Malawi Prison Band Now A Grammy Nominee
The album, recorded in prison by music producer Ian Brennan, captured the attention of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the US who hand out the hotly-contested prize. […]
Month: December 2015
South African Author Asks ‘What If There Were No Whites?” In New Book
She writes: “As I research, I see our debates, our racialized world view is built in a world where the black and white middle class play bumper cars. It is a rivalry for how history is understood and weighted. It is a rivalry about whose culture will rule the roost. […]
Rwandans, Defying Odds, Give President Kagame Third Term Option
President Kagame was also quoted on Twitter, rebuking the naysayers: “Our actions do not correspond to the wishes of other nations. “ And Tahakabar Shaheed wrote: “Rwanda has come of age. It’s been a great walk of pain & tears & yet a great walk is ahead of Rwanda. […]
Water Rationing Is The New Reality In Southern Africa
Heller, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water, toured close to a dozen communities, health facilities and schools in a recent 9-day trip. His findings were troubling. […]
President Obama Runs Wild With Bear Grylls To Push The Importance of Climate Change
“I’m in awe of what you’re doing to protect our planet,” Grylls said near the end, while Obama stated how impressed he was with the TV host’s commitment to the same cause, before the two prayed together and hugged. […]
Vince Staples Gets Political
CNN caught up with rapper Vince Staples in Washington, D.C., and the 22-year-old Long Beach artist weighed in on the importance of education and the drug-addiction epidemic that he said is “rampant” in rap music. […]
Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift lead 2015 Grammy nominations
“Lamar’s achievement is all the more impressive because he did so with ‘To Pimp a Butterfly,’ a rap album so challenging and musically complex that fans and critics are still chewing on it nearly nine months […]
Consensus Builds To Oust Despotic Burundi Prez
A chorus of opposition to Pierre Nkurunziza is mounting in the international community, making the likelihood of an orchestrated removal of the embattled Burundi seem a distinct possibility. This past Friday, Kenya Airways cancelled all […]
Ethiopians In The U.S. Protest Mistreatment Of Oromos
The U.S.-based community of Oromos – an ethnic group from Ethiopia – is demanding an end to U.S. support for the Ethiopian government which, they say, has been seizing land from local farmers without compensating them. […]
Climate Change Poses Imminent Threat To Africa
He then added optimistically: “Together we are challenging the fossil fuel oligarchy, we are ushering in the era of solutions, and we are moving the political benchmark of what is possible.” […]