http://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/©2008 MyItThings.com. All Rights Reserved.Award-winning screenwriter, novelist, travel writer, journalist, and college professor.Sat, 03 May 2008 19:42:47 GMT60http://myitthings.com/images/editors/120/11152007100657AMu.jpghttp://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:07:45 GMThttp://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/Has_the_Afro_Become_an_Endangered_Species_/571115200709379566.htmhttp://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/Has_the_Afro_Become_an_Endangered_Species_/571115200709379566.htmfashionIt Thing<p><A target="_Blank" Href="http://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/Has_the_Afro_Become_an_Endangered_Species_/571115200709379566.htm"><img src="http://myitthings.com/images/posts/120/1115200793737AMr.jpg" title="Macy_Gray_s_Sky_High_Afro"/></A>The congo drums rumbled in syncopated rhythm. A stylishly nappy couple in African garb Watusi-ed across the TV screen. "Wantu wazuri, use Afro Sheen," sang out the commercial jingle. "Beautiful people, use Afro Sheen."<br/><br/>A sky-high Afro hairstyle was quite the beauty accessory for 1960’s and 70's Black America. Everyone had an Afro from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin, Hollywood's Cicely Tyson and ... <A target="_Blank" Href="http://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/Has_the_Afro_Become_an_Endangered_Species_/571115200709379566.htm">[Original Post on MyItThings.com]</A></p>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:28:10 GMThttp://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/How_Sandra_Got_Her__Style__Groove__Lost__and_Got_it_Back_Again/561115200709239565.htmhttp://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/How_Sandra_Got_Her__Style__Groove__Lost__and_Got_it_Back_Again/561115200709239565.htmfashionIt Thing<p><A target="_Blank" Href="http://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/How_Sandra_Got_Her__Style__Groove__Lost__and_Got_it_Back_Again/561115200709239565.htm"><img src="http://myitthings.com/images/posts/120/1115200792139AMu.jpg" title="The_author__avant_Paris_"/></A>In Terri McMillan’s loosely autobiographical How Stella Got Her Groove Back (later made into a movie) an overworked, love-starved middle-aged woman travels to Jamaica and falls for a man half her age. Her real-life Prince Charming unfortunately, just sashayed out of the closet where he’d been hiding all along. I guess that old groove thing has gotten away from Stella once again. <br/><br/>My own closet ... <A target="_Blank" Href="http://myitthings.com/jacksonopoku/Post/fashion/It_Thing/How_Sandra_Got_Her__Style__Groove__Lost__and_Got_it_Back_Again/561115200709239565.htm">[Original Post on MyItThings.com]</A></p>