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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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Category: Hair Peace

This is a collection of photos of Black women and natural hair accompanied by poems I’ve written. One poem will be written and added to the collection for everyday of February. Hope you enjoy!

0 Hair Peace #28

  • February 28, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

28th in series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Melani Douglass. Poem by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #27

  • February 27, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

27th in series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model, Tamika Love Jones. Poem by Boman Armah. #blackfuture #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #26

  • February 26, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

26th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural Hair. Model Sam Reed. Poem by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture #hairpeace

1 Hair Peace #25

  • February 25, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

25th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model, Candace Mickens. Photo by Donna Crite. Poem by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #24

  • February 24, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

24th in series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Jazminia C. Griffith. Poem by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #23

  • February 23, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace · Uncategorized

23rd in series of photos/poems. Models Shelly Bell and …. Photo by Douglas Jacobs. Poem by Bomani Armah #blackfuture #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #22

  • February 22, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

22nd in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair.  Model Charneice Fox-Richardson.  Photo by Diego. Poem by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture

0 Hair Peace #21

  • February 21, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

21st in series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair.  Model Spark Asoul. Poem by Bomani Armah.  #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #20

  • February 21, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

20th in series of poems/photos. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Domunique ElectricSoul Energy. Poem by Bomani Armah

1 Hair Peace #19

  • February 19, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

19th in a series of poems/photos. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Deniece Pope. Poem by Bomani Armah #hairpeace

0 Hair Peace #18

  • February 18, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

18th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model El Haile. Photo by El-Shamesh. Poem By Bomani Armah #blackfuture

1 Hair Peace #17

  • February 17, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

17th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natual. Hair. Model Ayana Patrick. Photo by Paige Mandel. Poem by Bomani Armah #blackfuture

0 Hair Peace #16

  • February 16, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

16th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Jay InRetrograde. Photo by Denise Pillette. Poem by Bomani Armah

2 Hair Peace #15

  • February 15, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

15th in a series of photos/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Camille E. Reed.  Poem by Bomani Armah #blackfuture.

0 Hair Peace #13

  • February 13, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

13th in series of poems/photos. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Anais Leome Book. Photographer Derek E. Prince. Poetry by Bomani Armah. #blackfuture

1 Hair Peace #12

  • February 12, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

12th in a series of poems/photos. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Michele Lee Gray. Photographer Jati Lindsay #blackfuture

0 Hair Peace #11

  • February 11, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

11th in a seres of poem/photos. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Deborjha Blackwell.  Photographer Solomon Slice. #blackfuture

0 Hair Peace #10

  • February 10, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace

10th in a series of photos and poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model, Carolyn Malachi. Photographer Jati Lindsay #blackfuture

0 Hair Peace #9

  • February 9, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace · Uncategorized

1 Hair Peace #8

  • February 8, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace · Uncategorized

1 Hair Peace #7

  • February 7, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace · Uncategorized

0 Hair Peace #6

  • February 6, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Hair Peace · Uncategorized

6th in series of photo/poems. Black. Natural. Hair. Model Ruby Lee. Photographer Anthony Chidi Njoku. notarapper.com. #blackfuture

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