THE GREEN AFRICA AMERICA TOURS 2014--2024 CO SPONSORED BY THE AGOA ASSOCIATION

& THE AGOA EU ACP CONSORTIA WORLDWIDE

THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA ARE YOU & YOUR FIRM IGNORING

A MARKET OF MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE BY 2014 & 2 BILLION INDIVIDUALs

BY THE YEAR 2050

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-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN AFRICA THROUGH THE AFRICAN GROWTH & OPPORTUNITIES ACT, THE EU ACP ---THE EUROPEAN UNION AFRICA-CARIBBEAN-PACIFIC & Africa TRADE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES of THE GOV ‘T OF Canada

DATE: JUNE 9th 2014 2014

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Subject: KENYA MAMBO POA Programs & Exhibitions

 FOR FURTHER DETAILS & INFORMATION

PLEASE VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE KENYAN DELEGATION

TO THE FESTIVAL AT www.kenyamambopoa.com AN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

Entitled: ‘SAVE OUR AFRICAN ELEPHANTS & BIODIVERSITY

' Speakers and Hosts for this Special Feature

of the 2014 Smithsonian Folk Life Program' will be:

Professor -Darryl Obama -Prevost,

Professor Elkana Ong'esa &

Professor John Akama

one of the World's Greatest experts on African Tourism & Biodiversity

will be the Keynote Speaker and will sign his new book

Eentitled: TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA

Published By East African Publishers 2013

The GREEN AFRICA Tours Programmers will present a

PAN AFRICAN SCULPTURES EXHIBITION DURING THE SMITHSONI

INVITATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE PRESS & OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR ACTORS,

FROM CHEIKH ANTA DIOP INSTITUTES & ACADEMIES (CADIA),

THE AAADAC ALUMNI CLUBS/

AGOA EU ACP ASSOCIATIONS EVENTS & PROGRAMS FOR 2014-SRING, SUMMER AND WINTER 2014.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE GREEN AFRICA TOUR'S EVENTS & PROGRAMS: 20TH ANNIVERSARY YEARS-1994 -2014'

IN CELEBRATION OF THE ‘AFRICA 3RD MILLENNIUM & BEYOND CONFERENCE, SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS SERIES & CHEIKH ANTA DIOP-

GREEN AFRICA'PROJECTS & PROGRAMS & EVENTS,

SUCH AS: CADIA INSTITUTES & ACADEMIES AFRICA's STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVES,  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CLEAN ENERGY & CLEAN & APPROPRIATE INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS' FEATURING OUR: GUEST LECTURES SERIES & CONCERTS- FESTIVALS SERIES TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS SERIES

 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS FACULTY MEMBERS OF:

CADIA-CHEIKH ANTA DIOP INSTITUTES & ACADEMIES

THE IFAN INSTITUTE, AT CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY,

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA,

ENGLISH FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA,

THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO IN MALI

THE AGOA EU ACP ASSOCIATIONS & COMSORTIA

KISII UNIVERSITY-(GUISI UNIVERSITY)

& OTHER STRATEGIC PARTNERS & INSTITUTIONS EVENTS,

PROGRAMS & MEETINS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES :

THE FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTE OF BLACK AFRICA-

(IN FRENCH)-(INSTITUT FONDAMENTAL D'AFRIQUE NOIRE)

THE CONFERENCE FACILITIES & GROUNDS OF THE MONUMENT TO THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE.

THE AAADAC AFRICAN & AFRICAN AMERICA DIASPORA ALUMNI CLUBS AFFILATED UNIVERSITIES

NAMELY: 90 th BIRTHDAY YEAR (1923-2013/2014)

90th  ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR DR/PROFESSOR CHEIKH ANTA DIOP

30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CADIA AWARDS & GLODEN SPIRIT OF THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AWARDS CEREMONIES HORING THE NILE VALLEY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO CONTRINUTED TO THE GREAT AFRICAN THINKERS SERIES VOLS: 1 & VOLUME 2 YEARS OF PUBLICATION: 1984-1985 OF THE FIRST AND LAST VISIT OF DR DIOP TO THE UNITED STATES & PUBLISHING OF THE BOOK ENTITLED:

