Date: Mon, Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:55:09 -0600
From: “A.D. Powell” powell@danenet.wicip.org
Subject: interesting articles
Tiger Woods listed among “The 25 Most Influential Asians in America.” A MAGAZINE: INSIDE ASIAN AMERICA (December 2000/January 2001).
Samantha Mumba, biracial (Irish/Zambian) Irish pop star, “Mumba Beat: With a Top 10 Single, Samantha Mumba becomes Ireland’s hottest pop export since U2,” PEOPLE MAGAZINE (1/15/01).
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:26:12 -0800 (PST)
From: “Christina” Cpesce25@aol.com
Subject: Letter to the Editor
I am writing in response to this post about Samntha Mumba:
Date: Mon, Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:55:09 -0600
From: “A.D. Powell” powell@danenet.wicip.org
Subject: interesting articles
“Samantha Mumba, biracial (Irish/Zambian) Irish pop star, “Mumba Beat: With a Top 10 Single, Samantha Mumba becomes Ireland’s hottest pop export since U2,” PEOPLE MAGAZINE (1/15/01).”
I was surprised to find that Samantha Mumba dosen’t consider herself bi-racial. Here is a quote from her website: http://www.samanthamumbausa.com/
“I’m black and I’m from Ireland,” smiles Samantha. “It’s kinda like, uh-oh…but it means I’m something totally different. There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they’re all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I’m totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion…”