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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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Part.4. African’s Peacefull Means: structural Violence in Africa
The last decades in Africa have been marred by unprecedented levels of political, ethnic, and transnational conflict. This continent is one of the major battlegrounds of global forces; it is the most marginalized areas of the world. More than thirty wars have been fought in Africa since 1970, and most of these have been internal rather than inter-state wars. In … Read the rest
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Lyrics: We’ve Had Enough By Michael Jackson
Love was taken from a young lifeAnd no one told her whyHer direction has a dimlightFrom one more violent crime She innocently questioned why Why her father had to die She asked the men in blue How is it that you get to chooseWho will live and who will dieDid god say that … Read the rest
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Listing of Select Africa and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worldwide
Listing of Select African and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worlwide. A hand-picked listing of African and Afro-Diasporan art events happening around the world, updated weekly. Follow us on Instagram for more art news, photos and updates. “Njideka Akunyili Crosby” at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA. In her Los Angeles debut, Nigerian-American artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby brings her large scale works … Read the rest
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Somaliland, Invisible Nationhood By Raïs Neza Boneza
The Republic of Somaliland is situated in the northwest of Somalia bordering Ethiopia and Djibouti on the tip of the horn of Africa. The Somaliland was a prime target of General Siad Barre until the fall of his authoritarian regime and the collapse of the Somali state in the late 1980s. In 1977, Mohamed Siad Barre begins his conquest of … Read the rest
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Is music activism cleansing the soul of Europe?
Reflecting on David Rovics, Kristian Svenson And Elona Planman passage in Trondheim, Norway. By Raïs Neza Boneza With the recent refugee a.ka. migrants and economic crisis shadowing Europe, there is hope after all, few artists are breaking the barrier of the usual “brouhaha of humanitarian concert a la Bono and Geldof”. Recently, it easy to see that the … Read the rest