Monday, March 14th, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBT8SYq41s Amilcar Cabral, the key figure in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verdea’s independence (and who had an impact beyond its borders; see Chris Marker’s ‘San Soliel,’ through historian Basil Davidson’s work and in Syracuse), was born in September 1924 and was assassinated in October 1973. So there is no obvious reason to post this music video. But we’ll
Friday, February 18th, 2011
African nationalism from an unlikely quarter; rapper I-20 from Ludacris-owned label, Disturbing Tha Peace. Great hook too. (Actually scrap the stuff about unlikely quarters.) via Bombastic Elements