The magic man
Chris Blackwell’s long-awaited autobiography shows him as a romantic rogue; a risk taker whose life compass has been an open mind and gift to hear and see slightly into the future.
Chris Blackwell’s long-awaited autobiography shows him as a romantic rogue; a risk taker whose life compass has been an open mind and gift to hear and see slightly into the future.
On AIAC Radio, DJ Ripley aka Professor Larisa Mann, and talk about her new book "Rude Citizenship" on copyright and the colonial legacy in Jamaica.
The Jamaican born filmmaker, Lebert Bethune, who was close to Malcolm X, made two films that deftly explored Black identity at the end of the 1960s.
To consider Bob Marley today demands we look back across distance to the place and age that brought him to us.
This week on AIAC Talk, we reflect on Bob Marley, the “last rock star” and the first artist of world music on the anniversary of his death. Watch it Tuesday on Youtube.
In Jamaica, which is always in need of healthy distraction, football is King and everyone at heart is a Brazilian. Since 1958.
Long before Walter Rodney wrote 'How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,' he was profoundly shaped by his studies in Jamaica.
Peter Abrahams lived pan-Africanism (in South Africa, Britain and Jamaica) and remained brave enough to challenge those within it.
The 21 April 1966 visit by Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to Jamaica casts a big spell over the appeal of Ethiopia to Rasta and how Ethiopians perceive Rasta in turn.
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance's monthly installment of "Top World Carnival Tunes" for July 2015.
Hall was a skilled storyteller, who placed his memory, his deep sense of alienation, and his autobiography at the heart of his theory and politics.
These guys remind me of Sunday afternoons at my great aunt’s house in Parkwood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwe_xNEUgxA The UK (via Jamaica) toaster, Tapper Zukia’s “MPLA” off the album from the same name. Because
Remember Meta and Cornerstones’ tune “Somewhere in Africa“? It got a makeover as a remix (with
A busy week means a lot of stuff gets the speed blog treatment. Among others, the African country that gets the worst treatment in US media.