GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Marley -Finally Debuts at Berlinale

Marley -Finally Debuts at Berlinale

As Bob Marley said “I don’t come to Bow, I came to Conquer “. After so many changes in direction, directors & dates in order for the Marley family to feel comfortable & proud with a documentary…

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Global Fusion Playlist:@The Movies-” Marley “- the Bob Marley Documentary

Global Fusion Playlist:@The Movies-” Marley “- the Bob Marley Documentary

The opening shot of the film will feature a tour of Cape Coast Castle, a fortification in Ghana that contains the infamous “Door of No Return” through which many Africans passed before being shipped into slavery. I want to suggest

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Sun Dancing In Honor of Angela Davis’s Birthday & Other Black Women Warriors!

Sun Dancing In Honor of Angela Davis’s Birthday & Other Black Women Warriors!

As Black history & women’s history month come consecutively in February & March , I started thinking of the many global African shero warriors-the ones who are well known & the ones forgotten in the course of our history. As…

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Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies: Na nga def: Diasporics Encounter Africans

Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies: Na nga def: Diasporics Encounter Africans

Thanks to the Thoughts of a Ghetto Intellectual named Kwame Zulu Shabazz, I was introduced to a great documentary on the power of Global Black Female Unity. Watching the clip for the documentary “Na nga def: Diasporics Encounter

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The Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies :Vanishing Seeds! Rebekah Frimpong-Black Star Rising!

The Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies :Vanishing Seeds! Rebekah Frimpong-Black Star Rising!

Black Stars continue to rise globally staying true to Ghana’s national slogan of Forward Ever, BackWard Never! Ms. Rebekah Frimpong: Filmmaker/Poet/Mentor/Activist is a Global Fusionist that you will be sure to hear more about soon. From pageant crowns to being…

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Welcome To Lagos- BBC Documentary

Welcome To Lagos- BBC Documentary

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] On April 15th, 2010 The BBC aired the six part documentary entitled “Welcome To Lagos”, a look at the second most populous city in Africa outside of Cairo, located in the West African…

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti- The New Decade Revival of the Revolutionary Spirit!

Fela Anikulapo Kuti- The New Decade Revival of the Revolutionary Spirit!

By now everyone across the globe must have heard the name Fela Anikulapo Kuti, AKA Fela, AKA Black President. If you have not then maybe you are too young or just stuck under a rock. There is a new revival…

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The Prep School Negro documentary by Andre Robert Lee & my own process as a PSN

The Prep School Negro documentary  by Andre Robert Lee & my own process as a PSN

I went to a workshop preview of the documentary, The Prep School Negro on Monday. This was a documentary that directly spoke to me as a fellow prep school Negro & my own prep school experience, along with the…

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