My negritude is not a stone, nor deafness flung out against the clamour of the day my negritude is not a white speck of dead…
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Category: Books
Black November: “Our Greatest Resistance is Our Life” By Wesley Lima
Negra, a Pernambuco woman, a trans woman and elected São Paulo state deputy for the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), Erica Malunguinho, is certainly one…
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BlackKKKlansman: injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
Spike Lee adopted the Africana tradition of story-telling in his award-winning film about a 1970s Black detective, Ron Stallworth (played by John David Washington, son…
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Nigeria’s Futur: An Interview with Noo Saro-Wiwa about her book
Erika Degortes – TRANSCEND Media Service Looking for Transwonderland (travels in Nigeria)[i] is the title of a fabulous book by Noo Saro-Wiwa, a British/Nigerian writer…
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They have no faith. They have no Loyalty. They are fearless. Money is their new God. They are the new Rich in Africa. By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
In 2012 Africa became the fastest growing continent in the world with the highest number of new millionaires. There are now more than 100,000 millionaires…
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The whitest lie By Abhirami Sriram
Toni Morrison’s most recent work of fiction, God Help the Child, begins and ends with an actual hue and cry. A light-skinned mother takes one…
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Lessons From the Bamemba Tribe
I’ve been intrigued by this tribe ever since I heard about them while listening to Dr. Wayne Dyer speak on their unique tradition. Take…
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Book Review: It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower, Michela Wrong (HarperCollins, 354pp, 2009) by Edward B. Rackley
A fast-moving tale of intrigue, deception and murder, It’s Our Turn to Eat follows conflicted patriot John Githongo into battle with a $1 billion USD…
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Urbain, Olivier, editor. Music and Conflict Transformation: Harmonies and Dissonances in Geopolitics. 2008. I.B. Tauris, UK, in collaboration with the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan. BY THERESA WOLFWOOD. DIRECTOR, THE BARNARD-BOECKER CENTRE FOUNDATION
“Music has an inexplicable way of elevating humankind to its noblest action.” Youssou N´Dour, Senegalese singer “…creative ability is a quintessential part of being human:…
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Belles Lettres. A tous ceux qui sont nés d’une femme…
C’est depuis belle lurette que les femmes se battent pour l’amélioration de leur condition humaine. Et, pas de doute, l’inspiration du roman d’Assia-Printemps Gibirila intitulé…
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We Stand With Our Sister: Stop the Attacks on Myrlande Liberis-Pavert and the Lavalas Movement
A Statement from Haiti Action Committee On Friday, January 17, it was reported by news agencies that a Haitian judge investigating the assassination of Jean…
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