Africa! Africa!

Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin

"Bodies are flying through the air as if the laws of gravity do not apply to them, while a contortionist is slipping through a tennis racket, making us forget that the human body has a skeleton. Breathtaking acrobatics, mind-boggling juggling and dare-devil human pyramids. André Heller has managed to put up a show which is the antipode of what we usually learn about Africa."

Kleine Zeitung

"If the African artistes were to choose a motto for their show like their Chinese colleagues, it would surely be: May the show elate everybody! This became evident on the occasion of the first night premiere without having been vocalised. Format Currently, the most successful show worldwide.“

Europe is being treated to a spectacular show out of Africa called AFRICA! AFRICA!. It's gotten rave reviews everywhere. I hope some day it will find it's way to North America, we need a good injection of  African culture from the motherland.

For now we'll have to get a taste from YouTube

Black Media Archive

Black History Month is coming up soon  and this site is a natural. You must check out this group of sites.

The Black Media Archive podcast is a collection of multimedia, audio,
video, text and image files. The site is updated regularly and contains a broad range of material including speeches, old movies, interviews with Black historical figures, as well as presentations of historical Black events. This site is a excellent place to gather material for the education and inspiration of Black children. I want to say that if you've been sent to the wrong place that BMA is now on iTunes and the above link has been repaired.

The opening videomix "Awakening" on the BMA web site is an inspirational work of art, don't skip it.

There is also a BMA Blog, at http://thebma.blogspot.com/ where you can read  commentary on each episode of the podcast and comment on them if you choose.

AfricaFiles: The Pulse Podcast

More news of Africa that isn't coming from Massa Media.
We get a look at stories from different African countries about women, children, health, illegal drugs, the affects of US involvement, African film and more.  

Uncensored, unfiltered news from the African continent. The Pulse a regular podcast production by Silence Genti, is produced in collaboration with AfricaFiles.org, a network of volunteers committed to the promotion of human rights, economic justice, African perspectives and alternative analyses.

The Pulse is a distributed through  The Rabble Podcast Network .

Enough is Enough

I Found this on the Black Women Vote!  blog.

They want us to share it, well I'll do it gladly.

What About Our Daughters

 What About Our Daughters is a no-brainer to add here. I can't imagine someone reading this who wouldn't have heard of this blog already but if you haven't you should.  So, here it is. 

 I'm not a woman myself but I appreciate the heart that Gina the author of this blog displays. 

She is creating a focal point for African American Womanhood the likes of which has been necessary for a long time. She's attracting an active, intelligent group of women (and men) whom I can see definitely intend to make a difference and are leaving no obstacles standing in their path.

Covering issues, of health, children, politics, community, economics, relationships, abuse and more, What About Our Daughters is IMHO, one of the most important Black locales on the internet today. As if that's not enough, the associated podcast The Black Women's Roundtable is to podcasting what WAOD is to blogging. 

You Go Sisters!