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Norman "Otis" Richmond (aka Jalali)

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Prince: The great musician and his connection to Africans worldwide

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"There is an African connection to Prince's film 'Purple Rain' as Director Christopher Kirkley re-imagines Prince's 'Purple Rain' on the mother continent."
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Remembering Fred Hampton and Mark Clark

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"I believe I'm going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I'm going to die high off the people. I believe I'm going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle."

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Africans in baseball and cricket

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During one of my last interviews with the bluesologist Gil Scott-Heron, I told him that heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, did not like hurting people.
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Al Printice “Bunchy” Carter would have rode with Nat Turner

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"If Bunchy had been on the same plantation as Nat Turner you can believe he would have rode with Nat Turner. Thatâ s the type of person Bunchy was.â Kumasi
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Gil Scott and Jimmy Ruffin

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  “The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or Slavery. I have made my choice. I had no choice. I had no alternative." Paul Roberson Robeson...
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Mobutu, Ali-Foreman and the music in 1974

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Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga was one of the worst African leaders who ever lived. Mobutu had a hand in the deaths of Patrice Lumumba (A Great Son of Africa), Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito on January 17, 1961.
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Syreeta Wright-Muhammad Remembered

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Singer-songwriter Syreeta was an African born in America, best known for her work with ex-husband Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston and ex-Spinner and Temptation G.C. Cameron.
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A Book Review of Richard Williams’ (Serena and Venus’ dad) Black and White: The Way I See It

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TORONTO-After reading Richard Williams, new memoir Black and White: The Way I See It, I thought about Black Uhuru's song, "Sponji Reggae." Williams is the "genuine character" that Michael Rose, their lead singer sang about.
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Diasporic Music: Randy Weston, Jimmy Reid and African artists from Mali

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  Randy Weston’s “Roots of the Blues”   Whenever I call, Randy Weston answers. Weston has supported me and my crew whether it was on Uhuru...
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