Heart Association and other scientific organizations. His popular science books “Why Animals Don’t get Heart Attacks – but People Do” and “Cancer” have sold several million copies in ten languages.
" Fighting for a medical breakthrough against existing interests and dogmas is like sailing on the ocean," says Dr. Rath, "the wind that blows in your face becomes your compass." And he adds: "You don't have to be a university professor or Nobel Laureate; what counts is that heart attacks, strokes, cancer and many other diseases will essentially be unknown in the future."
Dr. Rath is an outspoken advocate for patient rights and for free access to natural health worldwide. His advocacy continues to be instrumental in preventing a global ban on natural health therapies on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry. To protect their global market of patented drugs, this industry is seeking a global ban on preventive and therapeutic health information in relation to natural, non-patentable therapies by abusing the United Nations “Codex Alimentarius” (Food Standard) Commission.
In recognition of his civil courage against the pharmaceutical interests and his efforts on behalf of the people of the world, he received the prestigious 2001 “Bulwark of Liberty Award” from the American Preventive Medical Association.
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The first question that is often asked when LAGBAJA is encountered is, "Why the mask?". The mask is an icon of man’s facelessness.
LAGBAJA performs as a traditional Yoruba masquerade. Lagbaja is a Yoruba word that means somebody, nobody, anybody, everybody, thus , it is the perfect name that depicts the anonymity of the “common man” for whom the artist LAGBAJA has great empathy. The mask and the name together symbolize the faceless and the voiceless in the society.
LAGBAJA’s music is an amalgamation of Jazz, Highlife and traditional Yoruba music. Sometimes the music is purely instrumental, an interplay between traditional Yoruba percussion, chants, talking drums and Western instruments, especially the saxophone. When there are lyrics, they are usually sung in Yoruba, English or a blend of the two as is colloquially spoken in Lagos. While LAGBAJA himself has not categorically given his music a name, the fusion has been referred to by various critics as Afro jazz, Afro beat, Higherlife and Afro pop.
Lagbaja is the most expensive Highlife Jazz Musician in Nigeria with regular live shows at his popular Motherlan Arts Centre in Ikeja on the mainland of Lagos in Nigeria. If you visit Nigeria and you have not watched Lagbaja, then you have missed one of the most romantic and exotic tourist attractions in Nigeria.
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This is the latest and the first interview of the popular Nigerian born Musician Aladin who is based in Austria on his forthcoming visit to his country of origin Nigeria and on his latest CD.
1. When you released your first CD, you were already getting some recognition in Nigeria. I mean the radio stations were often playing your songs. So, why did you leave Nigeria?
Answer : I left Nigeria because of the uncertainty of the music business from one angle: there was more shark record labels than there were well meaning ones. The other reason was due to lack of security: I was in Jos September 7th 2001 during the
religious/ethnic conflict. I escaped death by a hair’s breath. I left Jos in a group walking hours through the hills and halfway to Abuja on sept.11th. I got to Abuja to hear about the world trade center bombing. I left Nigeria to perform in Paris & Milan in December and I have stayed since.
2. Your peculiar kind of music in Nigeria could not be categorized and most of us couldn't place you very well. Why did you choose to play that kind of fusion of different forms of modern music?
Answer: It gives me joy to experiment with different kinds of sounds & styles. My first album was specially loaded with Northern Nigerian rhythms cos I grew up hearing all kinds of Arewa sounds. This fires up my creativity and this is just the starting point of my Tran global fusion of Arewa sounds.
3. You were always wearing a turban and dressed like a northern Fulani Muslim. Are you from the Northern region of Nigeria? A Muslim?
Answer: My adopted state is Plateau, which makes me a northerner. I am from Kogi state originally, which makes me a middle belter (if there is any grammar like that) and one of my favourite states (Lagos), which makes me a complete Nigerian. The turban is more for artistic identity in line with the origin of my first name Aladin. I am a Christian.
4. How did your background influence your music whilst you were still in Nigeria?
Answer: with my father in the army, my early years were spent doing a lot of moving. But my formative years were in Kaduna were I would hang around “Mai shai” joints after school listening to Dan Maraya, Mamman sharta etc. The Northern Arewa sound was everywhere around me and added to that was my experiences at Masquerade festivals in Igalaland where the rootsy sounds of the drums, local horns, chorus arrangements remain indelible in my memory.
5. Did you make money in Nigeria?
Answer: I would say yes and no. Yes because from 1999 on after years of doing all forms of menial jobs to survive in Lagos, I could finally pay my bills performing live. No because I never got any royalties till date from my album sales on Z-mirage or from P-Wise.
6. Why did you migrate to Europe and why did you choose to live in Austria?
Answer: Actually, Austria choose me cos I never planned to live here. Infact, I never planned to live in the western world but I guess all that has changed. It`s God’s wish that I must thread this path towards refining me for his own purpose. After 3yearsplus, I finally see the point why it had to be this way. I had travelled out to the west before 2001 and never stayed cos I had my plans, but God’s plans has prevailed.
