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LOLAKA YA AFRIKA VOL. 2; 100% na Lingala
02.27.2008
Afro-Futurism & African Fractals
SuN Ra
Cosmic Equation by Sun Ra
Then another tomorrow
They never told me of
Came with the abruptness of a fiery dawn
And spoke of Cosmic Equations:
The equations of sight-similarity
The equations of sound-similarity
Subtle Living Equations
Clear only to those
Who wish to be attuned
To the vibrations of the Outer Cosmic Worlds.
Subtle living equations
of the outer-realms
Dear only to those
Who fervently wish the greater life
Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids
Ron Eglash homepage/simulation software/more information
and this issshhhh!!!!!! (its the future!)
DJ Spooky - Ghost World: A Story in Sound Mixtape (listen)tracklist
also...
Liberator Blog Posts on Afro-Futurism including an article by Kodwo Esun
02.20.2008
Amiri
Baraka
on: Obama, People's Democracy,
BoOZHwAA Democracy
and the Political Moment.
AND
It's Nation Time! (side two)
This week we discussed and listened to the influence of Black Nationalism and African Consciousness in Jazz Music from the 1960s. We also heard the second half of Amiri Baraka's recording It's Nation Time!
If you are interested in this you can listen to some Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Don Cherry, Randy Weston, and MANY OTHERS! And you can read:
by Frank Kofsky
Black Music
by Imamu Amiri Baraka
02.13.2008
XAMDULILAH! MIXTAPE
01 Native Deen - Subhan Allah
02 One Be Lo - Questions
03 Outlandish - I've Seen
04 Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Haditha
05 Amir Sulaiman - Change Gonna Come
06 One Be Lo - Axis
07 Amir Sulaiman - Like A Thief
08 Gang Starr - Robinhoodtheory
09 Outlandish - Any given time
10 Native Deen - Sea Of Forgiveness
11 Brother Ali - Soul Whisper
12 Brother Ali - Daylight
13 Outlandish - Look into my eyes
14 Youssou N'Dour - Allah
15 Keba Bobo Cissoko - Allah La Kananjon
16 Hassan Hakmoun - Ma´Bud Allah
17 Randy Weston - La Elaha-Ella Allah / Morad Allah
18 Tinariwen - Oualahila Ar Teninam
19 Ali Farka Toure - Yer Bounda
20 Cheikh Lo - Sante Yalla
Thank you Sister Patsy and Sister Takeya! - check Daughters of Eve every Saturday from 11am-12pm on WRFU 104.5FM.
We discussed the millions of enslaved Muslims brought to the Americas through the slave trade and the influence of Islam on their lives in the New World.
Here is a dope interview with Imam Zaid Shakir, scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, talking about this same topic.
You can also check out the movie Prince Among Slaves for the the story of Abdul Rahman.
for more information read:
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas. (1998)
by Sylviane Diouf
This show was dedicated to all the young Muslims out there gettin they grind on.
Lupe Fiasco - Muhammad Walks
Kenyan Round Table @ UIUC 2/18/2008
In addition to his WCIA television interview on Kenya in January 2008, Professor Peter Otiato Ojiambo, together with the Center for African Studies, will hold a Kenyan Round Table, A Nation in Crisis and a Region in Shock: The 2007 Kenyan Elections, Challenges and Future Prospects, at 101 ISB on Monday, February 18, from 6:00-8:00pm. Panelists include Prof. Ojiambo, Prof. Anthony Oluoch (Veterinary Biosciences), Margaret Njeru (Curriculum and Instruction) and Leonard Muaka (Department of Linguistics). Watch for publicity about this upcoming event.
also...
