tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155344012011-07-07T17:43:56.621-07:00Celebrations, kudos and props for cultural and artistic empowerment, visionary creativity, esthetic interventions, critical analysis, and prophetic resistance. Flames, rants and freakouts for everything else.Reggie Primhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11089944593240020511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15534401.post-42965680471378753642009-11-15T21:48:00.000-08:002009-11-15T21:50:20.858-08:00

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This week (and next) you can hear me, along with Julie Bates of Intermedia Arts talk to Marya Morstad, host of Art Matters on KFAI radio about "Singing the Legacy of Sekou Sundiata," an event that was held at Intermedia Arts that continues the work of the late poet, performance artist, musician and educator.Click here to listen to the show.

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Ebony Bones rock some sort of clownish fashion that is wholly original. They are gaining momentum on the continent. Check them out here. The only problem I have is when she says that some middle aged 40 year old jumped on the stage...frickin' children.

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I blogged today on the Walker Art Center's blog... Excerpt: Unlike others who in print lie forever prone on a page; Sundiata rises holographically even now in his voice (listen to him on the web- linked here); ghostly returning to stand before us, nearly as gorgeous and tall as he was in life; convening and communicating in his crooner’s baritone; lulling in his clear tones – smoothing over the

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Barack Obama: 'We Need Fathers To Step Up' | Parade.comWhile I am not a father (yet) I can appreciate the significance of a Black man being "father in chief." Black fathers have taken a beating in the public imagination for quite a while, so it is refreshing to have a black father acting as a positive role model. I too had an absent father. So, I understand the void one feels because one grows

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I know I was down on Eddie a couple of posts ago for not being able to make a hit. However, he was very funny once... See below for evidence.

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For many months, I have felt a twinge of hope that the Obama administration's willingness to talk with Iran with no preset conditions could move us forward in negotiations to end their pursuit of Nuclear weapons. I, along with millions of others around the world, held our breath in anticipation of the results of a seemingly democratic election process that offered change and moderation. I thought

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Bestselling co-author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen talks about what got him on the path of teaching healthy eating in the inner city. He is also the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine. Check his really important (and delicious) message.Y'all gonna love this: Citrus Collards with Raisins (Yum!)

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From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.comReviewed by Kate Tuttle"Nearly everyone in prison protests their innocence, but Ronald Cotton was telling the truth. Cotton was just 22 when he walked into a Burlington, N.C., police station to answer rape allegations; he spent the next 11 years seeking freedom. "Put a man in a cage with beasts and throw away the key, and it's usually not

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Imagine ThatEddie Murphy is a financial exec whose daughter (Yara Shahidi) gets lucrative stock tips from imaginary friends.The once unassailable box-office king, Eddie Murphy just can't seem to make a hit these days. The title of his new flop "Imagine That" rings ironic in light of his former success. I, for one, couldn't have imagined that the same Murphy, capable of fierce and funny stand-up

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From Frank Rich's column in the New York Times: Sunday, June 13, 2009The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers"The writer Camille Paglia, a political independent and confessed talk-radio fan, detected a shift toward paranoia in the air waves by mid-May. When “the tone darkens toward a rhetoric of purgation and annihilation,” she observed in Salon, “there is reason for alarm.” She cited a “joke” repeated

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Right-wing media and the fringe: A growing history of violence (and denial)"While right-wing media are certainly not legally culpable for any recent attacks, they are responsible for promoting a culture of fear, paranoia, and violence that is anti-government in the extreme -- a culture in which extremists, including von Brunn and Richard Poplawski, who fatally shot three Pittsburgh police

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So, it is officially fashion Saturday here at the BlackBloggah. Here's a hot little number letting you in the backstage action for the Mango Black Icons shoot from way back in Feb 09. Thanks Black Nerd Network. Yowsah!

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Ok...so I'm a little late on this too. But, it is still super hot! Watch in HD for full effect. And yes, that is Grace Jones, Alek Wek and Tyson Beckford. Damn!

