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Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Cela Cruz, Ismael Rivera, Latin Music, sat'day riddymz, Tito Curet Alonso, YouTube on December 17, 2011 | 8 Comments »

The late Puerto Rican song writer, Tito Curet Alonso, composer of about 2000 salsa songs, gave us some memorable songs. Here the late Puerto Rican Sonero Mayor, Ismael Rivera sings one of Curet’s most beautiful and inspiring song : Las Caras Lindas de mi Gente Negra – The Beautiful Faces of my Black people. Mr. [...]

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The Al Jazeera slavery debate

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Aljazeera English, Exploitation, News, Slavery, YouTube on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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sat’day riddymz

Posted in Afrobeat, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Milton Nascimento, YouTube on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Os tambores de Minas, by Milton Nascimento. This song roughly means, the drums of Minas Gerais, Milton Nascimento’s home state, will never be quiet.” Sis Ana. Saludos…

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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, [...]

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