'GREAT AFRICAN THINKERS, TRANSACTIONS PRESS SERIES TAKING PLACE DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL-DECEMBER 2014 IN THE USA IN ATLANTA

AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES: EVENT/PROGRAMS:

DURING THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONS' FOLK LIFE FESTIVAL:

DATES: JUNE 24th through JULY 6th , 2014 VENUES:

On The National Mall in Washington, D.C. KEY FEATURES OF EVENTS & PROGRAMS:

OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE KENYAN DELEGATION TO THE FESTIVAL AT:

 www.kenyamambopoa.com

The GREEN AFRICA Tours Programmers will present a

PAN AFRICAN SCULPTURES EXHIBITION DURING THE SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

Entitled: SAVE OUR AFRICAN ELEPHANTS & BIODIVERSITY'

Speakers and hosts for this Special Feature of the 2014 Smithsonian Folk Life Program will be

" Professor -Darryl Obama -Prevost, Professor Elkana Ong'esa &

Professor John Akama one of the World's experts on African Tourism & Biodiversity,

will be the Keynote Speaker and will sign his new book

entitled: ‘TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA' Published By East African Publishers 2013

National Representatives of host African nations have much to offer N. American audiences.

From traditional Dance and musical acts, to western style productions Including modern dance, ballet, and symphonies Africa's Cultural heritage is diverse and of great interest. A cultural tour accompanies this tour for the purposes of Inspiring tourism, economic development and a new way of perceiving this rich continents contribution to global Civilization. The Green Africa America Tour dates for afro-pop, traditional and western styled entertainment are to predominantly coincide with dates associated with regional tour launches were VIP's such as Governors, regional politicians and important AGOA exporters or new to export businesses, SMEs, women and youth owned businesses.

THE GREEN AFRICA TOUR's FEATURED ARTISIT & PHILOSOPHER0HUMANITARIAN OF THE DECADE IS WORLD RENOWN SCULPTER:

Elkana Ong'esa Elkana Ong'esa is well-known for his sculptures and has exhibited his works around the world. The UNESCO building in Paris, for example, has displayed one of Ong'esa's sculptures, Bird of Peace, at its entrance since 1976.

Ong'esa's works have also been exhibited in the US and throughout Asia and Africa. Elkana Ong'esa, Courtesy African Colours Most of Ong'esa's pieces are made out of a type of soapstone called Kisii stone, which is a traditional material found in the Kisii region of southwestern Kenya.

According to Ong'esa, although soapstone is found in many other countries around the world, the Kenyan soapstone is unique. It can be found in white, pink, grey and even black and is quite soft in comparison to other types.

The formation of it is linked to the underwater cooling of lava, from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. Consequently, communities in this region have been using Kisii stone for generations, with rock art carvings being the first examples of its malleability as an artistic material. Dancing Birds,

Elkana Ong'esa, Courtesy African Colours Ong'esa is perhaps best known for his Bird of Peace sculpture that stands outside the UNESCO building in Paris. Although he has still not been reimbursed for the piece - an unfortunate event that according to Business Daily is still trying to be resolved - he has not been deterred from dedicating his life to the arts.

Ong'esa was born into a Kisii artisan community in 1944 and his family is recognized for their contributions to the arts, with both his parents and grandfather prominent in the local arts scene. Ong'esa decided to follow in their footsteps and spent many years studying art academically;

he studied Fine Arts at universities in Uganda and Kenya, completed a postgraduate thesis on East African stone carving in Kenya, and gained a M.Ed in Teaching of Art from McGill University in Canada. He is now an internationally praised art teacher but after teaching overseas for many years,

Ong'esa has also brought his skills back to his hometown of Kisii, where he is a Senior Lecturer for Creative Arts at the Kisii Teachers College as well as holding similar roles at other teaching practices in Africa and North America. Similarly, he helped established his own art school in the Kisii region, so that artists here would have the opportunity for entrepreneurship with the idea that artists can not make art for art's sake and that they need to be able to support themselves with their work. In this sense,

Ong'esa has also been extremely active in mobilizing socio-economic resources and promoting income-generating activities for his community. As an artist, he feels like his experiences have enabled him to be both the teacher and the student and is grateful for the shared creative moments he has gained from these interactions.