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I covet this magazine: Check it out at http://www.arisemagazine.net/Big Ups for featuring designers and style makers. Anyone out there want to send me a birthday subscription?

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Nobel Prize winning economist and columnist Paul Krugman joins the chorus with warnings about the role of right-wing media in stoking the fires of hatred and extremism. "Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment."Not surprising. The question for

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From the New York Times:"Robert Colescott, an American figurative painter whose garishly powerful canvases lampooned racial and sexual stereotypes with rakish imagery, lurid colors and almost tangible glee, died Thursday at his home in Tucson. He was 83."Mr. Colescott’s work anticipated the appropriation art and Neo-Expressionist painting of the 1980s. His imagery shared aspects with Pop Art,

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I love these photos of Barack Obama in college on the Time magazine site. Clearly charismatic even then.

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Given the long history of environmental injustice suffered by people of color it is interesting that it has taken so long for Black people to emerge as political leaders on the environmental issue. I could be wrong about this, but there seems to be a new public awareness of environmental and greening issues as they relate to people of color. Indication of this to me was the announcement this

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I would check out Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's new film Sexe, Gombo et Beurre Sale (Sex, Okra and Salted Butter) at Symphony Place.The comedy, tells the story of Hortense, a 40-year old nurse from the Ivory Coast, who leaves her family for her lover, Jean-Paul, an oyster farmer.The jilted husband Malik, a macho and a very traditional man, then sees his whole world turn upside down as he discovers that

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Books & Authors: Sound UnboundWith Author paul b. miller aka DJ SpookyTuesday, December 9 @ 7 pmStudio Museum in Harlem144 West 125th StreetNew York, NY 10027 Spooky Paul Miller will present his new book Sound Unbound just out on MIT Press. BOOM! Spook is apparently going to expound on the notion of the remix "how music, art and literature have blurred the lines between what an artist can do and

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Ms. Monáe has an extraordinary imagination and stage presence. I caught her on tour in Minneapolis with that soulful brit singer Jamie Lidell.

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A seemingly tireless advocate for the rights of children carries on...thank Goddess. Her new book is an epistolary meditation on the current plight of the little ones that should be heeded and studied.check her out on the ultra-geeky BOoktV!...YO! in coversation w/ Geoffrey Canada, the President and CEO of the Harlem's Children Zone.Hear her in conversation with Geoffrey Canada: Click Here

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While the NY Times reported today that we'd lost the legendary Odetta, it also reviewed the Madison Square Garden appearance of Tina Turner. Tina, now on her upmteenth world tour, apparently screamed and kicked her way through a razzle dazzle show while coming off as an extraordinary human being....Wow! That the near septuagenarian still rocks at all is hope for me - who, at forty, and flu-ish,

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from the NY Times:"Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77. She sang at coffeehouses and at Carnegie Hall, made highly influential recordings of blues and ballads, and became one of the most widely known folk-music artists of the 1950s and ’60s. She

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From Utne's 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your WorldIf she hasn't got the Genius Grant yet, she is probably on the short list. Majorca Carter is a right on Sistah! Seriously positive.from Utne"Bright Green Bronx—and BeyondMajora Carter, founder, Sustainable South Bronx and Majora Carter Group First Majora Carter took on her neighborhood. Now she’s set her sights on the world. As the founder

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Dr. Sean JoeResearcher at the University of Michigan focused on preventing "urban African-American adolescent males from engaging in multiple forms of self-destructive behaviors, including suicidal behavior." Dr. Joe spoke with NEWSWEEK following the disturbing online suicide of Abraham Biggs.Black men do not seek help for mental health issues because we fear being stigmatized and don't trust

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I've been waiting for a an uplifting movie for a while. The last movie I tried to see was Max Payne. That film was just so unrelentingly dark that I had to leave after 45 minutes and sneak into Madagascar 2. But, in about 10 minutes, the Black and African stereotypes in that flic just got to be too much. So, I ran out of that one too and just headed home displeased.Now, I'm placing my bets on

