Browsing All posts tagged under »Africa«

“America” the Lyrics, the Context, the Struggle

December 23, 2011

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December 17th, 2011 is a date that states that it is rather “safe” to say that the war in Iraq has “officially ended.” While some say that there was anything between 103 000 and 116 000 civilian deaths, truth be told, it is very likely this figure is a bit more higher. As I write […]

Montreal brings Graffiti Art to Senegal – 2M Graff International Festival

March 12, 2011

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Africa…Africa: beautiful, motherland, exotic, lush, hungry, educated, walking, exploited, hurt, neglected, raped, diverse. Africa is a undeniably a continent with its very own history and each side of its landscape has a different account to relate. The cultures of this continent are breathtaking yet diverse from East Africa to North Africa…South Africa to West Africa. […]

Ghadafi, Frantz Fanon and Marcus Garvey: Visions for Africa

March 6, 2011

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Africa…Africa: beautiful, motherland, hungry, educated, walking, exploited, hurt, neglected, diverse. There have been many visions for Africa over the past six centuries and if one were to pop in Nas and Damian Marley‘s latest album, one may hear and listen to so many things said and told about a continent pillaged over and over again […]

Muammar Ghadaffi – Jewish Roots, Fashion, Swagger and Vanity

February 22, 2011

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Yes, Ghadaffi’s grandmother was Jewish. If Montreal grassroots political hip-hop fundamentalist Mickey “Big Brosky” Boston had to give a despotic dictator a fashion award, that Brosky Award would unanimously be awarded to none other than the rather uncanny and consistently bizarre Muammar Ghadaffi. His fist-pumping antics in the air while supporters chanted his name repeatedly as he […]

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