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Angola’s new Doggy-Style Dance a Hit For 2011, Say Experts
The year 2011 will be represented by a cat in the Chinese horoscope. In Angola it is already, without the slightest doubt, the year of the dog. A new urban dance in Angola, the Do Cambuá, has shot temperatures up in an already overheated country.
The Do Cambuá, a variant of the Angolan dance Kuduro, simply means “to do the dog” in local slang (a mixture of Portuguese and Kimbundu). The rule is simple: gyrate your bum like a dog wiggling its tail, while mimicking the movements of a particularly restless canine.
Dreaming of burning those extra calories after the excesses of two successive and gluttonous end-of-year parties? Seeking to impress (or depress) a potential mother-in-law? Try the Do Cambuá, the new no-holds-barred urban dance in Angola and the Lusophone world.
This video is an exclusive invitation to discover this new dance that is seemingly easier to pronounce.
The Do Cambuá was born in the popular neighborhoods of the city of Luanda, the Angolan capital. The inspiration came from the many stray dogs that roam the streets.
Made famous by the group Degala, who throw an invitation to all their listeners to show it all (“mostra mostra todo”), the Do Cambuá lacks elegance… on purpose. It’s an inelegance compensated for by the dance’s creativity and entertainment value.
Despite its success, the dance is predictably frowned upon by many. Critics argue that the Do Cambuá is tearing down the already flimsy walls of morality among the youth. Conversely, the controversy has only added to the success of the dance.
Doing the Do Cambuá involves mustering the courage to scratch your ears and wind your butt on all fours like a restless, hungry, itchy, sex-crazed stray dog, possibly in front of potential in-laws.
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A dead Whale in Lagos Seen as Prophetic
A dead sea pork washed ashore in Lagos, Nigeria is seen as prophetic by the local people. Some explain it as a sign of what God has for Nigerians in the forthcoming elections
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Soccer Star Ashley Cole’s Wife, Cherly Cole, Kisses Boyfriend in Public
Pop star Cheryl Cole, who has kept mum on dating rumours with Derek Hough, confirmed her romance by sharing a public kiss with the dancer on the New Year’s Eve.
The Promise This hitmaker is currently on a romantic holiday with Hough in South Africa and decided to display her love with a passionate kiss, Daily Mirror reported.
“Cheryl and Derek are together and don’t care who knows it. She wanted to spend New Year’s Eve with Derek because she sees her future with him. 2010 was the worst year of Cheryl’s life. But now she is looking forward to happier times with Derek,” a source said.
Cole, who last year divorced her soccer player husband Ashley Cole and battled malaria, flew to Cape Town with Hough and attended the lavish party thrown by the American property mogul Preston Haskell.
“It was so adorable to see Cheryl and Derek and how happy there were. If anyone didn’t believe they were a couple, the New Year’s Eve party proved they are. They only had eyes for each other and ignored everyone else,” a source said.
Meanwhile, the 27-year-old singer is set to move to Los Angeles after signing a deal to become a judge on the US version of The X Factor. Hough is said to be thrilled as it means this year they will be spending more time together.
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Asamoah makes life even more difficult for Obaa Yaa
On November 30, we reported of a young Ghanaian woman who vowed that unless Black Stars arrow head, Asamoah Gyan marries her, suicide would be the only option.
The lady, Obaa Yaa, has said that she is so crazy in love with the Sunderland ‘hitman’ that no will not be an option.
Obaa Yaa said she’s awestruck by Asamoah’s haircut, skin tone and the excellent skill he exhibits not only on the football field but also on the music scene.
Nobody expected any response from the no nonsense Ghanaian striker. Well, Gyan appeared on a popular TV program, the DENTAA Show, where after a couple of minutes of dance and chat with the hostess, he finally responded to Obaa Yaa.
Obviously, neither the dance, not the response is going to make life any better for Obaa.
