December 2010
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Kinshasa Transatlantic, Baloji in New York City
Baloji Debuts in New York City this January 6th at Joes Pub & on the 12th at SOBS with Les Nubians + Blitze The Ambassador..You’d be an idiot to miss out on Baloji! Please RT this or Reblog. Africa is the Future!
Dec 30th
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Dec 24th
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“Staying the same is more dangerous than embracing change initiatives.”
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Painting by Setordji Kofi from Ghana spotted on OUt&About IT’s had me thinking a lot about this dress by Algerian born Yves Saint Laurent“Mondrian” day dress, autumn 1965
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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“I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in...”
– Kwame Nkrumah
Dec 19th
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WatchWatch
World is burning up in flames, and nobody wants to take the blame….they dont hear me crying..ohhhhhhhhh ohhh Charles Bradley! 
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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No Boundaries: Kerry Washington →
Kerry Reveals her real passions, Politics and art access for everyone!  via @raquelwison 
Dec 11th
Dec 11th
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peopleseed asked: I like your blog , and the way you preach selflessly and positively about a Africa !

-just wanted to send a shout out !
Dec 11th
The Levis Girl: Notable Shapers! →
thelevisgirl: Here’s a few ladies whose goals/interests/etcetera really grabbed my attention whilst exploring all the profiles on Shape What’s To Come today!: Kate Bomz Philadelphia / Dar-es-Salaam Aspiring DJ. Vintage lover, thinker & piquant dreamer. Revolutionary & passionate Tanzanian import. A…
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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The letter my mother would have written to me had...
Dear Daughter The women in our family are known for their lucid hearts For the frightening vigour with which they love And they way they let men eat from their open chests As if their insides alone could offer redemption As if their flesh could create portals for men to escape The ugliness that they themselves created in this world. If I could do it all again I would’ve raise u in the...
Dec 9th
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“No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for...”
– Julius Kambarage Nyerere, from his A Peaceful New Year speech given in Tanzania on 1 January 1968. (via peopleseed)
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always...”
– Chinua Achebe  via laeticia, chukwuma:  (via tobia)
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 7th
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I used to Love HER [#Tanzania]
I knew this girl, way before postcolonial And what I loved most, she was patriotic to her soul she was old school, when I was just chekibob always thought throughout my life she would be there for me on a regular, not mdini, she was secular All about dignity, no men whores were approaching her And I respected her, but broke my heart & I couldn’t get through to her Later neocolonialism...
Dec 7th
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December 1st
Sylvester, Freddy Mercury, Eazy E, Fela Kuti, Bobby Debarge, Brenda Fassie , Perry Ellis, Keith Haring!  Perry Ellis Keith Haring
Dec 1st
Download;Dancehall Queen – Robyn (Diplo &... →
hacs: Via: http://www.sicario.tv
Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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Goodbye Colonialism, Goodbye Freedom. Zanzibar &...
Sultan Ali bin Humud Al-Busaid. Book on Zanzibar revolution is a must read for all! Friday, 19 November By Freddy Macha There are several reasons for declaring that this book is bigger than all of us. One of the best things about the post-Mwalimu Nyerere period, with due respect to the great man, is freedom of speech. Thirty years ago, it would have been unthinkable for any Tanzanian writer...
Dec 1st
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Dec 1st