This past Saturday on December 6th, 2014 I had the opportunity to attend the local All Tribes San Francisco Chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation’s community event “Meeting Of The Minds.” It was a six hour session of sharing, learning, building with Hip-Hop heads, community organizers, activists talking about what’s going on in the community here in San Francisco, and making connection to the national, global social-political-economic conditions going on right now. When I came through the doors of the …
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Wu Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow stream – The Wu Tang Clan has dropped their sixth studio album A Better Tomorrow. This release come off the heels of the 20th anniversary of their debut 36 Chambers (1993) and see’s the clan bringing to table all the elements of the previous of albums, solo projects, and a few curve ball elements like RZA’s cinematic soundtrack work, some R&B singing, live studio instrumentation, and more. The emcees speak spit lyrics about their respective …
Black France (2013) is an Al Jazeera featured documentary about the Afro-French Diaspora. It covers the history of early generations of Africans in France, the African/French colonial relationship, all the way up to modern day issues of African immigration in France. This documentary is definitely an eye-opening look into another experience in the African Diaspora. Black France – A three-part series looking at the history of France’s black community and their long struggle for recognition. [Al Jazeera] Black France – Episode 1 – …
Rise Of The Black Pharaohs (2014) is a new PBS/National Geographic produced documentary about the forgotten African Kushite (modern day Sudan) dynasty of ancient Egypt and the pharaohs who reign over this dynasty. The information covered in this documentary derived from new research data about this forgotten chapter in ancient Egypt’s history by current Egyptologist, historians, and archeologists. This documentary is a five part series, so sit back relax and learn about the African Kushite pharaohs of ancient Egypt and their amazing …
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