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I want ‘Tall, Slim And Beautiful’ First Lady, says Botswana’s bachelor President
We reported here on Nov 18 that Botswana President Ian Khama’s continued bachelor status was increasingly worrying his countrymen and members of his own political party-Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). With pressure from all corners, the President has put his no-compromise requirements on the table.
Botswana is one of the few African nations on the planet without a First Lady — a fact which President Ian Khama says he is hoping to change soon. But now, the nation’s most eligible bachelor finds himself in hot water after specifying that his future wife must not be overweight, ABC is reporting..
At a political party meeting last month, the never-married Khama told ministers that his top requirement for his future wife is that she needs to be tall, slim and beautiful. To emphasize that point, he then pointed to the Assistant Minister of Local Government Botlhogile Tshreletso and said, “I don’t want one like this one. She may fail to pass through the door, breaking furniture with her heavy weight and even break the vehicle’s shock absorbers.”Though government officials, including the minister who Khama had singled out, are said to have chuckled at the jibe, not everyone in a country known for its short, heavy-set women is laughing. Khama’s critics have called him to retract what they deem is a “sexist” proclamation. “Some were saying it was a joke. Some were saying it wasn’t a joke. He meant what he said,” a reporter for the Botswana Gazette is quoted by ABC as saying. “He should withdraw his statement because it’s negative against women.”
The pressure on Khama to get hitched has been mounting for some time. Elected in 2009, the president also serves as the chief of the Bamangwato people, Botswana’s largest ethnic group. This tribal responsibility requires marriage — just one custom among many that Khama has thus far defied. According to the BBC, although picked as a chief in 1979, Mr Khama has never assumed the responsibilities of traditional leadership in his village.
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The President’s comments have been described as sexist and undiplomatic.
Big Sister faces mountain of debts
We reported here that Mr. Munyaradzi Chidzonga who lost out to Uti in the Big Brother reality show received a 300,000-dollar cheque from President Robert Mugabe, $100, 000 more than the winner. Well, another another Zimbabwean contestant, busty Makosi Musambasi, is not having is so rosy.
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£10,000 fee for starring in Big Brother snatched by debt collectors.
And the money men want another £20,000 from her, it has been revealed. Zimbabwe-born Makosi, 30, landed herself with a huge legal bill during a battle to stay in Britain four years ago.
A Big Brother insider said: “It looks like Makosi has built herself a mountain of debt and not been able to deal with it.
“She stays at home all day and won’t answer the door for fear of legal papers being handed to her.
“Her legal battle not to be deported cost her £50,000 and over half of it is unpaid.”
A company chasing her for cash managed to arrange a third party order at Aylesbury County Court, Bucks, requiring Ultimate Big Brother bosses Endemol to hand over Makosi’s £10,000 fee.
Sources say shocked Makosi did not find out until she was evicted.
Makosi’s money worries have baffled friends, who thought she had a wealthy boyfriend living in Africa who was taking care of her. The Big Brother source added: “Makosi has loads of other debts to be paid as well.
“She owes a garage about £7,000 for fixing her car. A lot of people think she hasn’t even picked up the car, which she left there in May.”
While in the Ultimate Big Brother house Makosi kept telling housemates about being charged a huge amount of money by an immigration lawyer.
She was the second person to get the boot from the house.
She told host Davina McCall: “I still feel very, very blessed I was part of something so beautiful and something so huge.”
Makosi, from High Wycombe, Bucks, who was originally in Big Brother 6, won a battle to stay in the UK as a refugee in 2005.
She faced deportation after she quit her job as a cardiac nurse to appear on the Channel 4 show.
A London immigration tribunal was told she might face violent mobs in her native Zimbabwe because of her topless frolics in the Big Brother house.
Hours before her exit from Ultimate Big Brother Makosi was reunited with BB6 winner Anthony Hutton, 28.
The pair shared a drunken Jacuzzi romp during BB6, in which Makosi was third-last to be voted out of the house.