Otherworldly Videos: Moonchild + Seun Kuti/Dead Prez + Raye 6

Moonchild‘s “Go Starring” (co-written by Tshepang Ramoba of Blk Jks).

Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts

*Please DONATE at the side panel! *Submissions guidelines at top of page. “Speculative Fictions By Women Writers I’m going to Read This Year” on Ladies Finger including works from NK Jeminson, Nnedi Okorafor and Karen Lord. *”Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased” on Salon: “Many in the black community have fought for reproductive […]

The My-Stery: The Legba Circuit in Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’

Two of my favorites quotations from Invisible Man: “Beware of those who speak of the spiral of history; they are preparing a boomerang. Keep a steel helmet handy” and “The old is ever new.” Today is Ralph Ellison’s Birthday and he would have been his 100th birthday. So, here is a taste (a short summary) of […]