It was a pleasure to be back again with Ka’ba and WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC for this discussion with A. Peter Bailey about Malcolm X, the “missing chapters” of his autobiography and the recent article about it all in the New York Times.
Read moreBook Review: Elombe Brath’s Proletariat Prose
Elombe Brath (1936-2014), whose writings from two decades have been collected here in a fundraising vehicle for the memorial foundation bearing his name, was the heir of Harlem’s street orators—those men who gathered at streetcorners before and after World War II and talked about the Africa inside. Armed with a century of books, pamphlets and documents, these people educated African villages across America about the relationship between history, culture, politics and society from the perspectives of the most powerful people who had ever been colonized.
Read moreAcademics In Cars #12 Go-Go Music and Culture with Dr. Tahira Mahdi
Dr. Tahira Mahdi joined us again to discuss her doctoral studies into Go-Go music and culture. Watch this video on YouTube
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