Mass Media and African Sovereignty Jared Ball It is always appropriate for a people to question the status of their sovereignty. It seems especially timely during the month of August, or as some refer to it, Black August; the time when we commemorate the Black liberation struggle, prison reform movement and political prisoners. This past…
Read moreBeaten Rhymes and Strife: The Instinctive Travels of A Tribe Called Colonized
Beaten Rhymes and Strife: The Instinctive Travels of A Tribe Called Colonized Jared Ball A documentary film about the legendary rap group A Tribe Called Quest should be a very big deal. A film about them should be as wide-ranging as this collective of talent. And the film should be as powerful as the time…
Read moreBlack August and Crises of Hip-Hop as Euphemism
Again, as we roll into the month of August we’d like to begin our tribute of Black August a bit early… If you didn’t know already, let me be the first to tell you that there is indeed a crisis in hip-hop politics and intellectualism. It is a crisis of separation, a crisis of deracination…
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