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Check this out! Coming up at Harlem Stage.from the Harlem Stage e-blast! "Kyle Abraham is recognized for his smooth, athletic Hip-Hop influenced style. Brick, a solo for Kyle, blends this signature style with influences from American visual artist Kara Walker and 17th century Japanese artist Hishikawa Moronobu. In The Dripping Kind, a group piece for seven dancers, Kyle explores a more

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Watch Mayra Andrade's haunting Lua on YouTubeWatch the alluring Lura's perform ( oh naia )I love the music of Cape Verde: Right now I have a musical crush on Mayra Andrade - the 2008 BBC world music award winner for best newcomer. I'm also digging the lovely Lura and of course continually amazed by the incomparable Cesaria Evora. I think its so important to realize the extraordinary cultural

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DJ Reborn to rock the Studio Museum Friday the 15th"Dance to the sounds of some of the hottest audio masters in New York, connect with others during guided tours or shop ‘til you drop in the Museum’s newly restocked store. Bring a friend and have a cocktail and conversation. But—whatever you do—don’t miss these fun and festive evenings of culture in Harlem! The Studio

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A sister with a message and an EU Passport, Berliner Joy Denalane sings powerfully and consciously - making music you can nod the noggin' to and think about... Hot! Brotha Lupe Fiasco joins in for the uplifting message. In "Change" Joy sings "The system that we're living in depends on poverty and greed...but people don't need charity it's justice that we need." Right on Sistah!" It feels so

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Esperanza Spalding, just 23, is a bass player, composer and vocalist with serious instrumental and vocal chops. The child began her professional career at 15 in and around Portland and has just released her debut "Esperanza" on Heads Up. She sings in three languages (show off!) plays the f* out of a bass and is a leading contender for the blackbloggah cutiepie award. Fresh! Luvit!Youtube:

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Here's a message that all us need to get with from the Initiative for Violence Free Families..."I pledge to MODEL, in all areas, the powerful role men can take in breaking the cycle of violence..." This is one of the statements uttered by hundreds of men as they take the "Domestic Peace Pledge" and become part of 100 Men Take a Stand.At conferences and gatherings around the country, the 100

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Everyone who is at all down recognizes that Hip Hop is the lingua franca of global youth culture. What's also cool is that the form continues to morph by syncretically merging with indigenous styles - as in the rise of the Ghanaian style Hip-Life - a combination of Hip Hop and High Life epitomized by the group V.I.P. To get a more in-depth look at this musical and cultural phenomenon - on going

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Here's some serious dome tuning for you critical heads out there. In anticipation of its 2009 Triennial, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, the Tate has organized a number of prologues with leading curators. Thankfully, the Tate has posted the full video of a recent presentation by the fierce writer, critic and curator, Okwui Enwezor. If you don't know brotha Enwezor, you need to get hip quick.

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Ok, so I've not weighed in at all on this political race...I suppose my passions were too high and so I didn't trust my opinions. But, I feel pretty calm these days as it looks more certain that Obama will be the nominee. So, the question now is how to handle an endgame for Mrs. Clinton that respects her, preserves her supporters for the democratic side in November, acknowledges her extraordinary

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So, let's sex it up here a little at blackbloggah by dipping into the Essence bestseller list. I don't know about you, but an easy way for me to lose a day, is to start looking around amazon.com in the urban genre lists. Invariably, I turn down the metaphorical byway and find myself in hot urban fiction land. And in this wild, expansive literary badlands, one name cannot be missed...Zane.

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I'm way behind on this one, but it is still worth mentioning. In October of last year, the Theater Communications Group launched a magnificent collection of all 10 plays in August Wilson's Century Cycle. The big boxed beast cost a whopping $250.00 when first published. But, has since gone down to a manageable couple hundred bucks. Not to bargain hunt the maestro, but (at the time of this post

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While this may look like the "Michael Eric Dyson" fan blog of late...you have to admit the brutha is a busy bro. Case in point, on Saturday, April 12th, Prof. Dyson will appear on C-Span's "In Depth" program, for a 3 HOUR exploration of his many intellectual contributions - 16 books so far! So, if you are down with Dyson check it out.from Book-TV program description:Michael Eric Dyson is the