7. How have you fared since you came to Austria?
Answer: Pretty well thanks. Married with an awesome lady, blessed with 3 kids and having worked with some of the top liners in the Electronic/Alternative music scene, I have every cause to give thanks to God.
8. How were your first two years? The cold winter and the summer?
Answer: The wide cultural difference between Austria and Nigeria gave me a shock in my first months and it took me a long time to start adjusting. You could actually loose your identity completely. The first time I experienced winter was in London when I first travelled to Europe. I don’t like wintertime at all! Summer time is super! But, a lot of Austrians travel away from Wien and it could be quite empty except for tourists.
9. How is the music scene in Austria different from the music scene in Nigeria?
Answer: In terms of participation of the State, the Austrian government does a whole lot to promote Classicals&opera. The Nigerian government needs to wake up in this area and realise for example the huge potential in Nollywood and Nigeria Music. When it comes to appreciation of music, I`d say Nigerians are more welcoming to different styles than the average Austrian. Then, there is a distinct underground music scene and mainstream scene in Austria, which doesn’t, really exist in Nigeria: there is no thriving underground music scene in Nija I believe.
10. How have you been received as a musician in Austria?
Answer: the response especially from the fans has been quite positively tremendous! Then it was a pleasant surprise when I was invited earlier this year by Universal music to take part in the Tsunami relief project called “Austria For Asia”. The only minus is that there is no market ripe in Austria yet for African music.
11. Are you the only Nigerian or African playing music in Austria?
Answer: No, I’m not. There are a couple of rappers,djs and musicians representing. I’ve collaborated with two of them: Item 7 (who is featured on my new single) and dj 3gga who I’ve featured with.
12. Have changed your style of music now? I mean different from the style you’re performed in Nigeria?
Answer: As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. I had to re-invent the Mc in me during my first months in Austria. I was mcing to drum&bass, uk garage&breakbeats, dancehall etc. as a result, I got invited to feature on releases from different artists because they saw I could sing, rap, fling inna Jamaican dancehall style et al. So, 70% of my style has been different the last 3years.
13. How many CDs have you sold in Austria?
Answer: None. Because I haven’t released any album from me. But my collaborative efforts have been okay. One of the songs I wrote with I-Wolf of the Sofa Surfers collective stayed on the Austrian fm4 charts for four weeks late last year.
14. You perform in concerts, nightclubs and bars?
Answer: I started out here in the clubs and moved on to perform at festivals and private functions with different formations.
15. Are you more appreciated in Austria than in Nigeria?
Answer: I would say it is relative, but I guess more in Nigeria because I had an album released already. There have been calls for me to work on releasing an album here but it should take a while still.
16. Now on your latest CD. Can you tell us what is so special about it and why should millions of music lovers like it enough to buy your CD?
Answer: After a period where my artistic freedom has been limited by different causes in the last years after my first Nigerian album, it is yet time again to reflect the natural African Aladin.Adding my other influences from my experiences here, this cd should be titled AladinExtra! I want my fans and music lovers to expect God’s miracle unfolding in this new work. It’s not just me singing anymore! Something has happened and you will know when you hear.
17. So, you assume this CD will sell and will be a best seller?
Answer: Yes. It’s a revelation! These are the years of the aladin.
18. How are you promoting and distributing the CDs?
Answer: As we speak, two videos are already almost finished and ready to go. In Nigeria, I intend to get a promoter/marketer or a licensee to handle it. This time around, no dealing with new labels, we would get that established label that would put in the promotion needed to have the desired results.
19. Are you going to go on the road? Touring Europe?
Answer: With this new album, everything so far has been self-investment with support from my wife and a few Austrian friends; so touring Europe has not been planned yet because of funding. But as soon as some investment in that area surfaces, it would be.
20. When are you going to Nigeria?
Answer: I will be in Nigeria soon. The new album gets released before the end of `2005.
21. Is this a visit or you are returning back to your country to settle down and perform there?
Answer: I can’t settle down completely in Nigeria now until I can sure have things prepared for my family to come down. So, this is back to keep the roots alive. I am actually destined to be globetrotting with performances in different lands and places. That is the dream.
22. Your wife is Austrian?
Answer: No, she is Bulgarian.
23. How and when and where did you meet?
Answer: we met in Church here in Vienna.
24. How long have you been married?
Answer: for three & a half years.
25. How many children do you have?
Answer: We are blessed with 3 children.
26. Where do you see yourself in the music world in ten years time from now?
Answer: First, I should have gotten one or two Grammy before then which has been one of my dreams since I started out almost 13years ago. Be involved in all the humanitarian endeavours God has put on my mind and have my own professional studio and record label to nurture other upcoming artists.
Thank you Aladin.
BY EKENYERENGOZI MICHAEL CHIMA.
JULY 26, 2005.
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