By Sarah Mitchell (1) PLEASE SEND US YOUR OFFICIAL LETTERS OF CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION, (2) LEVEL OF INTEREST AS: (A) DELEGATES: (B) INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR: (C) EXHIBITORS (D) /BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MEETINGS PROGRAMS & EVENTS PARTICIPANT

AND /OR SPONSORS OF CADIA-CHEIKH ANTA DIOP AWARDS-GOLDEN SPIRIT OF THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AWARDS - ***AFRICA 3RD MILLENNIUM & BEYOND EVENTS/PROGRAMS Proposed Africa 3rd Millennium & Beyond Seminars Series To be held during the GREEN AFRICA TOURS EVENTS, CEREMONIES & PROGRAMS LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INTEREST LEVEL DOCUMENT

Venues proposed: In Dakar: Proposed Venue: KING FAUD HOTEL IN LES ALMADIES -(DAKAR, SENEGAL)

AT THE SOUVNEIR MONUMENT CONFERENCE COMPLEX IN THE CORNICHE FANN RESIDENCE AREA OF DAKAR, SENEGAL & OTHER PROGRAMS, EVENTS, CONCERTS TO BE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:

THE SENEGAL NATIONAL THEATER THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND GROUNDS OF THE MONUMENT TO THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE (Formally the Sheraton President Hotel at NGOR-Dakar Dakar, Senegal)

SPONSOR EXHIBITOR AND ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE THE EVNTS LISTED ABOVE GREEN AFRICA AMERICA EU ACP TRADE & TOURISM EXHIBITION, CONCERTS, B 2 B SEMINARS: ENTITLED' AFRICA 3rd MILLENNIUM& BEYOND SUB TITLED: PROFITABLE BUSINESS & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES VENUES: CONFIRMED: OBAMA BEACH HOTEL &

ENTRANCE FEES:

$ 25 US DOLLARS STUDENTS,

$ 50 US DOLLARS SMEs

$ 75 US DOLLARS TRAVEL AGENCIES & CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MEMBERS & AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS,

V.I.P.s $ 100 US DOLLARS EXHIBITION COSTS:

SME -(SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES)-$ 250 DOLLARS MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES- &

300 U.S. DOLLARS LARGE SCALE ENTERPRISES OVER 100 EMPLOYEES

$ 750 US DOLLARS TOURIST BOARDS-CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & ASSOCIATIONS:

$ 1,500 U.S. DOLLARS-BENEFITS PROGRAM SPEAKER, PANEL DISCUSSION OPPORTUNITIES, PROGRAM DECORATED WITH ORGANIZATION, CHAMBER BOARD LOGOS WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ARTICLES DEDICATED

TO SPONSORING/EXHIBITING ORGANIZATION/ENTITY. PRESS ORGANS-$ 275 US DOLLARS

FYI- FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

CONTACT: THE GREEN AFRICA TOUR COORDINATOR ON

TELEPHONES: : +(220) 778-2941 or on +(254) 735 499 735  

24 hours for further details.

RSVP AT: CADIAINSTITUTES@AOL.COM

 : 90THANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE LATE DR. - PROFESSOR CHEIKH ANTA DIOP & TRIBUTES TO OTHER GREAT THINKERS PLUS

CELEBRATION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATIONS VOLS. I & II PUBLISHED IN 1984 & 1985

GREAT ‘AFRICAN THINKERS ‘ ON DIOP'S 1ST USA VISIT IN 1985

CURRICULUM VITAE: PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSOR DARRYL R. OBAMA-PREVOST YEAR:

PUBLICATIONS: CPO-COMMUNITY PROJECTS OFFICE RESOURCE DIRECTORY-

PUBLISHED JANUARY 1981 CPO-GRANTSMANSHIP AND FUND RAISING RESOURCE GUIDE PUBLISHED

JANUARY 1981 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:

TRANSLATED THE WORKS OF THE LATE GREAT AFRICAN SCIENTIST PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND NUCLEAR PHYSICIST, EGYPTOLOGIST, BIOCHEMIST, ECONOMIST, SOCIOLOGIST, TECHNICIAN,

