June 2011
47 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-26) →
Black Science Orchestra (48)
Alexander O’Neal (13)
Deep South (13)
Toro y Moi (12)
Phase II (12)
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“What else is the US State department doing to promote the use of the internet to...”
– Information Imperialism? (via subashini)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-19) →
Deadboy (38)
Gil Scott-Heron (18)
Jamie xx (18)
Iftin (17)
Arthur Russell (15)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-12) →
Nicolette (21)
How to Dress Well (17)
Frank Ocean (7)
Iftin (4)
Jamie xx (4)
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Andrea Levy - This is my England →
Andrea Levy
“I am English. Born and bred, as the saying goes … England is the only society I truly know and sometimes understand. I don’t look as the English did in the England of the 30s or before, but being English is my birthright. England is my home. An eccentric place where sometimes I love being English.
When I hear that the surge of energy needed after a good television programme is...
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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Fountain Hughes
You wasn’t no more than a dog to some of them in them days. You wasn’t treated as good as they treat dogs now. But still I didn’t like to talk about it. Because it makes, makes people feel bad you know. Uh, I, I could say a whole lot I don’t like to say. And I won’t say a whole lot more.
Fountain Hughes, Age 101 (Interview, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949)
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WatchSri Lanka Kaffir Culture
The Kaffirs of Sri Lanka are descendants of Portuguese slaves from East Africa. Although the term ‘kaffir’ is known in some circles as an offensive term for black person, the Kaffir community in Sri Lanka embrace it. In this short film Kannan Arunasalam explores Kaffir culture and how the exposure of the Kaffir community has led to them often being treated like ‘exotic...
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“It is worthwhile to point out in passing here that there are amazing...”
– Ronald A. T. Judy, “Democracy or Ideology”
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1970's and 80's Somali Funk Music: Iftin →
Iftin (“Sunshine”) was a big hit in Somalia in the 70’s and 80’s. Initially, they made theaters & schools “unsafe” with their brand of (slow) dance music and later discotheques & marriage ceremonies were conquered. It’s one of the bands initiated by the Ministry of Education and Culture and they were based in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, where...
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“Responsible members must take life seriously, conscious of their...”
– Amilcar Cabral - Revolution in Guinea, Stage 1 (1974)
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“A lot of people forget that when you’re listening to 70s soul for instance, at...”
– Africa Hitech Interview: “There should be no rules.”
South African Township Barbershops & Salons -...
In South African Township Barbershops & Salons, photographer Simon Weller explores the peculiar cultural and social hubs of South African townships, salons and babershop, which too transcend their mere function as places to get your hair cut and serve as pivotal places for the local community to gather, gossip and exchange ideas. Weller contextualizes the rich and vibrant photographs of...
Algeria's Impact on French Philosophy: Between... →
Review of Pal Ahuluwalia. Out of Africa: Post-Structuralism’s Colonial Roots. New York: Routledge, 2010. Jane Goodman and Paul A. Silverstein (eds). Bourdieu in Algeria: Colonial Politics, Ethnographic Practices, Theoretical Developments. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Christopher Wise. Derrida, Africa and the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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“In sum, “person” is not co-extensive with “human” because to be human is neither...”
– Charles W. Mills - “The Political Economy Of Personhood
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-5) →
Arthur Russell (19)
Deadboy (11)
Tracey Thorn (6)
Gil Scott-Heron (5)
New Order (4)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-29) →
Gil Scott-Heron (52)
Tracey Thorn (31)
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx (20)
Sascha Funke (12)
Jürgen Paape (9)
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“Always bear in mind that people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in...”
– Amilcar Cabral, leader of Guinea-Bissau’s national liberation movement, “The Weapon of Theory,” 1966 (via fuckyeahmarxismleninism)
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Liberation Ink: Ella Baker T-Shirt
Ella Baker T-shirt:
“Give light and people will find the way” and on the back of the shirt, “She led. So can you.”
Design by Querido Galdo and Molly Bradley
http://www.liberationink.org/revised/display_items.php?cut=1190051
People of Color Organize: Just Another Day in the... →
The Supreme Court’s recent decision ordering California to reduce its overcrowded prisons by 30,000 inmates is as welcome as a ray of sunlight streaming through prison bars. State officials have known for decades of the horrific, if not criminal, neglect of prisoners. Five years ago, then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called their plight an “emergency.” Some “emergency!” Justice...
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