Democracy Now MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012 In 1965, Booker Wright, an African-American waiter in Greenwood, Mississippi, dared to be interviewed by NBC about racism in America, a decision that forever changed his and his family’s lives. Wright said during the interview, “I always learned to smile. The meaner the man be, the more you smile. [...]
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By SIMON ROMERO Published: January 6, 2012 NY Times BRASILÉIA, Brazil — Of the odyssey that delivered him to this town in the Brazilian Amazon, Wesley Saint-Fleur could muster only a look of exhaustion and bewilderment. Months ago, he boarded a bus in Haiti, before getting on a plane in the Dominican Republic, landing first [...] 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 [...] Shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006, this film breaks the silence surrounding the tens of thousands of women and girls who have been kidnapped, raped and sexually tortured in that country’s intractable civil war. The filmmaker, herself a survivor of gang rape, talks with activists, peacekeepers, physicians and [...] Watch more free documentaries The number of white traditional healers, or Sangomas, is on the rise in Azania (South Africa). During Apartheid, the practice was made illegal. But now it’s big business, and some are unhappy that white South Africans are now practicing traditional healing. Al Jazeera’s Rosie Garthwaite reports from Johannesburg. 1975 16mm documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The stories include include folk and religious tales, jokes, toast telling sessions, and characters from African American oral tradition. FULL DOCUMENTARY http://www.aserendipitousproduction.com/apps/webstore/ Accra, Nov. 5, GNA – Professor Wole Sonyinka, a Nobel Literature Laureate, on Thursday said Africa’s inability to progress beyond liberation from colonialism was due to the lingering slave mentality of its leaders and intellectuals. He said even though African countries had long gained independence from western powers, “the slave mentality continues to govern our [...] TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY DETAILING PRESENT DAY SLAVERY/PEONAGE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA… |
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