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Los Angeles…you’ve had to listen people from other cities — and countries – rave about ‘Fela!’, for ages. Now you can see what they’ve been screaming about for yourself. The production — based on the life of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti – is coming to the Los Angeles Music Center! In December! Fela! was originally slated to come to LA in April 2012, but was moved the start date forward...
Nicole D. Sconiers is the author of a new book called Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race, Hair and Rage, a collection of ten stories set in “a futuristic Los Angeles.” (Yup, this is Black Speculative Fiction.) While the world Sconiers has created is fantasy(esque), the issues she deals with are very real – Black hair, relationships, race and more – all of it tackled with wit and humor. Nicole’s personal story...
Wow. It’s another of those strange days. Less than 24 hours after Joe Frazier, another important figure in African American and Global Black culture passes away, we hear about the passing of Heavy D, who played a prominent role in the soundtrack of teenagers growing up in the 90s.
Here’s video from one of his final perfomances, at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. He performed a medley of his 90′s hits.
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