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Actress and comedian Azie Mira Dungey (pictured) challenges Americans' ignorance and racism with her web series, #AskASlave. Portraying a slave on George Washington's plantation, “Lizzie Mae,” Dungey sits in front of a TV and answers viewers’ shamefully ridiculous questions about slavery and George Washington. Please watch for a good Saturday night laugh!

Source: NewsOne

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My friend and fellow Fulbrighter (Barbados), Misha Granado of Houston, Texas. She is also a relationship expert. Learn more about her at her website.

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Lupita Nyong’o at “The Invisible Woman” Premiere during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 9, 2013.

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My friend, Angelina Diash from Ukraine.

Source: Angelina's Facebook page.

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Naomi Campbell, shot by Mert & Marcus for INTERVIEW Magazine’s september 2013 issue.

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Neyba Traore, a beautiful Black Ukrainian girl.

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Dianna Moore, a Sistah of African American and Eastern European Jewish Ancestry, who takes Black and beautiful to another level!

Moore, 39, is a fitness and lifestyle coach who is passionate about empowering and inspiring others to step into and live life at their highest potential.

The Los Angeles resident is a bikini athlete who believes age has little to do with creating your best body ever! Through her company, "EmpowerHouse Fitness," Moore often works with mothers who say they don't have the time to get as fit as her.

She proves them wrong every time!

Moore told Diaspora Sistah how she got started with her fitness career:

"After my son left for college, I decided it was time for me to pursue my passion of fitness at a whole new level. I hired a coach and 13 weeks later on December 1, 2012 I showcased my transformed body on the big stage competing as a bikini athlete in a National Physique Committee (NPC) show. My first competition I placed 6th and was happy to bring home some hardware e.g. a trophy! My last competition was in May and I brought to the stage a body and overall look that I was proud of and placed 11th. The best part was that my friends and family where in the audience and got to witness me living out my passion. My next show is in 12 weeks and I intend to bring to the stage my best package yet. My only competition is me! You vs. You is one of my favorite slogans!"

Photo Credits: All photos, with the exception of the second from the bottom, were taken by Paul Buceta.

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Teodorina Kamis (in red) and Anutu Kamongar (in white) performing at "Africa Day" in Kiev, Ukraine on May 30, 2010. Both Sishahs are of African and Ukrainian descent.

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Angelina Diash, a Sistah of Angolan and Ukrainian descent, standing in downtown Kiev on Sept. 19, 2010. 

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Anuta Kamongar, a Sistah of Afro-Ukrainian descent, posing for a photo in a park in Kiev,Ukraine on October 22, 2010.

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Fatima Djalo, an Afro-Moldovan Sistah from the former Soviet republic of Moldova.

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Dark and beautiful!

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Victoria Bekele Tollossa, a New York-based pop singer of Ukrainian and African origin during a photo shoot at Columbia University on September 22, 2011.

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Photo Credit/Source: Oprah Winfrey Facebook Fan Page