R.I. P WHITNEY HOUSTON

WITH THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND WHITNEY HOUSTON IS LIKE MY CHILDHOOD AND TEENAGEHOOD ARE DEFINITIVELY GONE. NOW I KNOW I AM AN ADULT WOMAN.

THIS TWO SINGERS / ENTERTAINERS BROUGHT SO MUCH HAPPINESS AND JOY IN MY LIFE NOBODY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS TO BE A BLACK TEENAGER IN FRANCE WITH NOBODY IN TV AND MOVIE TO LOOK LIKE YOU.

WITHOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS A LOT OF BLACKS IN EUROPE NEVER SAW A POSITIVE BLACK FACE ON A SCREEN. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY IMAGES OF AFRICANS SHOWN WERE STARVING CHILDREN OR HALF NAKED PEOPLE IN THE WILD NATURE. EVEN IF OUR PARENTS TRIED TO EXPLAIN AND CONFORT US ABOUT THE INTENT RACISM ON IT, IT NEVER CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU NEED SOMETIMES TO SEE YOU IN A POSITIVE SIDE WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH OTHERS STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. WHITNEY HAS A VOICE, THE TALENT, THE BEAUTY AND THE GRACE. NOBODY WILL NEVER SING LIKE HER DESPITE THE FACT A LOT TRY TO EMULATE BUT FAILED TO EVEN COME CROSS HER GOD GIFTED TALENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN SING WITH THE RIGHT TONE BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN BRING THE EMOTION INTO IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN MAKE YOU FEEL THE PEACEFUL EFFECT OF THE MUSIC. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN JUST GIVE YOU THE STRENGH YOU NEED TO GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE. THAT'S WHAT MICHAEL AND WHITNEY DID TO ME.

PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THE BAD THINGS LIKE THEY WERE SO PERFECT AND SEEMED TO FORGET ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THIS ENTERTAINERS BROUGHT IN THIS EVIL AND DIFFICULT WORLD.

I AM NOT PERFECT, I WILL NEVER BE BUT UNLIKE OTHERS I AM NOT TRYING TO GIVE SOME SO CALLED ADVICES OR WARNINGS (I TOLD YOU SO...) OR WORST "I AM NOT SURPRISED" BECAUSE I AM NOT A BLACK CELEBRITY, NEVER BEEN BUT I KNOW THAT LIFE MUST BE AWFULLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM AND WE JUST NEED TO LOOK BACK IN THE PAST TO REALLY UNDESTAND WHAT BLACK ENTERTAINERS HAVE TO OVERCOME TO SUCCED AND SURVIVE IN THIS BUISINESS DESPITE THEIR HUGE TALENT. RACISM IS STILL ALIVE WE MUST NEVER FORGET IT.

I HAVE NEVER MET OR BEEN AT HER CONCERT MOST OF THE TIME I WAS TOO BROKE TO BUY A TICKET OR HAVE OTHER FINANCIAL PRIORITIES BUT I HAVE ALL HER CD.
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONG EVEN TODAY IS "THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL" BECAUSE WHEN I WAS YOUNG I NEVER UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS BECAUSE I DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AT THAT TIME. I STILL LOVED THE SONG AND THE VIDEO. BUT WHEN I STARTED TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH THIS SONG WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.FOR ME THIS SONG SAID IT ALL AND ITS FOR EVRYONE.

DID I NEED TO MENTION THAT MICHAEL AND WHITNEY ARE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I LEARNED ENGLISH EVEN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I CONTINUED TO TEACH MYSELF BY READING EBONY AND ESSENCE FOR NOT LOSING IT BECAUSE IN UNI AT THAT TIME ENGLISH IN FRANCE WAS NOT COMPULSORY

THANK YOU NIPPY, THANK YOU FOR EVRYTHING AND IN MY HEART IT IS ONLY GOOD MEMORIES BECAUSE NEVER, NEVER THE BAD THINGS WON OVER THE GOOD ONES IN MY WORLD.

YOU WILL SING FOR GOD NOW. HOW LUCKY GOD IS TO HAVE YOUR GIFTED VOICE FOR EVER.