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The Movie Game
My people, my people. I know it’s been a minute, but don’t worry, I haven’t just been layin’ on my fat ass. I been grindin’. We finally got the investor packages put tog… more →
K.C. JOSEPH: Urban Philosopher | Street Professor
Langston Hughes Collection of Stories - 1st Edition, 1952
Hilltown Families wrote 2 days ago: Add to Shopping Cart Author Name: HUGHES, Langston.Title: Laughing to Keep from Crying. Binding: Har … more →
BROTHER LINDSEY BARRETT ON NIGERIAN LITERATURE-FROM THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER,OCT. 17,2009
Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade wrote 1 month ago: from ngrguardiannews.com Saturday, October 17, 2009 Nigeria’s Literature At Odds With Her Poor … more →
Black History Month Launch
Christopher Wellbelove wrote 2 months ago: The official launch of Black History Month 2009 was held at Nettlefold Hall. Black History Month pam … more →
SAVE YORUBA LANGUAGE!-IT IS DYING FAST!-LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY HAS MADE IT AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE TO BE USED ALONG WITH ENGLISH-FROM ALLAFRICA.COM
Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade wrote 2 months ago: FROM allafrica.com ——————————— … more →
Ronald Fair: Griot of Chicago Tales
ayanacontreras wrote 2 months ago: 1932— Ronald Fair is perhaps best known as a teller of crisp, satirical, and unsentimental Chicag … more →
African American staring films for Fall 2009
vhudgins wrote 3 months ago: From Disney classic cartoons to suspense thrillers, African American actors can be seen in major the … more →
Book Review!
inwardescape wrote 4 months ago: Hello all!! I recently finished a truly fascinating novel by bestselling author Pearl Cleage called, … more →
Another Beautiful Struggle
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ayanacontreras wrote 4 months ago: “We took comfort in the rebel music that was pumped into the city from up North. Hip-Hop was t … more →
Into Africa: 50 must reads for "Every African"...
ayanacontreras wrote 4 months ago: …courtesty of afripopmag.com… lots of good stuff for a book nut like me. Anthem of the D … more →
The Other Side of Paradise, in plain view
ayanacontreras wrote 4 months ago: Poet Stacyann Chin’s memoir, “The Other Side of Paradise” (Scribner, 2009), is a c … more →
Sweet Flypaper of Life: 1950s Harlem in Black & White
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ayanacontreras wrote 5 months ago: Picture it. I’m in high school, late for the morning bus, desperate for something to read dur … more →
SAVE OUR AFRICAN MOTHER TONGUES-"IN ABUJA,NIGERIA CULTURE EXPERTS CANVASS PRESERVATION OF MOTHER TONGUES"-FROM THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER-NIGERIA
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Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade wrote 6 months ago: From ngrguardiannews.com Thursday, May 14, 2009 In Abuja, culture experts canvass preservation of mo … more →
SAVE NIGERIAN LANGUAGES-"LOCAL LANGUAGES:A CULTURAL HERITAGE OR VICE?-ORIGINALLY FROM DAILY CHAMPION NEWSPAPER,NIGERIA
Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade wrote 6 months ago: FROM apnaorg.com Local Languages: a Cultural Heritage Or Vice? Daily Champion (Lagos) OPINION April … more →
Revival of Black Literature
blackbook411 wrote 6 months ago: Does black literature need a revival? From the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education video conference … more →
Book Review: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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LaShawn wrote 7 months ago: I made the decision to start reading more scifi/fantasy books by people of color (i.e. black people) … more →
I am Not Sidney Poitier
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ayanacontreras wrote 9 months ago: (Graywolf Press, 2009) I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk-taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I ac … more →
Sixty Million and More
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Matthew wrote 10 months ago: In addition to Crime and Punishment, which I am reading to prepare for my course, and of which C.B. … more →
Washington Post Review: Blonde Roots
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bevaristo wrote 10 months ago: This smashing review was published on Sunday 18th January. http://tinyurl.com/Washington-Post-Revie … more →
The Movie Game
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kcjoseph wrote 12 months ago: My people, my people. I know it’s been a minute, but don’t worry, I haven’t just b … more →