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Image from Darfur: A Tinderbox of Trouble & Woeby Renee D. Turner on the BET News Blog Week In My LifeLinda Mason, Gloria White-Hammond, and Liz Walker meet with Sudanese activists.Photo by Susan RomanskiListen Now: From WGBH ForumGloria White-Hammond, physician, minister, social activistLiz Walker, minister, news anchor, CBS 4Linda Mason, founder, chairman, Bright HorizonsKenneth Sweder, lawyer

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Michael Eric Dyson, professor, theology, GeorgetownDr. Michael Eric Dyson and a panel of black elected officials to discuss the possibility of electing a black president as we head into an historical election year.Dr. Dyson is professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches theology, English and African American Studies. He is the best selling author of I May Not Get There With You: The True

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Nicholas Kristof, columnist, NY Times, 1990 & 2006 Pulitzer PrizeFrom the WGBH Forum: The New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof discusses economic and human rights developments in Darfur and other African nations. Since 2004, Kristof has written dozens of columns about Darfur, winning his second Pulitzer Price in 2006, for what the judges called "his graphic, deeply reported columns that,

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You close your eyes, hoping for a dream of peace and are startled and frightened that the old night terrors return in force to route your calm and drive you into despair and fear. And so, it was exactly that feeling that overwhelmed my quiet Sunday morning in cold Minnesota as I read of the renewed violence in Darfur. The Sudanese thumb their noses at the International Criminal Court, unleash

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"Our enthusiasm [for sports heroes] springs from the very core of fascist ideology: admiration for strength and contempt for weakness."Torbjörn TännsjöWhat a painful and sad procession, the Michael Vick downfall has been for me to watch. Not least because this case, in my opinion, does reflect harshly on the state of Black manhood in America, but that we are witnessing, a recently celebrated

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From the BBC: "African writer and director Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in Mutoko in colonial Rhodesia, but at the age of two she moved with her parents to England. She returned to her homeland in 1980 just before it became Zimbabwe under black-majority rule. Tsitsi's writing debut Nervous Conditions was the first novel to be published in English by a black Zimbabwean woman and won her the

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So, it's been about three months since I posted. Most likely, the few readers I had have drifted away to other more dependable sites. Hopefully, I can woo you back with new posts about everything that I can find of interest that pertains to Black folks. It's been a crazy three months: I've left the Walker Art Center, ended a major relationship, and started planning a new life as an independent

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Charlie Parker playing in the McShann Band.For me, the Kansas City blues painists were funketeers of the highest order, and although it might be called backward-looking revisionism, I can hear in them melodic harbingers of all of the Black American music that follows, right up to Hip Hop. Jay McShann gave Charlie Parker his start and was one of those heroic musical creators who kept the world

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Get your dome blown open by the sounds of Jazz saxophonist, educator and activist Archie Shepp profiled this week on the BBC Radio 3's Jazz Legends show with Julian Joseph. This week on the BBC Radio 3's Jazz Legends, Julian Joseph and James Wyllie profile the tenor saxophonist, educator and activist Archie Shepp. It's a great mini-course on this important "New Wave" Jazz artist, who was also a

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In 2003 Kweisi Mfume, then president and CEO of the NAACP held a press conference rejecting streotypes of Black people in America. Right now I am preparing for an exhibition of the work of Kara Walker, which uses streotypes such as Mammy, Picaninny, Coon, and the Brute to make her artistic point. For me, it is an open question if she successfully subverts the original intention and meaning of

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Say it aint so: Russell Simmons tours mines in Bostwana in a bid to show how the industry is benefiting Africa.Photo: Chi ModuHuman rights activists cried foul today when Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons toured Botswana's Jwaneng mine, the world's richest, in a bid to "show the world how some African nations are benefiting from diamonds." WTF! This seems like a serious misstep for a man who at times

