“The above outlines the root cause of things in Nigeria and I am sure there is not much difference in other countries. So, at this juncture, are we, black people of the westen hemisphere, truly obligated to step in and do for Africa what it appears that many Africans won’t do for Africa? Are we [...]
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About Africa
Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Leadership on January 24, 2012 | 6 Comments »
sat’day riddymz
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Basilio Fergus, Music, Panama, S.E. Dianna Torre, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on November 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
From Sis. Ana Panamanian national, Basilio Fergus went to Spain to study medicine and realized his true calling was composing songs and singing. With his rich angelic voice, he became an international star troughout the Spanish speaking world. Cisne Cuello Negro-Black Necked Swan, a song that talks about how the word” black” has been debased, [...]
Byts and Bytes
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Byts and Bytes, Critical Thinking on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hollywood’s New Sodom & Gomorrah Persona Herman Cain and Barack Obama; Separated at Birth? An open letter and warning from a former tea party movement adherent to the Occupy Wall Street movement Falling BLACK in Love… On Literature and Awareness
“A Painful (Yet Familiar) Ritual” by Michael W. Waters
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Family, Black Issues, Children, Critical Thinking, Life, Michael W. Waters, Racism on October 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Excellent article by Michael W. Waters My only son turned five years old last week. He is a handsome, articulate, energetic, intelligent, fun-loving and gentle young man. He is the apple of my eye! There’s only one problem: he is Black. And as his father, I am challenged to do for him what generations of [...]
Byts and Bytes
Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, Afro-Futurism, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Byts and Bytes, Critical Thinking, Cyberspace, Education, Exploitation, Geopolitics, Jazzuloo, Leadership, News, Revolution, Television on March 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
1. Psycho-Slavery: Black Boys, White Female Teachers & the Rise of A.D.H.D. 2. How China has created a new slave empire in Africa 3. Afro-Futurism: The Marketing of Revolution
War babies, Germany and love letters explaining the past
Posted in African Diaspora, tagged Black Germany, Black Women in Europe™ Blog, Noah Sow, Rosemarie Pena on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cross post from the Black Women in Europe™ Blog War babies, Germany and love letters explaining the past From Noah Sow’s Blog: Afro-German History in New Karasek Book Release The post before this one is about a book release in German(y). The story is important to me though, so I’ll try to tell you the [...]
An Education: One Moore Book
Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, African Literature, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Education, Wayétu Moore on February 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This article in the Huffington Post was forwarded to the AfroSpear by Wayétu Moore, one of the creators and publisher of onemoorebook: When Liberia was my home, they called it sweet. Sweet was the word I remembered the most during the war. I was five and my father, two sisters and I fled Monrovia and [...]
Jazzuloo: inner rhythms of the jazz melodies in my mind
Posted in African Diaspora, Critical Thinking, Jazzuloo, Leadership, Life on January 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s time to return to blogging from a more personal perspective on a consistent basis, so I have a new blog home: Jazzuloo. It won’t be AfroSpear-lite, so there will be little cross-posting. Click on the image below and come visit from time to time.


