http://blackademics.org Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:12:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I spoke with several of my students from a Congo-based cultural center in Goma called Yole!Africa. I skyped with them during the launch of Yole!Africa USA - the American based non-profit wing of the amazing cultural organization. When we hung up, I had no idea that the M23 rebels ... http://blackademics.org/2012/12/05/m23-pulls-out-of-goma-phew/ Please support these beautiful sisters: Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon, choreographer Kariamu Welsh and visual arts activist Maya Freelon Asante. They are collaborating on an amazing inter-generational project on women's work called The Clothesline Muse. Watch the video for yourself and DONATE before the campaign expires next week! http://blackademics.org/2012/12/03/the-clothesline-muse/ There's a lot going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo right now. The eastern city of Goma was recently overthrown by a rebel insurgency - the latest episode of a conflict mineral fueled beef, which has plagued the region for two decades. But here at Blackademics we've got another ... http://blackademics.org/2012/11/05/making-beats-in-congo/ Thank you KJ DELL'ANTONIA of New York Times' Motherlode blog for originally posting this article about the throes of parenting. Anyone with small kids is going to feel me on this one! GO SLEEP SOMEWHERE ELSE I have a 2-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son who sleep in bed with me and ... http://blackademics.org/2012/09/30/go-sleep-somewhere-else/ I got to chat with one of my idols on CNN!!! http://blackademics.org/2012/09/11/levar-burton-on-black-science-fiction/ I got rid of cable a few months ago and I'm not looking back. These days if I want to watch something interesting, I turn to Netflix or Hulu. The problem is: the selection on both of these sites is dangerously slim - especially for a thoughtful consumer/Blackademic like myself. ... http://blackademics.org/2012/08/05/pumzi-netflix-reccomendation/ I have spent the last week performing and speaking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I was invited by the United Nations Foundation to present at Rio+Social, a forum where activists, politicians, moguls and artists discuss how social media and new technologies can serve the greater good. It’s part of Rio+20, the ... http://blackademics.org/2012/06/25/1139/ Self determination, grassroots activism & women's empowerment = a beautiful thing. Check out this amazing documentary entitled AFRICA RISING. It premiers tonight on the Africa Channel. Read more below: Every day, 6,000 girls from the Horn of Africa to sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With fierce ... http://blackademics.org/2012/06/11/africa-rising-the-grassroots-movement-to-end-female-genital-mutilation/ It's a blessing when two of your heroes are also your colleagues. Check out this CBS piece on Grammy-winner 9th Wonder and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal. I'm so proud of what these two have accomplished. They are an inspiration for artists/academicians in general, and for Durhamites/North Carolinians in particular. ... http://blackademics.org/2012/03/05/9th-wonder-mark-anthony-neal-shine/ Forty Seven years ago today, Malcolm X was assassinated. Activist, Journalist and Durham resident Lamont Lilly reflects on Malcolm's enduring legacy in this piece, entitled: We are Malcolm X - This in Remembrance. “It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a racial conflict of black ... http://blackademics.org/2012/02/21/remembering-malcolm-x/