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Highlights of the Third Annual Juneteenth (Not Yet Uhuru) Freedom and Music Festival 2015

Highlights of the Third Annual Juneteenth (Not Yet Uhuru) Freedom and Music Festival 2015

Celebrating “Lady Day” turning 100

Many artists African and otherwise in the 21st century have paid homage to Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 -July 17, 1959).

African Women! We Will Fight! We Will Win!

African women in the United States are three times more likely to die as a result of intimate partner violence (IPV). Although we represent only 8 percent of the U.S. population, 22 percent of African women have died as a result of IPV and we are also 29 percent of all cases of victimized women.

African woman in Baltimore acting as arm of the State when she attacked her son

When black parents encourage their children to turn themselves in to the police, because of some colonial understanding of morality or white ruling class law, we become an arm of the State.

Community Builds Uhuru Health Festival in Philadelphia

Community Builds 2015 Uhuru Health Festival in Philadelphia Are you curious about a black community perspective on alternative health solutions? Do you want to try...

Our Generation Needs Liberation Music, Not Protest Songs

  D'Angelo's Black Messiah reminds us that political music needs to ask questions We want "poems that kill.' Assassin poems, Poems that shoot guns. Poems that wrestle cops...

Overturn imperialist definitions of our reality – Bring the people science! Bring the people the International African Revolution!

  Editors Note: The following essay first appeared in the June, 2014 print edition of The Burning Spear newspaper's "Build to Win - Opinions, Analyses,...

Diasporic Music: The genius of Duke Ellington

  Malcolm X used to shine Duke Ellington’s shoes when he was a youth in Boston.   In fact, Malcolm says in his autobiography that Ellington’s alto...

True Definition of Freedom: A poem from South Africa

  TRUE DEFINITION OF FREEDOM You came to an African’s mind, Narrated new novels so should I be blind, But freedom you lied. You lied about my history as...
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