Mixtape Monday: Diasporic Movement

In May, Sonic Diaspora celebrates its one-year anniversary!!! In that year, We’ve laid a strong foundation for what We hope becomes a powerful force for uniting positive people around the music and struggles of African people throughout the world. Being rooted in social justice communities and ideals, We want to make sure that Sonic Diaspora [...]

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Liberation Culture: Fashioning A Comprehensive Approach

Sometimes incidents like the recent Trayvon Martin killing become opportunities for social justice and civil rights groups to mobilize mass meetings and demonstrations that challenge the continued pervasiveness of racialized violence. It saddens me that We live in such a violent society that it takes massive amounts of angry people to prompt investigations around such [...]

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SOUL Powered (Chicago)

Taste Makers, DJ Tiff-NY, Jaytoo (thedjyomamaluv), and Brotha Onaci (The People’s DJ Collective) will energize the dance floor on 4/12 at the Beauty Bar (1444 W. Chicago). They promise a musical experience that will have you groovin’ to old school soul & funk classics and mashing up the dance floor under the influence of now school bangers from [...]

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Liberation Culture: To Speak Out & Anti Up

Sometimes “conscious” folks get into a habit of complaining about problems. Between the Trayvon Martin killing, police violence, hateful right-wing propaganda, etc., it can be difficult to refrain from raising a critique or two. And, some of us are also known to always have a less-than-flattering assessment of popular music culture in the U.S. of [...]

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A Path to Healthier Eating

People often ask me for advice when they desire to create a healthier diet LIFE-it. Out of these conversations, as well as my research, self-reflection, etc., i’ve developed a strategy that may be helpful to folks going through that process. I mention vegan and raw food often, but the ideas can be applied to and embraced [...]

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Independence Day in Namibia

Reblogged from Africa is a Country: Not only is it Human Rights Day in South Africa today (read up on its meaning by searching our archive for ‘Sharpeville’), this day 22 years ago also saw Namibia wrestle itself officially free from the same Apartheid claws that were responsible for the massacre in Sharpeville. Which makes [...]

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Tru Skool Tuesday: Blessed by Some Women in Hip Hop

I recently heard this term “femcee” used in conversation and saw it written in a few articles. At first (like for the 1st ten seconds), i liked the sound of it. Then my critical self asserted that the term “femcee” upholds the notion that “emcee” is inherently male or masculine. That’s a problem. I find [...]

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Get Familiar Episode 2: dj.ang.g

dj.ang.g is more than just a party rocker.  Ang is a social justice and event organizer, a coordinator, and a creator who is affiliated with Amigas Latinas, and has been involved with Blocks together, Venus Collective, Dyke March, and several other grassroots and not-for-profit organizations in Chicago.  Did i mention that dj.ang.g is also a [...]

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Get Familiar Episode 1: Baoku Moses

Who wants to know the reason rich people flourish even as poor folks continue struggling for the most basic necessities in life?  That is a question Baoku Moses, the front man for The Image Afro-beat Band, asks melodically in his song “Oro Sunukun (Deep Issue).”  Born in Ilesa, a city in the Osun state of [...]

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People’s DJs at E.M.P.A.C.T.

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