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sat’day riddymz

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Calypso Music, Carnival, Culture, sat'day riddymz, Sforzata Steelband, Steel Pan Music, Trinidad and Tobago on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Jump up!

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Black History Month Carnival: Submissions

Posted in Africa, Blogging, Books, Carnival, Culture, Education, History, Life, Music, Pan Africanism, Politics, Racism, Religion on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The People Could Fly Project My Jewels from Africa

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Black History Month Carnival: Smile, My Beloved Continent

Posted in Africa, African-Americans, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Carnival, Culture, History, Life, News on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As I have been following the current news events out of Africa, it is disturbing to see all the images of chaos, death, disease, greed, genocide and corruption. Is that all there is or is that only what is being fed to us? I have always believed that western society’s (and the global) view of those of African descent starts, [...]

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January Carnival: The True State of Humankind

Posted in Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Blogging, Carnival, Geopolitics, Life, Religion on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Are we angels or devils Being Human

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January Carnival: The True State of Humankind

Posted in Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Blogging, Carnival, Christianity, Crime, Culture, Islam, Justice, Law, Life, News, Politics, Religion, Work on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Over the holidays one of the books I read was “An Ordinary Man” by Paul Rusesabagina. His real life experience as the general manager of the Hotel Mille Collines during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was the inspiration for the film “Hotel Rwanda“. One of the issues he discusses, which I found to be profound, was the [...]

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December Carnival Submission:: What are you thankful and hopeful for?

Posted in Africa, African-Americans, African/Black Women Blogs, AfroSphere, Blogging, Carnival, Culture, Life, News, Pan Africanism, Politics, Work on December 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »

“Great topic – but to be honest…this takes some time to think about…you know, to try to formulate your thoughts correctly.” This was a comment left on my blog page in response to the December Carnival topic. Does it take that much effort to think about something positive…. to share what we are thankful for [...]

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December Carnival: What are you thankful and hopeful for?

Posted in Africa, African-Americans, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black pride, Blogging, Blogroll, Carnival, Life, Love, News on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

It took me a while to be able to sit down and formulate the topic for this month’s carnival topic, but here it is. I wanted come up with something positive to reflect upon, in relation for both the out-going and the upcoming year. Most of us have just come through the Thanksgiving festivities and are now gearing [...]

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November Carnival Submissions: “Reparations:what is the value of what we’re owed?”

Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Carnival, Culture, Education, Geopolitics, History, Holocaust, Imperialism, Law, Life, Pan Africanism, Politics, Racism, Religion, Reparations, Slavery, Truth and Reconciliation on November 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to those who participated. Additions are welcomed and respectful discussion is encouraged. As always, if you have an idea for a future Carnival topic, let us know at Afrospear@hotmail.com. Jamelle discusses what reparation’s mean and more importantly, how we should really conceive of reparations at The United States of Jamerica.   Hathor argues that the public needs to [...]

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