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker and 24 hold outs were evicted from Brick Towers to make way for the bulldozers. He lived in the dilapidated building since 1998.Photo: Richard Perry/The New York TimesIn a powerful display of the adage "The personal is the political," Newark mayor Cory Booker moved from Brick Towers, a famously dilapidated building where he has lived since 1998 to another rough

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Michael Richards said Monday he spewed racial epithets during a stand-up comedy routine because he lost his cool while being heckled and not because he's a bigot.I don't know about you but I'm sick and tired of watching some racist celebrity do the bigot mea culpa all over the media sphere while racking up publicity points. I'm not sure we shouldn't just ignore these bastards and deny them the

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Being without cable has robbed me of my weekend geekfest - BookTV. So, with a little blogger shame I reveal that I did not hear about the Juan Williams vs. Michael Eric Dyson smackdown that took place on the usually placid c-span channel dedicated to all things non-fiction. So, check it out for yourselves as Williams, senior NPR correspondent and political analyst for Fox defends Cosby and

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Public outrage over OJ Simpson's book describing how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend has led several Fox TV affiliates to drop an interview. BBC UK: Row deepens over OJ Simpson book So it's tasteless, scandalous and probably unethical...but, you have to give it to Judith Regan who brought it to press because no matter what happens "If I Did It" will sell millions of copies if the

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees reinstating the draft as a way to deter politicians from launching wars and to bolster U.S. troop levels insufficient to cover potential future action in Iran, North Korea and Iraq.Excerpt from The Houston Chronicle:WASHINGTON — Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 if the incoming chairman of the House Ways and

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Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Massachusetts businessman, lawyer, and the first African-American elected governor of the state of Massachusetts. Patrick was born on Chicago's South Side in 1956, into an African-American family living on welfare and residing in a one-bedroom apartment. His father Pat Patrick, a member of jazz musician Sun Ra's band, left his

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"I think this victory is significant not only for women in hip-hop but for our generation of women as a whole. I feel this case will give people the courage to stand up and say that sexual discrimination and sexual harassment will no longer be tolerated in hip-hop." On October 24, Kimberly Osorio, The Source's editor in chief from 2002 to 2005, won $15.5 million against the hip-hop

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"He was rapping before they called it rap." Berry Gordy, founder of Motown RecordsAli Rap: Muhammad Ali the First Heavyweight by George Lois Published by Taschen This book contains over 300 rap rhythms, witticisms, insults, wisecracks, politically incorrect quips, courageous stands and words of inspiration from the mind, heart and soul of the brash young Cassius Clay, as he steadily grew into the

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From left, the poet Sekou Sundiata, Christopher McElroen, Adam Klipple and Graham Haynes in rehearsal. Richard Termine for The New York Times"World history is being dreamed despite the fact that America is conceptualized in a monochromatic way sometimes."An extended excerpt of a story from the New York Times this past Saturday in which yours truly was briefly quoted:Questioning U.S. Identity in

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Marcus Samuelsson was orphaned in a tuberculosis epidemic raging through his native Ethiopia when he was just three years old. After finding shelter in a Swedish field hospital, he and his young sister were adopted by a young Swedish couple. He started to learn how to cook at the age of six or seven. He studied at the Culinary Institute in Gotenborg and at various places in Switzerland and

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Stuart Hall, a leading figure of the British left over the past thirty years and a visionary theorist, had made profound contributions to the field of cultural studies. Texts include: Resistance through Rituals; The Popular Arts; Policing the Crisis; Culture, Media, Language, New Times; Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies; Questions of Cultural Identity, Representation and Visual Culture: A

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Singer Lebo Mathosa, one of South Africa's best loved stars, was killed in a car crash early Monday at age 29. "Through her music, she will be remembered as an icon, inspirator, artist, entertainer and as part of a generation that revolutionized our music industry," the ANC Youth League said, quoted by AP. Image: cover of Lebo's Jan 2006 release LionessIt is an unfortunate truth that those of

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I know it's tiny and way over there in San Francisco, but I love the Museum of the African Diaspora. The fact of its existence brings makes me a little happier about the world. So, just to keep up with the goings on in this little gem of a museum...here's an excerpt from the description of their new exhibition of the work of Ethiopian national treasure Qes Adamu Tesfaw.At the age of 70,

