The Indypendent
Kazembe Balagun
The Fanon Phenomenon: Documentary Unearths Africa’s Anti-Colonial Struggles
Concerning Violence Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson (2014) Frantz Fanon, the Caribbean psychiatrist-turned-revolutionary, knew a little bit about sampling. As…
Planet Funk Jeremiah Hosea/Earthdriver: A Review
Earthdriver will perform with Shariff Simmons Aug. 19 at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, NYC. Check out Jeremiah Hosea…
Disunited Brotherhoods: Race Racketeering And The Fall Of The New York Construction Unions By Gregory Butler iUniverse, Inc, 2006…
Chains Of History: Review of Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery
Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery New York Historical Society June 16, 2006-January 7, 2007 Say slavery in New…
If your style is more incendiary revolutionary than flag-waving patriotic then make your way down to the Second Annual…
The New Tradition of Speculative Fiction
Octavia Butler is in the long tradition of writers who blend science fiction and resistance politics. Surprising to some,…
In her new novel Fledgling, Octavia Butler has turned tradition on its head by presenting a black female as…
Interviewing the Oracle : Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler’s conversation style is like her prose: lean and to the point. Not that she does not have…
Rosa Parks is the saint of direct action. Her refusal to bow down to segregation and give up her…