Very interesting post and conversation. I encourage any comments to be made at original post (here). As my feminist consciousness has developed the more I’ve become aware, both explicitly and implicitly, that there is a popular notion that feminism is un-African. Every time I write a post about feminism in an African context, I get at [...]
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“Is feminism really un-African?” by MsAfropolitan
Posted in African Women, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Feminism, Life on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Africa’s Hidden Presidents?” by Nkwazi Mhango
Posted in Africa, African Politics, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Corruption, Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, Leadership, Nkwazi Mhango, Simone Gbagbo on April 25, 2011 | 10 Comments »
What transpired in Ivory Coast recently, luckily, unearthed a great rot in our education system and upper echelons of power in Africa. Laurent Gbagbo, the professor of History, made a bad history for not understanding history. He mindlessly clung unto power so as to cause many deaths and many casualties. Gbagbo’s saga is a test to our [...]
“The Education Race Man on Black History Month 2011 (Exhibit V)” by José Luis Vilson
Posted in AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Education, Life on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Submission from educator, writer and AfroSpear Googlegroup blogger José Luis Vilson Click on image for article:
The most powerful black women in Europe–Black Women in Europe™: Power List 2010 – A List of Our Own
Posted in African Diaspora, Afro-Europe, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black Women, Black Women in Europe, Leadership, tagged Black Women, europe, power on December 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Black Women in Europe™ blog announced its first-ever Black Women in Europe™: Power List that includes 58 women in Europe in six categories. The categories are business, lifestyle, media, politics, social entrepreneurs and NGOs. This year’s Black Women in Europe™: Power List 2010 were chosen from nominations from the general public and editor Adrianne George [...]
Rejuvenated Purpose? AfroSpear 2.0
Posted in Activism, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Blogging, Critical Thinking, Leadership on November 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago a member of the AfroSpear Google Group asked this question: “It appears that the Afrosphere Google Group has died a slow and unfortunate death. Is the Afrosphere a group in name only? What should be the next steps, if anything for the Afrosphere Google Group?” First, it’s difficult to keep something [...]
“The Reason Why The Black Male ‘Crisis’ Is a Hoax” by José Luis Vilson
Posted in Activism, African-Americans, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Critical Thinking, Education, Life on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Interetsing article in the Huffington Post by educator, writer and AfroSpear Googlegroup blogger: José Luis Vilson. Joel Klein’s recent resignation had an interesting alignment to a report that showed that black males in the United States aren’t doing well in this country. You’ve read the statistics. Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient [...]
from tribal intellectualism to cultural lyricist
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Jazzuloo, Life on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago, my brother The Field Negro contacted me to say that he had used a post I did about 2 years ago entitled: “Tribal Intellectualism and the concept of the House Negro”, as the basis of an article he had posted on his blog. I was like “cool”, went over to his blog and read [...]


