In Kuumba, we didn’t have to pretend to be perfect or unburdened. We sang out our frustrations and stresses, and we asked for emotional and spiritual support in closing circle at the end of every rehearsal. By singing and praying together, we tried to heal each other and ourselves.
Pac should be remembered because he articulated his confusion and rage so well.
50 Cent is everywhere. He’s on billboards, magazine covers, CDs, radio programs, television talk shows, and now he can be seen on the silver screen in “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’,” which is loosely based on his life story.
While in exile from Nigeria in 1995, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka took haven at Harvard.
Skip Gates’ Behind the Color Line charts the professor’s trajectory across the American heartland in search of African-American economic, social and political status.