 MATHEMATICIAN, AND POLITICIAN: DR. CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY OF DAKAR IFAN INSTITUTE (INSTITUT FONDAMENTAL D'AFRIQUE NOIRE) UNIVERSITY

-RENAMED-CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY IIN 1986 PARTICIPATED

IN LECTURES HELD IN DR. DIOP'S HONOR AT MOREHOUSE UNIVERSITY AND

AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENCE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

PROFESSOR OBAMA-PREVOST WAS THE  YOUNGEST SCHOLAR PRESENT AND

WAS  COMMENDED BY THE LATE MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING AND ANDREW YOUNG

PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS PUBLISHED BY

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY TRANSACTIONS PRESS IN 1985 , 1986 & 1989 ,

PUBLICATIONS IN GREAT AFRICAN THINKERS: DR. CEIKH ANTA DIOP TITLE OF ARTICLE PUBLSIHED:

‘THE METALLURGY OF IRON DURING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EMPIRE

‘ L'antiquité africaine par l'image-AFRICAN ANTIQUITY BY PICTURES-

PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR LOBAMA- PREVOST AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER

WITH THE LATE DR. ST. CLAIRE DRAKE STANFORD UNIVERSITY's

-AFRICAN AND AFRICAN -AMERICAN STUDIES GRADUATION CEREMONIES REFERENCE:

(INVITED BY PROFESSOR SYLVIA WYNTER-DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE AND AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES-AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY by Cheikh Anta Diop - Egypt (Civilization, To 332 BC); PUBLISHED In The African Perspectives Journal Of The University Of California, Berkeley

and the Daily California Newspaper Various Articles, Scientific Monographs of Cheikh Anta Diop Pigmentation Of The Ancient Egyptians, Test By Melanin Analysis The Metallurgy Of Iron During the Ancient Egyptian Empire

A Study OF Migrations, In Central and Western Africa,

The Nilotic Origins Of The Senegalese Peoples Nations Négres et Culture-

(BLACK NATIONS & CULTURE) IN THE AFRICAN ERSPECTIVES JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 1980 by Cheikh Anta Diop Cheikh Anta Diop - 1955 - Find libraries Black race (History); Noirs (Histoire); Egypt (History) L'Afrique noire pré-coloniale: Étude comparée des systèmes politiques et sociaux de l'Europe et ... by Anta Diop, Cheikh Anta Diop -

Find libraries Social structure (History. Africa, Sub-Saharan); Social structure (History., Europe)-

(SUMMARY TRANSLATION) IN THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY JANUARY 1981-1986 LANGUAGE BACKGROUND: FRENCH,

GERMAN AMHARIC, COPTIC, EDO, TWI, WOLOF,

DHOLUO- (THE Language) The People are called the LUO-PRESENTLY STUDYING)

PAN AFRICAN GEMS & PAN AFRICA DIAMONDS DOT COM ARE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE PACA GROUP-PAN AFRICAN CONSULTANTS N& ASSOCIATES (DBA) DOING BUSINESS AS ALSO KNOWN AS 

PANTEXPRO AGOA EU ACP & KD GEMS

CATALOGUE

PANTEXPRO AGOA EU ACP-KD GEMS JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER -(CEO)

PROFESSOR DARRYL OBAMA-PREVOST-(M.DAFFEH)

REGISTERED IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY-(UG)-UGANDA 2010

(DBA), ROAR LIMITED

REGISTERED IN THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES-IN SENEGAL & IN  THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, IN SOUTH SUDAN & QUATAR UAE.

NOTE BIEN  !!!.

All PACA Diamonds and PANTEXPRO AGOA EU AC KD Diamonds abide by the Green Africa America EU AC protocols and Principals of eRSr -Environmental Responsibility, Social Respectability Corporate Citizenry. Please find our Green Africa America EU AC Tours PowerPoint Brochure in the attachments to the email presentation with accompanied this diamond catalogue

SOURCE DIAMOND PRODUCER COUNTRIES/NATIONS:

(1) Angola

(2) Botswana

     (4) Congo Republic

(5) Ghana

(6)Guinea

(7) Kenya

(8)Namibia

(9) Mozambique

(10)                    South Africa

(11)                    Tanzania

(12)                    Zambia

(13)                    Zimbabwe

Large carat size parcel,  83 carats ranging from 16 to 4 (fig. 1.)   Parcels of this nature can be accumulated once a week in all regions.

