ASKIA! ABENA! Saw both at separate times while hawking T’ChallaA marketing MarvelThe Black Cat unifying the white movie theater and Black lecture hallAfrikan Panther Power brought to you by Mickey Mouse Askia has quilted his scribing life of red, black, green and white (house)“The Autobiography of Charles 67X”A Black NPR SoundPrint on rewindA map to…
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It was great joining the inaugural run of The Roundtable with Askia Muhammad for WPFW 89.3FM. We talked very briefly about the new “radical” Democrats and what this may or may not mean.
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Askia Muhammad, veteran journalist with The Final Call and news director at WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, D.C. hosted this discussion with Dr. Greg Carr, chair of African American Studies at Howard University, on the “Inconvenient Hero” that was Dr. King and how the suppression of his politics relates to the film Selma. *Thursday January…
Read moreThe Almighty and Powerful Lisa Fischer
The Almighty and Powerful Lisa Fischer joined us this week for a rousing discussion of her work, the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, the depth of meaning(s) involved in the role Black women play as backup singers and so much more!
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