Mumia Abu Jamal:
"If it's African it's Tribal"
JUKWAA - Kenyan Political Analysis Internet Discussion Board (great site, a lot of thoughts and information)
MALCOLM X: We Must Bring the U.S. to the United Nations
In the Spirit of Robeson and Malcolm X,
Indict the US at the UN
(week of 2/13-2/20 @ black agenda report)
C-U African Film Festival Schedule
AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
FEBRUARY 22-28, 2008
BEVERLY 18 CARMIKE CINEMAS, CHAMPAIGN IL [MAP]
$5 admission
(click titles for description)
Bamako
Drama from Mali/France/USA, 2006
French and Bambara with English Subtitles
118 minutes., Color
Friday(9pm) Sat(12pm) Sun(2:30pm) Mon (9pm) Tue(2:30pm) Wed(12pm) Thurs(9pm)
Ezra
Drama, Nigeria/France/Austria, 2007
110 minutes
Sat(4:45pm) Sun(9pm) Mon (2:30pm) Tue(4:45pm) Thurs(2:30pm)
Les Saignantes
Sci-Fi Erotic Thriller, Cameroon, 2005, French with English Subtitles
92 minutes
Fri(11:15pm) Sat(7pm) Sun(4:45pm) Mon (7pm) Wed(7pm)
Tasuma
Comedy, Burkina Faso, 2003, French/Jula with English Subtitles
90 minutes
Fri(7pm) Sat(11:15pm) Mon (12pm) Tue(9pm) Wed(4:45pm)
O'Heroi
Drama, Angola, 2005, Portuguese with English Subtitles Grand
97 minutes
Sat(9pm) Sun(7pm) Tue(7pm) Wed(9pm) Thurs(4:45pm)
Kirikou & the Sorceress
Children's Animated Film, France, 1998
70 minutes
First Prize, Children & Adult Juries, Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Sat(2:30pm) Sun(12pm) Mon (4:45pm) Tue(12pm) Wed(2:30pm) Thurs(12pm)
Love
Stevie Wonder - As
I could read this piece everyday. It is beautiful not only in content, but also approach, and I wish society was more engaged in analyses such as this. highly recommended, and relevant to today.
From the rasx context @ kintespace:
Stevie Wonder's Key of Life
Let me summarize in 1960s sci-fi terms: Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris) set out on a “mission” like a “mad scientist” to “invent” the “greatest love song” ever. After the rise of the gangsta rap aesthetic, it should sound strange to a twenty-something in the year 2007 to imagine a time in pop music when self-described Black recording artists (with a capital B) would compete against each other with love songs. Just imagine gangs of Black dudes trying to out love one another! What is sad is that today’s youth would more accept the possibility of a singer or a rapper competing with knowledge of ballistics, vehicles, jewelry or food rather than this thing called “love.”
So, back in the day, Stevie Wonder lived and thrived in what is now the ‘alien’ world of the “love” song. And when Songs in the Key of Life was released September 1976, the opinion here is that our “mad scientist” achieved his goal in the form of a song called “As” (on CD disk 2, track 6). You see, one too many self-described Black pop artists in the 1970s put on African costumes and inconvenient disco boots—but few barely could see the nature of African consciousness. The poetic irony is that a blind man in America could catch a glimpse of the ancient African Old Kingdom. When you need the white executive summary of what ancient Africa was all about, the short answer is this: Africa was about the complex, technical challenge of populating the Earth in a responsible manner. So ‘we’ properly-trained Americans know about the “great” Space Race—‘we’ even accept the slang “rocket scientist” without a thought. Well, the great-society mission of our Africans of the Old Kingdom was being fruitful and multiplying.
Since it seems so easy for say, roaches or other vermin to breed and multiply ‘we’ as imperial minions may erroneously assume that developing humans from scratch is easy, simple—something “dumb” animals do. This is an imperial assumption because it is relatively easy to invade a preexisting “enemy” territory with indigenous, developed civilization, murder all the guys and steal all the girls. But what happens when there is no one ‘else’ to steal from? What do you do when you come from a cultural memory that is so ancient that there was no revolutionary concept of the ‘other’? What happens is sort of like the “love” that Stevie Wonder sang about in his song “As.” You have to read his lyrics to understand that Stevie Wonder is not singing about sexual intercourse. His powerful ancient message is that “loving” you is correct—quintessentially righteous. To not “love” you means nature, itself, is no longer existing as that which was previously set in place. No so-called “love” means the universe no longer ‘knows’ itself.
(read more)
free lectures week of 2/11 @ UIUC
Global Africa: Whence Its Past? Whither Its Future?
February 13, 2008
Wednesday, 4:00 pm
Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
Michael A. Gomez
Department of History and Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
One should not speak of the African diaspora as a singular, unified experience. There are myriad components and contexts to the dispersal of Africans since the fifteenth century. This lecture will assess debates over convergences and divergences, such as debates over identity (including creolization, African-centeredness, New World, among others), routes vs. roots, and the contribution of cultural studies. Gomez will explore the intersections of academic scholarship and politics through the lens of recorded history as he assesses the viability of multiple pan-Africanisms.
Biofuels and the World Food Situation
February 14, 2008
Thursday, 4:00pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
Joachim von Braun
Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
Using more of the world's crops as energy sources could threaten food supplies to hose people who are most in need, especially at prices that are competitive on the world markey. Joachim von Braun assesses opportunities and risks in the development of bioenergy to discuss the changing role of the United States in assisting famine intervention worldwide.
