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Part.4. African’s Peacefull Means: Micro-cultural aspects of violence in Africa
From the Book Peace By African’s Peaceful Means By Raïs Neza Boneza With micro-cultural aspects, we shall concentrate our inquiry on local culture and customs. Africans are d… Read the rest
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LUO NYATITI MUSIC FROM KENYA
Nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre from Kenya. It is a classical instrument used by the Luo people located in the Nyanza western region in Kenya. It is about three feet long. The player of Nyatiti holds it to his chest, seated on a low stool, with the base firmly to the ground. Usually it is played together … Read the rest
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Impisi
Her heart empty of vitality She succumbs with her tragedy Taken out of her territory She thinks about her history From her despair, she is withering From the time, she waits for the grave Far from her shelter, she lives as renegade From the pack, she is the survivor Queen of emptiness Her sentiments confounded to … Read the rest
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Revolt of the Black athlete The hidden history of Muhammad Ali By David Zirin
Appeared in International Socialist Review Issue 33, January–February 2004 Dave Zirin is the author of Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports (Haymarket Books, 2007), The Muhammad Ali Handbook (MQ Publications, 2007), and What’s My Name, Fool? (Haymarket Books, 2005). He is Press Action’s 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, and has been called “an … Read the rest
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Dinanga, the Ark of Refuge
Eighteen days since the ship began its voyage toward the distant capital town of Kin-Malebo; On the majestic river Congo; sailing slowly and hesitantly on the vicious liquid leaving behind the foretold fall of a regime in disarray. We have tamped everything down under the bags of cassava; the life conditions are unimaginable on the barges. Solitude! When the shadow … Read the rest