Music Round-UP

By now we’ve all heard Kanye’s “Graduation,” Kweli’s “Eardrum,” and Common’s “Finding Forever.” They are all very good albums (with Kweli’s in a distance 3rd). And, yes, that includes Kanye’s. He’s not the deepest or best rapper by far, but the man can put together an ALBUM as opposed to a string [...]

Thousands Rally In Support Of Jena 6 Today!

Let James do the talkin’:
Look a’here, some people say we got a lot of malice/Some say it’s a lotta nerve/I say we won’t quit moving/ Til we get what we deserve/ We’ve been buked and we’ve been scourned/ We’ve been treated bad, talked about/ As just as sure as you’re born/ But just [...]

Read a Motherf*cking Book!!

Hat tip: Patrice of 1865co.comBET has a controversial new “public service announcement” encouraging people to “read a motherfuckin’ book.” You have to see it to believe it.

Here is a CNN story on the video complete with a group discussion.

New efforts underway in Africa to educate in traditional languages

“Every child and adult should be able learn in their own language, especially in the face of staggering failure rates from the French education system.” - Sonja Diallo, Director of ARED.

“With formal education systems crumbling in much of sub-Saharan Africa, educationalists are looking more to informal systems of education taught in local languages.

“[Diallo] points [...]