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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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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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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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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
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Nandi | by Rais Neza Boneza | An African Lyrical Story
I have reached my destination; I trace calligraphies. My quill seems to pour its ink unto the banks of the Tanganyika Lake. The sacred place, to which from the other side of the frontier, I confined my boredom and worries when I was that youth. Nevertheless, always hence along my way. How have I arrived at the kraal … Read the rest
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Merging the Personal with the Political: Nneka – “My Fairy Tales” Album Review.
Ever since I first heard “Kangpe” on FIFA 10, I have been extremely interested in the eclectic sound of the music Nigerian artist Nneka creates. She is, in my opinion, one of the best and strongest voices on the African continent in the new millennium, offering a fresh perspective on pertinent, everyday-life issues through her socially aware … Read the rest