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This week, Timothy Sowula writes on Open Democracy on how Nigeria is dealing with heated competition for oil. What should be an economic boon has brought on violence, economic deprivation and political instability. How the Niger Delta goes so goes the world, and instability there has contributed to record gas prices in the US and around the globe. Sowula lays the blame for the region's woes on

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Blade star Wesley Snipes was indicted on charges of tax fraud and evasion and a warrant issues for his arrest in Florida today. Snipes is being sought by federal investigators after he was charged with allegedly trying to defraud the US government of $12m in taxes. If convicted, the film star faces up to 16 years in jail. The star also failed to file tax returns for six years between 1999 and

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From Chicago Tribune/New York TimesCIA chief warned Rice, records showAl Qaeda briefing held 2 months before 9/11JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A review of White House records has determined that George Tenet, then director of the Central Intelligence Agency, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials on July 10, 2001, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State Department spokesman said

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From MediaWeek: "Proving that the Oprah brand has the Midas touch in any medium, the (August 25) launch of the Oprah & Friends channel Monday on XM Satellite Radio has already begun to pay off in advertising, the subscription radio service said Wednesday. Along with returning XM advertisers AirTran, Honda and Rinnai, the 24-hour Oprah channel attracted several first-time XM subscribers including

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"There's something very sexy about surgery. You actually have your hands in someone else's body." Shonda Rhimes, the creator of the hit medical series Grey's AnatomyThe creator of the hit series Grey's Anatomy hit the front page of the New York Times Arts section today. Her creation which is described as a "mixture of medicine, drama and sex" captured 25.4 million viewers in its season premiere

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"I want to tell stories that are revealing of the human condition." Forest Whitaker in conversation with Tavis Smiley in 2003The intensely talented and committed Whitaker takes on the difficult task of portraying the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin with The Last King of Scotland, opening this week across the country. Bob Mondelo, reviewing the film on NPR says that Whitaker portrays Amin as "

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This year Poetry International 2006 opens with the London premiere of Wisteria: Twilight Songs from the Swamp Country. This full length evening of poetry, music and images is described as a "prophetic account of the lives of women from South Carolina," that combine "the lyrical depth of a blues threnody with spiritual and emotional truth." The poems are accompanied by a musical and vocal score

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Michael Ray CharlesRewopetihw 46" x 51.70"1994 Mixed Media from The Culture GameOlu Oguibe"When a wealthy white Texan collector buys one of Charles's Sambo paintings...he does not see in them a lacerating challenge to either his residual racism or that of his ancestors. What he sees, one contends, is an African American validating historical images of his own denigration and that of his race.

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It's time to get your dome tuned by a Black teacher man. Yes, you need to know something about African Art and Professor Olu Oguibe has created an internet based course that will bring you up to speed on the arts of Black Folk in African and throughout the diaspora. Start getting educated by checking out The OLU OGUIBE ART HISTORY CLASSJust in case you don't believe me when I say brother Oquibe

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Has aunt Jemima made a comeback, or are Americans just more comfortable laughing at the antics of large and boisterous Black women? An article in today business section of The New York Times looks at the return of a familiar stereotype in American commercials: the "boisterous, overbearing, controlling and extremely agressive" and need I mention -- large -- Black woman. Is it racist stereotyping

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With the rise of the Islamic Courts in Somalia there's been chatter in the mediasphere about a "Taliban-like" regime coming to power in Mogadishu. It's an alarming possibility, but is it really plausible. To get a handle on what is happening Foreign Policy spoke to Craig Timberg who reports on Africa for the Washington Post. A couple of choice quotes from the article Seven Questions: Somalia’s

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Repost from SFSTATION:"The Afrofunk Festival, which sold out its debut last July to wide critical acclaim, is the first and only Afrobeat Festival in the world. This year’s festival will feature diverse and electrifying International musical acts from Guinea, Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil, and the Bay Area, all coming together to bring the house down while raising funds for Kids

