Via CNN. I know, I know, that Statue of Liberty reference at the end sounds forced, but this is a serious violation of people’s human rights right across the river in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey. About these ads
WEEKEND LINKS / MIXTAPES, EMIGRATION, RACE, BINGO, JACKSON FIVE, GENDER VIOLENCE, DANCEHALL, AFRICOM, CHRIS HANI, JULIUS MALEMA, AND BRICK CITY
October 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A busy week on the personal front (more on that another time) so that means a lot of stuff gets the speed blog treatment. * First up, a link to the “Parts of Africa” hip hop mix: Fourteen tracks including music by Abass Abass, Da Brains and Daara J. [Link]
YINKA SHONIBARE IN NEW JERSEY
September 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you have no qualms crossing the bridges or tunnels into New Jersey, go see Nigerian dandy, Yinka Shonibare MBE’s show at the Newark Museum. Through September 20th. (I saw the recent Shonibare exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Shonibare’s depiction of the 1883-1884 Berlin Conference was worth the traffic.)
