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Posts Tagged ‘New York City’
Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble
Posted in Music, tagged Afrobeat, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Fela Kuti, Music, New York City on June 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
‘Africa as muse’
Posted in Africa is a Country, art, tagged art, galleries, New York City, Signs Taken for Wonders on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bronx Princess
Posted in Africa is a Country, film, tagged African film, Bronx Princess, film, Ghana, immigrants, immigration, New York City on April 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
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I missed the screening of this documentary about immigrant culture in New York City at the New York African Film Festival (which, incidentally, is havign a few screenings of their traveling series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in late May), and hope to still see it.
More at the film’s website.
‘five and a half things about Ft. Greene’
Posted in Africa is a Country, tagged Fort Greene, gentrification, Nelson George, New York City, video on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
jean grae and tamar kali (at santos)
Posted in Music, tagged Abdullah Ibrahim, Afropunk, hip hop, Jean Grae, live music, New York City, Santos Party House, Tamar Kali, Tsidi Ibrahim on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
‘… The plot has a name, “The Plan,” and most people you talk to know about it’
Posted in Not just about Africa, tagged Fort Greene, gentrification, housing politics, Jon Jeter, New York City, race in America, The Plan, This American Life on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A fluff piece in the Real Estate section of The New York Times on the changes to the neighborhood where I live in Brooklyn. This reminded me of a radio piece on gentrification in Washington D.C. by the excellent (Brooklyn-based) former Washington Post journalist Jon Jeter for This American Life on “The Plan.” The title is a line from the promo for Jeter’s This American Life insert.
Classic Miriam Makeba
Posted in Music, You can't make this stuff up, tagged Channel Thirteen, Miriam Makeba, Muhammed Ali., Music, music archives, New York City, public television, Soul, video on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the early 1970s, New York City public television station, Channel Thirteen, aired a program, “Soul,” that featured interviews and live performances with black and Latino musicians. People like Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Max Roach (!), Ashford & Simpson, Earth, Wind & Fire, and, of course, Miriam Makeba. Some of those programs are now archived online. If you want to see the whole series, go here. If you want to see Miriam Makeba being interviewed by a young poet, Nikki Giovanni, and perform songs (“Amampondo,” “Brand New Day,” “Mo Lou Yame” and “La Guinee Guine”) in 1971, go here. An added bonus of the Makeba feature is that Muhammed Ali also came on the show. If you can’t access the PBS site, go can also watch Miriam on Youtube.
Jamal Shabazz in Conversation
Posted in Books, photography, tagged Books, Brooklyn, Jamal Shabazz, New York City, photography, PowerHouse Books on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The music of Marc Carey
Posted in Music, tagged jazz, Marc Carey, Music, New York City on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Harlem, Queens, jazz. I had a chance to hear play him a few weeks back at The Kitchen in Manhattan.
Music: Youssouh N’Dour’s Great African Ball
Posted in Music, tagged Great African Ball, Music, New York City, Youssou N'Dour on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This annual New York City institution which coincides with the American Thanksgiving Holiday is back. People dress up. It starts around midnight. We went a few years ago. Can’t go this year. 3 year old. She gets up at 6am.
Worth checking out.
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