Fig. 1

Small carat size parcel,  132 carats, ranging from 2 to .2 (fig. 2.)  Parcels of this nature can be accumulated once a day in all regions.

A PORTION ALL SALES PROCEEDS GO TO BENEFIT THE CADIA INSTITUTES AND ACADEMIES PROJECTS IN THE DIAMOND PRODUCER COUNTRIES LISTED ABOVE

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Danny Glover is the dean of African American character actors. Though he has never managed to break through into stardom as has character-lead Morgan Freeman, he remains one of the top character actors working in cinema, constantly in demand, after almost thirty years since making his movie debut in a bit part in the 1979 Clint Eastwood potboiler Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Glover also has established a reputation as an outspoken political progressive, appearing in such productions as the stage production of Howard Zinn's "Voices from A People's History of the United States" and lending his voice to the aspirations of black folk in Africa and the Americas.

Danny Glover was the son of postal workers. The young Danny likely imbibed his taste for political activism from his parents, both of whom were active members of the NAACP. The family moved to San Francisco, where Danny attended George Washington High School. While a teenager, Danny developed epilepsy, which he learned to control by a form of self-hypnosis. (The epileptic seizures stopped after the age of 35.)

While matriculating at SFSC, Glover was a member of the Black Students Union, a group that was instrumental in brining an ethnic studies department to the college by staging a five-month-long student strike. The establishment of the Ethnic Studies Department made SFSC the first American university which such an academic program. Glover has remained committed to progressive causes, and is not afraid, as an actor, to appear in film or stage in works that promote a progressive agenda.

After graduating from high school, Glover attended American University in Washington, D.C. before returning to the Bay Area to attend San Francisco State College (now University). It was at SFSC that he met the woman who was to become his wife, Asake Bomani. The couple were married in 1975, and Glover got a job as a San Francisco city government bureaucrat.

Glover enrolled in the Black Actors Workshop at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater when he was in his late 20s. The Conservatory, one of the premier regional theaters in America, also launched Annette Benning and other actors. Glover received further training at Jean Shelton's Actors Lab in San Francisco. Glover eventually quit his government job and began a life in the theater, moving to Los Angeles.

Glover made his Broadway debut in 1982, playing Willie in Athol Fugard's play about South African apartheid "Master Harold...and the boys," for which he won a Theatre World Award. (Twenty-one years later, he returned to Broadway for the revival of the play, playing Sam.) By the mid-1980s, the 6'3" Glover established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the ranks of talented character actors, appearing in Places in the Heart (1984), Silverado (1985), Witness (1985) and The Color Purple (1985). "Witness", where he played a corrupt police detective, made Glover a marketable commodity in Hollywood, whereas "The Color Purple" established his bona fides as a talented actor. He had arrived.

Glover's on-screen persona is one of a ballsy man who is not to be trifled with. Of all the character actors who have plied their trade in the movies, he is arguably the most militant on-screen presence since the legendary James Cagney. Like Cagney, Glover has a chip on his shoulder, though he is more wary than challenging of those who would try to knock it off.

He won the first of his four Emmy nominations as an actor (he also has a Daytime Emy nomination as a director) for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela (1987) (TV). Arguably, he is best known for his role as Los Angeles police detective Roger Muztagh in the Lethal Weapon (1987) movie franchise, the last installment of which he was paid $7 million to reprise the role. He headlined the action-hit Predator 2 (1990), although such Schwarzeneggeresque drivel is beneath him, talent-wise.

