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D’BI.YOUNG ANITAFRIKA TALKS + PERFORMS THE SANKOFA TRILOGY

Interviewing d’bi.young anitafrika was an amazing experience.   We’d met before at a workshop I did with her at International Women’s Day 2008. I remember being impressed with how she conducted the group and with her performance at the end … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH REGGAE SINGER LAZAH CURRENT

Lazah Current is a former member of Juno Award winning band Messenjah.  Growing up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lazah has moved to Jamaica to pursue a solo career.  Recently releasing his a second album, Betta Tomorrow, Lazah is on tour … Continue reading

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BETTA TOMORROW

Betta Tomorrow By Lazah Current Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Lazah Current, former member of Juno Award winning Roots reggae band Messenjah, has gone solo and is reaching great heights.  Recently performing to a packed house at Lula Lounge in … Continue reading

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HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: PSYCHIC UNREST BY LILLIAN ALLEN + A TALK WITH BLACK FEMINIST ERICA NEEGAN

Psychic Unrest By Lillian Allen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos All the great poets learned from those who came before them.  Many young and aspiring poets have Walt Whitman sired.  Willam Butler Yeats has influenced many.  And Sylvia Plath is … Continue reading

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