Habari Connection minimag FEB 2008
This is UCIMC-Habari Connection’s community magazine. This grassroots magazine is designed to reach the masses and always has the latest on whats going down in the street. You will always find our webpage
Habari Connection is a non-profit 501(c)3 Community Organization in
Tanya Parker, an Economics Graduate from the University of Illinois and founder of Habari Connection, has worked over the past four years to connect all segments of the community and to help our youth develop a new vision of themselves and our future. Habari Connection needs you, brothers and sisters, as much as you need us - that's what community is.
There are many ways to support Habari Connection:
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This program has been supported by the United Way.
U.S. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health: Political Crisis in Kenya
U.S. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution
Njoki N'DunguFormer Member of Kenya's Parliament
- U.S. Role in Kenya
- Kenyan 'Masculinity in Crisis'
statement to subcommittee on Africa and global health
I don't know if anyone saw this whole meeting on cspan2 but it was kind of crazy and a lot of important points were brought up. also from a critical perspective the response of the us govt. is amazingly telling of the direction of things regarding both the political/economic interests (benefits) of ongoing conflict in Kenya, as well stepped-up interest of the current govt. concerning having an well planned response to the conflict and a public affairs front. Mr. Kiai said it is what happens in between elections that prove a democracy, not the elections themselves. And Ms. N'Dungu said that the elections were used as a pretext for preplanned evictions of certain segments of the population(remember what Ngugi said too)....wow. are you thankin what im thanking?
we'll probably bring some of this up on the radio next week.
also...
over@liberatormagazine:
Kenya: Intellectuals fail in Times of Crisis
Prince Among Slaves
Narrated by Mos Def
Last C-U showing on PBS (Channel 13) - Friday February 8, 9:00PM
Official Website
*This is of special interest to Lolaka ya Afrika radio show as we will be discussing the history of Islam in the Americas on our next show w/Sister Takeya and Sister Patsy (Daughters of Eve, Saturdays 11am-12pm), on Wed. February 13, 2008. [see schedule]
February again......
saul williams - black history month
blackhistorymixtape v 1.1
or pt.1/pt.2
1 MAJ - BlackHistory 4:42
2 Jeru tha damaja - History 101 4:22
3 Watts Prophets - Amerikkka 0:34
4 3rd world -1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade) 4:28
5 MAJ - Tubman 4:42
6 Nina Simone - Four Women 4:28
7 Langston Hughes by Taj Mahal - Crossing 4:59
8 The Last Poets - True Blues 1:59
9 Gil Scott Heron - blues/history [excerpt] 5:26
10 Mos Def - Rock 'N' Roll 5:02
11 Sarah Webster Fabio - Alchemy 5:24
12 MAJ - Malcolm'sMeanings 3:58
13 El Hajji Malik Shabazz - End Police Brutality [excerpt] 7:31
14 Dennis Brown - Malcolm X 3:20
15 Stevie Wonder - Black Man 8:27
16 MAJ - Huey P. Newton 2:39
17 we be ( ursula rucker) 5:08
18 Queen Ifrica - Black People 3:44
19 MAJ - Another side of Black History 3:21
20 Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 1) 3:03
21 MLK - revolutionofvalues 6:05
22 NaS - I CAN 4:13
(this mixtape isn't perfect or complete, and yeah it is mostly from the pov of amerikkka (lookout for v 2.0), but it is some stuff i had that I always kind of wanted to put together. for the most part it is designed to educate and uplift the kids, but really it is for everyone.)
official stance of Lolaka ya Afrika on 'Black history month': The history of African people is the history of the world and civilization since its inception. Thus the idea of giving black history a month is degrading to say the least, and indicative of much larger problems and contradictions within our society. But we believe in the importance of African/Black history with all of our heart and soul, as well as the need to position history to shed light on present situations and conditions.
02.06.2008
John Henrik Clarke -
A Great and Mighty Walk
This video chronicles the life and times of the noted African-American historian, scholar and Pan-African activist John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998). Both a biography of Clarke himself and an overview of 5,000 years of African history, the film offers a provocative look at the past through the eyes of a leading proponent of an Afrocentric view of history. From ancient Egypt and Africa’s other great empires, Clarke moves through Mediterranean borrowings, the Atlantic slave trade, European colonization, the development of the Pan-African movement, and present-day African-American history.
The radio program for today will feature this documentary with selections from the mixtape:
'blackhistorymixtapev1.0'
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