In addition to his five Emmy nominations, Glover has won the NAACP Image Award five times. Although Glover, like Freeman, is fully capable of playing "color-blind" roles like Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe (in the 1995 "Red Wind" episode of Showtime network's "Fallen Angels" (1993) series, for which he received an Emmy nomination), he is committed to articulating the African American experience on-screen and on-stage. In 1994, Glover helped create the Robey Theatre Company of Los Angeles, to bring the black experience to the stage. He has played the great African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass on-stage in Zinn's "Voices of A People's History of the United States," and will reprise the role in "The People Speak", the TV mini-series being made from Zinn's work.

The Venezuelan Congress has approved legislation that provides Glover with $20 million in financing to make two films, one about the great Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar one about Toussaint Louverture, the great rebel general who lead a successful uprising of slaves against France in the late 18th Century and who was only defeated by the chicanery of Napoleon Bonaparte. Congress is closely allied with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who considers Glover a friend.

"The General in His Labyrinth," based on a novel by left-wing novelist Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is slated to be directed by Venezuela-born director Alberto Arvelo. "Toussaint" will be directed by Glover himself.

Glover had been acquainted with Chavez for several years, even appearing on Chavez's TV and radio talk show "Hello, President." He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Caracas, Venezuela-based pan-Latin American television network TeleSUR ("Television of the South"), that was launched in 2005. Glover has been criticized by the American media for his friendship with Chavez, particularly after introducing the Venezuelan president at an event in which Chavez characterized President George W. Bush the devil. It likely is an opinion that Glover, a supporter of liberal Democrat John Edwards for the presidency, likely shares.

Widely respected both inside and outside the United States, both as an actor and as a humanitarian, Danny Glover has been an ambassador for the United Nations Development Program since 1998. Glover chairs the board of the TransAfrica Forum, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that is trying to elucidate the economic and political effects of American foreign policy on Africa and among the children of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean Basin and Latin America.

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Appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program [March 1998]

Graduated from San Francisco State College.

Attended The Black Actors' Workshop, American Conservatory Theatre.

Film debut, Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Received Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from San Francisco State University 31 May, 1997.

Father of film production assistant Mandisa Glover.

His maternal grandmother was a midwife.

His mother Carrie Hunley Glover was a 1942 graduate of tiny Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. In 1990, Glover donated $100,000 to endow a scholarship fund in her honor. And in May 2002, Glover spoke at the schools's 120th commencement, and shook the hands of all of 100 graduates.

Narrated the Discovery Channel special 'The Real Eve', about the origin of modern humans and the descent of all people living today from a single African female who lived about 150,000 years BP.

Older brother of Martin Glover.

Will reprise his role in the Athol Furgard play "Master Harold...and the boys", twenty years after first appearing in it. Director Lonny Price will return as the title character.

Met his wife at what is now San Francisco State University, where he proceeded to wait for a class of hers to get out, just so he could talk to her.

Was a member of the Black Student union while attending San Francisco State University.

Politically active on issues involving minorities in the U.S., global human rights and AIDS

Longtime friend of Carl Lumbly.

Friends with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. He has been photographed with both Castro and Chavez on more than one occasion.

His appearance in Shooter (2007/I) will mark the 15th time he has appeared as a character who works in law enforcement and/or the military.

Admits that he did Gone Fishin' (1997) and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) strictly for the money.

Attended the Vienna International Film Festival in October 2006 to support his film Manderlay.

Good friends with Alfre Woodard.

Has done Goodwill Ambassador work in Ethiopia.

He donated $1 million to commence TransAfrica Forum's $5 million Capital Campaign.

In 1999 he paid $1.3 million for a five-bedroom, 6,000 sq. foot home in Portland, Oregon.

The son of postal workers and the oldest of five children.

Took an eight day tour of South Africa with Alfre Woodard, 'Angela Bassett', Alexandra Paul and Delroy Lindo to urge Blacks there to participate in that country's first fully democratic national election in 1994.

Personally mentored Eli Harris.

Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.

Is one of only two actors to survive a hand-to-hand confrontation with a Predator. The other being Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario of trespassing in a hotel during a union rally on September 16, 2006 [January 24, 2008].

Attended the 43rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. [July 2008]

Only child and daughter, Mandisa, was born on January 5, 1976.

Personal Quotes

"Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am."

"It would be extraordinary for [the American] film culture to unravel slavery but it doesn't. People are afraid to deal with it. There is no framework for people to unravel it."