What You Should Be Watching Instead of the Throne Monday, August 08, 2011 10:17 PM By Jasiri X This ain’t a Jay Z, Kanye or “Watch the Throne” hate post. I’m listening to the album right now and it’s pretty good. But while we’re caught in the hype of 2 of Hip-Hop’s biggest stars coming [...]
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The McIntosh County Shouters is a ten-member Gullah-Geechee group that began performing professionally in 1980. They have educated and entertained audiences around the United States with the “ring shout,” a compelling fusion of counterclockwise dance-like movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion consisting of hand claps and a stick beating the rhythm on a wooden floor. African [...] by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Wed, 06/01/2011 – 11:53 — Glen Ford It is not so much that Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970 predictions on the televisability of “the revolution” were wrong, but that so few people seem to know what they mean by revolution, anymore. “Surely, the Lords of Capital would call their banking innovations [...] Click Here to BUY THE ALBUM Find more videos like this on Adiama Network: Carrying on the Tradition On the Colombian Caribbean Coast, at a distance of one hour from the city of Cartagena, between mountains and swamps, there is a place where, in spite of the passage of time, its inhabitants live guided by African customs, traditions and rites, just [...] Tony Okuyeme LATE music icon and Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti literally resurrected last week in Lagos as scholars, culture administrators, activists, music enthusiasts among others, ex-rayed his contributions to Pan-Africanism and the enthronement of democracy and good governance in Nigeria and in Africa. Fela has been described as a committed proponent of the Pan Africanism [...] The Boston Globe Sept. 19th 2010 One year after the death of Neguinho do Samba, the gentle but relentlessly grooving revolution that he helped launch in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia continues to win converts and transform old notions of Brazilian identity. As the founder of the powerhouse percussion ensemble Olodum, Antonio Luis Alves de [...] The official video for Reflection Eternal’s “Ballad Of The Black Gold” from their Revolutions Per Minute album in stores now! SEE FILM TRAILER BELOW! |
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