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Preview #11, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Guest Editor, Marvin X
NEWS,VIEWS, REVIEWS
A Pan African Dialogue on Cuba
From Black Bird Press News
Hip Hop Artist Dead Prez on Sanctions
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed hip hop group Dead Prez recently announced
plans to make a song that would call for the lifting of the US-EU
sanctions against Zimbabwe, as well as the US blockade on Cuba. En route
to Washington DC, one of the group’s lyricists, brother Mutulu
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Happy Birthday, Amiri Baraka! Elijah Muhammad!Preview #9, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Preview #9, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Askia Toure, Boston, Ma
AFRICAN DIVA: AN ELEGY AMONG THE RUINS
(for Kamaria and our sisters)
I hadn’t wanted to venture down certain
avenues, exploring startling aspects of
inhumanity and ruin. I hadn’t desired
to confront infamy face to face.
I longed for gentler things: your delicate
face illumined by love’s tranquility,
October 7, 2010
Raynard Jackson
Can you imagine Michael Jordan hitting the game winning shot and then asking the media not to say anything? Or Barak Obama winning the presidential election and refusing to talk about his victory? Or You discovering the cure for cancer, but not wanting anyone to know?
Well, that’s in essence what Macy’s Department Stores have done. Macy's is the top department store chain in the U.S., with more than 800 stores in 45 states and annual sales of more than $26 billion.
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First Unitarian Society where it just seemed so appropriate. Imagine my surprise when I typed in bring many names hymn and found that it was included in other religious hymn books. In fact “Bring Many Names”
caused quite a stir when it was included in a book of hymns for Episcopalians. The reason being that the image of God changes throughout the song. The second verse contains some very controversial lyrics.
Strong mother God, working night and day,
Planning all the wonders of creation,
Setting ea
Preview #8, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Guest Editor, Marvin X
Anthony Mays, South Korea
OBAMA
Articulate, dreamy, foreign child
The classic mulatto, infectious smile
Malcolm and Martin rolled into one
Mandingo’s scrapping bastard son!
Obama!
Styled his Gullah wife in a corporate blouse
Did a buck dance for bankers to the White House
Bailed out greedy bankers with a juicy treat
Did a Negro’s tap dance for Wall Street.
Obama!
Denounced his father, forsook with his preacher,
Praises robber baron
Preview #7, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Preview #7,
Journal of Pan African Studies
Poetry Issue
Journal of Pan African Studies
Poetry Issue
Guest Editor, Marvin X
Bruce George,
New York City
I’m in a world
I’m in a world
of concrete and steel
of mace and riots
of endless talk
of endless plots
of prison politics
of taking orders
of giving orders
of recycled dreams
of letters gone unanswered
of funerals unattended
of lock-downs
of beat-downs
of testosterone
of claustrophobia
of anger
of no love
of no hope
of no peace!
I’m in a world
where you look th
Preview #6, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
Preview #6, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue
photo by Alex Lear
kalamu ya salaam, New Orleans LA
IF YOU'RE STILL THE SAME AFTERWARDS
IT WASN'T LOVE
(to nia, thanx for making me better)
to say
"i am touched
by you"
is to be
changed
into
a person neither of us
was before
entering the other
more open, a sun of sensitivity
emotionally nude, erupting joy
& willing to kiss life open mouthed
em
Kenyatta2009's Blog
I rarely agree with anything Secretary of Defense Gates says so today will be a breakthrough. I think of this
in response to a statement that someone made about how President Obama was spending all kinds of money on frivolous programs. First Republican Eric Cantor said that President Obama was adding more to the national
debt than ever. When that statement was proven false, a republican on Facebook twisted the argument to try to claim that somehow the rate of spending was stil
"Big Ballin' is my hobby/so much so they think I'm down with the Illuminati"
Hot Toddy- Usher featuring Jay Z
Over the past year, the hottest topic in the Hip Hop world has been whether artists such as Jay Z, Kanye West and others are part of some diabolical secret society. From street corners to college campuses, people are losing sleep over the question , "Is Jay-Z part of the Illuminati?" The issue has reached such a level that Jay Z has responded to the accusations on col
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In "'We Didn't Get Nothing:' The Plight of Black Farmers", Waymon R. Hinson and Edward Robinson made an interesting revelation: "American agriculture was built upon the backs of Africans who were enslaved upon American soil." Through the progression of slavery, peonage, and land ownership, working the land became a symbol of tradition, prosperity, and, for some, independence in African American culture. First, in 1863, the
I was a threat to the pecking
September 30, 2010
Raynard Jackson
During the past two weeks I have been asked to be involved in two projects relating to Africa. While dealing with Africa can sometimes be very frustrating, after the past two weeks, I am very high on the future of Africa.
