The Blog

Fela at his best I think…Still relevant today

 

‘What Ron said’ and the use of the term “nigger”

From the groundbreaking coach of the 3 Degrees at the Albion to football outcast

Ta-Nehisi Coates: read, accept and then reflect upon white supremacy

the roots of terror

Bitter Lake The roots of terror lay in post war western foreign policy aggression; Adam Curtis’s documentary is a must...

Derrick Bell’s Space Traders; Science fiction or could it actually happen?

Bamboozled

Trailer for Spike Lee’s satirical film Bamboozled An uncommonly overlooked and fascinating Spike Lee joint

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones Trailer 1958 Sidney Poitier Tony Curtis An excellent pair of lead performances

Can’t Truss It

My favourite Chuck D rap

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Slave Driver (Catch a Fire) further viewing: further reading:

Steve McQueen

An interview with the award winning director of 12 Years A Slave

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