Category Archives: African Music

Weekend Open Thread – A Tribute to the G.O.A.T. – Serena Williams

I remember reading about the Williams Sisters in Sports Illustrated, when Richard Williams was being vilified for his stance about not letting his daughters play in all those Junior tournaments… Who did this Negro think he was? They made such … Continue reading

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Open Thread: The Lawsuit of Brian Flores…Echoes of Curt Flood?

Both of my parents were baseball fanatics. Knew the game inside and out. My mother was a baseball historian….and, she counted Curt Flood as important to baseball as Jackie Robinson. My mother believed that every current baseball player should put … Continue reading

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Friday Open Thread

TGIF, Everyone. MOTHER AFRICA!

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Thursday Open Thread

More Sona Jobarteh

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Wednesday Open Thread

Happy HUMP Day, Everyone! Bracket – Mama Africa

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Tuesday Open Thread

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Monday Open Thread | West African Music

This week’s featured music is from West Africa. Sona Jobarteh is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Gambia and the UK. She was born in 1983[1] into one of the five principal Kora-playing Griot families from West Africa – … Continue reading

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Sunday Open Thread

Have a BLESSED Sunday, Everyone

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Friday Open Thread | Out of Africa

Tribute to African sunsets… Only an African sunset can bring an elephant’s shadow and show its smile. Only an African sunset streams golden liquid on dry land and makes the lions and chimps tap dance to the beat of the … Continue reading

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Wednesday Open Thread | Out of Africa

Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. In the 1960s, she was the first artist from Africa to popularize African music around the world. … Continue reading

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