Author Archives: Bomani Armah

Peace family. Happy 2018. Wanted to say hello to everyone and give a few updates on what is going on with notarappe.com. First things first. Watermelon day 2018 will be Saturday August 4th 12pm this year. Our first planning meeting will be January 27th at 2pm at Sankofa Video and Books. Some of you watchingContinue reading “Watermelon Day 2018 Planning Meeting”

This fall I was featured in this article in the Washington Post.  Check out a few paragraphs and then click the link! Why we’re considering home schooling our biracial son by Tracy Jan The declaration came emphatically, out of nowhere — dropped between sudsing his hair and rinsing out the shampoo with a plastic yellowContinue reading “Bomani & Sankofa Homeschool Collective Featured in the Washington Post.”

https://babagotbars.bandcamp.com/album/baba-got-bars ASK the right questions, IMAGINE how to solve them,/ PLAN out each and every move/ CREATE a solution to the problem/ See what works and then IMPROVE/ VERSE 1 The first step of EDP is to ASK What are the key elements in this task? What is the problem, what have other people triedContinue reading “New Single “EDP (Engineering Design Process)””

https://www.facebook.com/events/2023030784587624/?active_tab=about Whats up! it’s Thursday July 6th/ And like any day you’re blessed to see, it’s a gift/ If I seem a bit excited, and just a bit crazed/ It’s cuz in 30 nights it will be Watermelon Day/ If you didn’t know about it I’ll explain it this way/ It was founded years agoContinue reading “Notanupdate 7/6/17 #watermelonday2017”

Episode 10 features Jamaica based “Reggae Revival” artist, Kelissa, Ghana based, head of special projects of the Musicians Union of Ghana, Daddy Bosco, and Atlanta based artist, manager and entertainment attorney, Stacy Epps. This episode also features discussions of promoter/artist dispute at Best of the Best and comedian Bill Maher use of the word nigger.Continue reading “MIXnMASTERradio Episode 10”

If a stuntman jumps the Grand Canyon on a bike, misses and breaks his body into a million pieces, it’s not anyones job to justify in retrospect why that jump was necessary or excuse the stunt mans culpability in his own death…   Louis C.K.’s “That nigger made the shit of this coffee” joke, isContinue reading “Bill Maher’s Crash and Burn “House Nigga” Stunt”

Mix N Master a platform to highlight independent music and the independent music contractor working throughout the African Diaspora. Mix N Master features music, interviews, information, artist exclusives and the ABCs of becoming an independent music professional.

Great interview with one of my favorite people Pat Cruz, the Innovation Director at Young Audiences of Maryland. If you have ever thought of turning your passion for the arts and for students into a career outside of the normal school system, this is the person you should meet and the interview you should listenContinue reading “Baba Bomani Show with Pat Cruz”

I apologize in advance for the poor sound quality. This was a great interview with Mazi, head of one of the foremost art and education non-profits in Washington D.C., Words Beats & Life. Listen as we discuss the genesis of his organization, and his educational experience as the “detention kid” in middle school, to hisContinue reading “Baba Bomani Show sea 1 ep 7 with Mazi Mutafa”

Check out this interview with Grammy Nominated artist and educator Christylez Bacon. We explore his growth as an artist coming from Southeast DC and graduating from Duke Ellington High school for the performing arts, his experience with the Crushed I.C.E. Teen Program, and we reminisce on our days teaching art integrated workshops with the NationalContinue reading “Baba Bomani show episode 6 with Christylez Bacon”

Had a wonderful time catching up to my old friend and colleague Tim Jones. Tim is the director of the teen program at Martha’s Table, one of DC’s most rekknowned non profit organizations and the place I began my career as a youth facilitator. Join us as we talk about how “urban-education” has evolved fromContinue reading “Baba Bomani Show ep 5 sea 1 Interview with hip-hop educator Tim Jones”

I had a wonderful week working with the teachers and staff at Beverly Hills Farms Elementary.  Shout out to Mrs. Balzar, Mrs. Cashmere, Mrs. Foley and Mrs. Bardwell and the incredible 5th graders. This track was created as part of a week long residency through Young Audiences of Maryland sponsored by the Beverly Farms ElementaryContinue reading “Beverly Hills Farms Elementary “Revolutionary War Rap””

Join me in this riveting interview with poet, playwright, performer and educator Goldie Patrick. We discuss a wide range of topics including challenging patriarchy and misogyny in hiphop, working with young women through writing and the job of an educator to make education fun and digestible. We take a in depth look she does withContinue reading “Baba Bomani Show ep 4 sea 1 “Interview with artist and educator Goldie Patrick””

Hip HopEducation Hearing the excitement in our voices as I edit this interview let’s me know that Drew Anderson and I are definitely on the right path. Listen as we discuss the life of being a young teacher and artist and how it has evolved into Drew’s “Crunk Academy”. A must listen for teachers goingContinue reading “Baba Bomani Show ep 3 sea 1 with Drew Anderson”

Baba Bomani interviews artist and educator Konshens theMC about hip-hop in the classroom, the BARS curriculum and the H.E.L.P. literacy program, and strategies to increase engagement of students and parents at underserved schools. Learn more about Konshens and his work at http://www.konshens.com/