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I know this is a little late as the convention ended three days ago. But, just in case you, like me, were unable to attend this year, check out Laura Flanders on her RadioNation show. Flanders gets her talk on live from the 2006 Hip Hop Political Convention in Chicago with organizers Robert 'Biko' Baker and Khari Mosely -- talking about their success in reaching young people. Then, women in

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Roni Hadar as Sarah (left) and Sirak M. Sabahat as Shlomo in Radu Mihaileanu's "Live and Become," the closing-night feature of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.This week the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD), The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and the San Francisco Black Film Festival team up to screen films about Ethiopian Jews and Jews of Color as part of SFJFF's 26th year. I'm so

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You know, sometimes you've just got to toot your own horn. And today is one of those days. I can't say I don't feel like a supreme egotist telling you all this, but I think I like doing radio interviews. Today, I was featured on KFAI: Fresh Air Radio in Minneapolis as a guest on Health Notes. The host Kinshasha invited me for the second time to talk about art and community and my trip to

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Usually I would never give away a source of great music...its an instinct that compilationists and DJ's have - protect your sources. But, I'm feeling generous today. And, there aren't that many readers of BlackBloggah anyway so its not like I'm announcing this to million...BrokeN'Beat Radio is a fantastik source for NuJazz mixes from some of the best brokenbeat DJ'on the planet. Here you will

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Repost from QBR: The Black Book ReviewQBR HOSTS 8th HARLEM BOOK FAIR; OVER 50,000 EXPECTED TO ATTENDThe 8th annual Harlem Book Fair will be held on Saturday, July 22, on West 135th Street, between 5th and 7th Avenues, from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Publishers, writers, literacy vendors will exhibit and author panel discussions will be televised by C-Span’s Book TV. Opening the book fair’s festivities

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Well, although it was a day when the old Grey Lady announced it was laying off 150 people and trimming the size of the paper by 11%, thankfully there was space for a couple of good news stories, definitely fit to print. Story 1: G.O.P's bid for Black Votes faltersAlthough I thought the Good Ol' Party had a chance with Black voters by appealing to the our conservative streak - in particular the

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Controversial scholar Amina Wadud writes on the place of women in IslamOne of the great fallacies of this historical period is that all of the Islamic world is opposed to the rights of women and that the religion itself denies full humanity to women. It is easy for us to condemn all of Islam as being anti-feminine given the realities of laws and traditional practices that are destructive of the

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"This is the tension that best defines Nairobi: to try (and often fail) to live within the world-views of our traditional nations; to try (and often fail) to be seamless, Western-educated people; to try (and often fail) to be Kenyans—still a new and bewildering idea."Binyavanga WainainaHaving recently visited Nairobi for the first time, I was struck by the complexity, vitality, warmth, and

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC, as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on, August 6, 1965. LBJ Library/ Photo by Yoichi R. OkamotoDespite attempts by Republicans to shorten its lifespan and modify key provisions, the House of Representative approved a 25-year renewal of the Voting Rights Act. However, it didn't

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The cover of the New York Times business section reported that the Weinstein Company is in negotiations with Robert L. Johnson, founder of BET to form a new media company that will focus on black family entertainment. What will the billionaire brotha do next? I guess he's not satisfied with being the biggest black hotelier in the world (the brotha bought 63 hotels for 1 billion dollars) and

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Mumbi Kaigwa, Kenyan theater maker, actor and storyteller performing in Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsRepost from The Power of Culture: Do women in Kenya still believe in the ‘African dream' of peace and freedom in 2006? Can they emancipate themselves despite the daily struggle of survival and the traditions that bind them to home and hearth? Mumbi Kaigwa asked women in Kenya these questions.

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Repost from LA Times: Soul-punk thrillers the BellRays have long distinguished themselves as one of Los Angeles’ most creative, hard-hitting bands, and with release of a new CD, Have a Little Faith, they’ve cooked up one of the best albums to come out of this town [LA] in quite a spell. Their basic “maximum rock & soul” formula — rampaging guitars that instantaneously melt into a shimmering

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