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  • img_2114In this episode Kwasi brings back Dutty Bookman to discuss the movement he has helped dub as the Reggae Revival after a panel at SXSW 2027. He also speaks to Koro Fyah of the Bevel Rock camp about his ABC’s at SXSW as well. Bomani interviews the founder of the Uganda’s Bavubuka Foundation, Babaluku, and their chief archivist Gilbert Daniels about Hip-Hop in Uganda and the Lugaflow movement. Bomani and Kwasi also discuss spirituality in independent music, and how the community discusses things like sin. A must listen!

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  • ariannaCheck out this great interview with story seller and director of Story Tapestries Arianna Ross. For two decades Arianna has brought the art of story telling to children throughout the country, and has become even more influential in arts education through her wonderful organizations that employs several artist to bring their artforms into the classrooms. Find out more about Arianna Ross here http://www.storytapestries.com/main.html

  • BARS-Instagram-wordpressHello fellow educators!  For well over 15 years I have been using hip-hop, poetry and multi-media disciplines to teach fun and informative workshops with all ages from kindergarteners to graduate students. As you know, the art of MC’ing is reliant on the ability to rearrange complex ideas into concise rhymes. If they done correctly, MC’s can make memorable rhymes that stick with the listener and inform them about the world around them. It is commonly believed that the art of hip-hop rhyming is an innate talent, but by using my program B.A.R.S. to apply the principles of the writing process, any student can be taught to rhyme on topic.

    B.A.R.S. workshops, residencies and teaching materials show students how a well- written essay resembles a well-written song, with the Main Idea being the thesis paragraph in an essay and a chorus/refrain/hook in a song, while the Supporting Details in an essay are just like the verses. Using my innovative B.A.R.S. techniques, students learn how to summarize any topic with a well organized paragraphs and rhymes.

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Watermelon Day

Sankofa Video & Books CafeAugust 3rd, 2019
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I’m phoning in to WPFW 89.3 at 7:15pm today to be a part of “Sankofa with Shine”. A show about bridging the generation gaps in our community. Tune in if you’re free. https://wpfwfm.org/radio/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kickin-it-with-kwame-tickets-71300733413 Sat, October 5, 2019 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT Location Dunbar High School 101 N St NW Washington, DC 20001 Event description Description Sankofa Video and Books, in partnership with Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Washington, DC, presents Kwame Alexander, a New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal Winning author. Kwame Alexander will give a lively, interactive presentation from the author's young adult fiction literature. Kwame relates to young people through stories that encourage them to be avid readers AND writers! Baba Bomani will open with a performance of tracks from new album “Baba Got BARS” and lead young people in creative writing exercises from his BARS curriculum. (More information about Baba Bomani at babagotbars.com) Sankofa Video and Books is happy to support the innovative work at the historic Dunbar High School's Carter G. Woodson Academy with a portion of the proceeds. CARTER G. WOODSON ACADEMY OF BLACK STUDIES The Carter G. Woodson Academy of Black Studies is Dunbar High School's newest academy. The Academy deepens students' understanding of the beauty and resilience of the Black Diaspora while nurturing, cultivating and empowering students to be critical thinkers through reading, writing, discourse and creative expression. SANKOFA VIDEO AND BOOKS Sankofa Video and Bookstore (SVB), founded in 1997 by filmmaking couple, Haile and Shirikiana Gerima, specializes in books and videos about people of African descent around the world, including the largest black children's book collection in the area. SVB has earned a reputation over the years as a gathering place for professional and fledgling authors, poets, musicians and other artists to present and discuss their work with engaging audiences. TICKETS $10 ticket: This ticket level is for a single admission to event. $20 ticket: This ticket level includes admission for one, plus one of the following books: Crossover, Rebound, Booked
October is a busy month. I'm traveling the country supporting my new educational Hip Hop album Baba Got BARS. Hit me up to bring me to your school or university.
One of the many spots live here on MLK in SE for Art All Night Congress Heights.
Great night at the Warm Wednesday Reunion
I’m about to start a songwriting class in the “Scriptotorium” here at the Route 9 Library in Delaware. This room is adorned with the words and likeness of some of my heroes. Going to be a cool class.
Like we do every year around this time...
Selling Hip Hop and Watermelon at Birthright 2019. Come through. @adinkracas
I’m the watermelon man for real. All my people looking for the RBG watermelons from Eastern Shore MD come through to ELife in Kingdom Square, or catch me at UDC Saturday and Sunday at Iverson Mall.
#stepafrika SummerSteps came with it this year. Olu and DeLa are stepping with the high schoolers. This was powerful.
Hit me up. Organic. Seeded. RBG. Only $15
This wasn’t the most attended Watermelon Day yet (that was probably 2016, and the crowd rotates through throughout the day so there were probably 4x as many people as you see in the photos) but this one seemed to have the most crowd participation, the best watermelon, and the least stress on the organizer (me) of all the ones to date. Thanks Tiege for holding down the dj’ing. It made all the difference.

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