Last month I was asked to help put together the first ever Seychelles Investment Forum in New York. The event was held last week and was a great success. The Seychelles is off the east coast of Africa, surrounded by the Indian Ocean (www.seychell
Jeremiah Camara, author of Holy Lockdown: Does the Church Limit Black Progress?, has released his new book;
The New Doubting Thomas: The Bible Black Folks & Blind Belief (Foreword by Dr. Ray Hagins). Be amongst the first to get your copy of this important book
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK < HERE >
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Preview of Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies
Poetry Issue of Journal of Pan African Studies Dedicated to Dingane (Jose Goncalves)
We are humbled to dedicate the poetry issue of the Journal of Pan African Studies to the Honorable Jose Goncalves, publisher and editor of the
Journal of Black Poetry, the poetic Bible of the 60s Black
Liberation/Black Arts Movement. No other journal in the history of
American literature published so many poets. No other journal was mo
JOURNAL of Pan African Studies
Poetry Issue
MARVIN X, GUEST EDITOR
Dedicated
to
Dingane, aka, Jose Goncalves,
Publisher, Editor
Journal of Black Poetry
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Larry Neal, Guest Editor |
Contents
Poetry Larry MillerKuwasiBalagon Larry Neal Victor HernandezCruz Askia Muhammad TouréEbonCharles F.Gordon Jimmy Stewart Makhuka Rammopo Lynn ShorterStanleyCrouchD.L.GrahamHerbertGreshom Jacques Victor Hernandez Cruz Kirk Hall Bob Bennett C.A. Graves Stuckel S.E. Anderson Kir |
Achebe, professor of Africana studies at Brown University, has written more than 20 books, often using his writing to forge a better understanding of modern-day Africa, said Brown on Friday.
The 80-year-old author has founded a number of magazines for African art, fiction and poetry. As editor of Heinemann Publishing’s “African Writers S
Paul Scott --
Dr. Carter G. DuBois was exhausted after pouring all of his energy into an hour long lecture on the colonization of Africa. Out of breath and with sweat pouring down his face, he asked his college freshman class if there were any questions. Nonchalantly smackin' bubble gum, scantily dressed, Lakesia Jackson raised her hand and asked, "Yeah, Doc, can you teach us how to "dougie?" This prompted the rest of the class to break into an impromptu dance routine, transforming Dubois' Worl
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Separation and Divorce
Separation and Divorce
Wemoderns think we are so smart, yes, smarter than God! God told us
marriage is for life, but some of us endure only thirty-day wonder
marriages. Come together in lust and depart in boredom. We married to
get a nut, that's all. We hardly knew each other, but in the moment of
passion convinced each other we were in love, while we were simply in
ignorance, so the marriage soon fell apart as it should have.
Butwe think the elders had i
Friday, September 24, 2010
Obama edges to the dark side - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Obama edges to the dark side - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Pull Yo Pants Down fada Black Prez!
Marvin X is considering a sequel to his Pull Yo Pants up fada Black Prez.Tentative title: Pull Yo Pants Down fa da black prez! Subtitle: Kiss myblack unruly ass!
The Prez has revealed himself to be an imperialist in the best tradition of American devotees to white supremacy.The mood in the hood is fuck Obama, even though
The Prez has revealed himself to be an imperialist in the best tradition of American devotees to white supremacy.The mood in the hood is fuck Obama, even though
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