http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041225-28.stm [more info in .pdf linked from webpage ( Read more... )

In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti's vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today -- as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake ( Read more... )

transgriot has a few words to say about discussing race online.

Just because POC's are bluntly expressing an opinion that happens to be diametrically opposed to yours, it doesn't make us 'angry'. If we're pissed, there will be no doubt about that because we'll definitely let you know when we are.

*grabs popcorn*

Pambazuka has a review up of this really interesting sounding book:

Extreme incidents of violence in post-Colonial Africa have frequently been explained through the discourses of tribalism and ethnic hatred. A variant of this narrative is the obsession with Africa’s ‘failed’ and ‘collapsed’ states that are said to be paralysed by kinship and ( Read more... )

"Rwanda will be the first country where women will outnumber men in parliament, preliminary election results show ( Read more... )

Last Updated: Monday, July 21, 2008 | 2:20 PM ET ( Read more... )

this means that no new members are being admitted.

Debi Withers reviews Fragments from the Dark, a book of writing by and interviews with women refugees and asylum seekers in Wales ( Read more... )

The African-American community has been decrying negativity in hip-hop for over a decade. Y'all haven't been paying attention.-- transgriot

Feel free to pass this along to your local 'but black people have never challenged negative rap' apologists armchair experts. Bonus points if heads explode over the concept of there being a black women's college and for ( Read more... )

So many of these insightful, well informed types insist that Black folks dont do enough for themselves, dont have a strong value system, dont do this, dont do that, yadda yadda, ad nauseum ( Read more... )