“Naming Evil in the World: Hip-Hop’s Blues Footprints”

From the Blues and the Spirit symposium, Mark Anthony Neal discusses the secular and sacred aspects of hip-hop and Black music in general. He speaks about their visionary and prophetic tradition, their practice of naming evil in the world, the subtlety of the musical forms, the musical technology used, and concepts of escape, freedom, fugitivity, […]

Moving on the Wires: “Black Thought 2.0 Conference: The Future of Black Studies and New Media”

From Mark Anthony Neal Black Thought 2.0 Conference April 6-7 Public Conference Brings Together Black Intellectuals to Discuss Social Media and the Future of Cultural Studies *** Durham, NC– More than a dozen prominent African-American scholars will participate in a conference on the role of social media in cultural studies, April 6-7 at Duke University.The […]

Moving on the Wires: Mark Anthony Neal’s Left of Black

Professor of African & African-American Studies at Duke University and blog owner of New Black Man, Mark Anthony Neal began producing the weekly webcast Left of Black last year. Neal calls the series, “a contrarian view of blackness,” and it is due to his wide range of guests on the show who discuss a variety of […]