GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

A Global Fusion Christmas…Christmas All Over The World!

May we all enjoy the season as we give & receive. May we not forget the meaning of the season in reflection, celebration & honor of the birth of Christ. To all of our Global Fusionists who do not celebrate…

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What Exactly Is New African Fashion?

What Exactly Is New African Fashion?

I attended the panel discussion on Helen Jennings’s book New African Fashion” at the New York Public library the other night. As a great fan of Ghanaian designer Mimi Plange , Somali

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BET AWARDS 2011: Bringing Back American Soul Music & Missing the Boat on Truly Representing Global Blackness

BET AWARDS 2011: Bringing Back American Soul Music & Missing the Boat on Truly Representing Global Blackness

As much as most people love to hate on BET or we, Black folks worldwide seem to have a love/hate realtionship with ourselves & those who we pay & are sanctioned to represent us in the world ; I…

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JAY Z Showcases His Global Fusion With Life +Times

JAY Z Showcases His Global Fusion With Life +Times

Jay Z has done it again. This time his creativity & new era pushing the envelope has come in the form of his new website Life + Times, which is basically what I envisioned Global Fusion Productions to be…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

2010 may have been trying for some & glorious for others , but we can all be thankful that we were given the gift of life to see the new year of 2011! May you make it a great one!

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A Global Fusion Christmas…Christmas All Over The World!

A Global Fusion Christmas…Christmas All Over The World!

May we all enjoy the season as we give & receive. May we not forget the meaning of the season in reflection, celebration & honor of the birth of Christ. To all of our Global Fusionists who do not celebrate…

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Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Say Hello To Professor Swizz Beatz- The First Producer In Residence At NYU

Some people can’t fathom the idea of why a prestigious artistic institution like NYU would name Swizz Beatz as NYU’s first producer-in-residence of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts, but I…

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Global Fusion Playlist: Miri Ben-Ari Symphony Of Brotherhood

Global Fusion Playlist: Miri Ben-Ari Symphony Of Brotherhood

For True  Global Music Lovers , you have probably already heard & fallen in love with Miri Ben-Ari AKA The Hip-Hop Violinist. The Israeli beauty who has rocked the world renown Apollo Theater  & played her melodic violin along…

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Global Fusion Playlist:Hip-Hop Is Not Dead:NOMADIC MASSIVE feat. Z’Africa Brasil “MOVING FORWARD”

Global Fusion Playlist:Hip-Hop Is Not Dead:NOMADIC MASSIVE feat. Z’Africa Brasil “MOVING FORWARD”

Global Hip-Hop is the way forward ..”They move in Circles.. We Move Forward“! I feel like a broken record as I constantly find myself telling people that not only is Hip-Hop not dead, but it has found new life globally…

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Global Fusion Playlist:The Narcicyst featuring Shadia Mansour “Hamdulillah”

Global Fusion Playlist:The Narcicyst featuring Shadia Mansour “Hamdulillah”

” Hamduillah” & an artist like The Narcicyst seem to be right in time as we debate the very thin line between what is considered protecting sacred ground & hatred toward those who choose to practice the religion of…

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