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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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5 Raising Other People’s Kids

  • September 11, 2012
  • by notarapper
  • · Music · Read a Book

The brother greeted me with a smile and a “good morning” as I boarded the E4. He couldn’t have been more than 4 or 5 years older than me, he could’ve been younger.  His demeanor lightened everyone’s mood, which was great, because in a few moments I realized I was going the wrong way.  I was on an unwanted tour of greater North East DC.  I pulled out my latest library book and felt thankful I had time to finish it, then I realized the 40 minutes I had left before I got back to the station would take more time than the 16 pages I had left to read.  But being on the bus is always a blessing; it reminds me of how wonderful people can be.

Case in point:  Its now 10:15, and a 13 or 14 year old African American boy gets on the bus.  The driver greets him with the same good morning, but then looks at him sideways asking “Why are you late?”  The look on this kid’s face was priceless.  “You don’t know me!”  That was his face, not his words.  His words were some mumbled excuse that I couldn’t make out, and whatever the excuse was, it didn’t work for the bus driver.  Mr. Driver’s response was muddled to me trying to tune in from 6 rows back, but it was in THAT tone. I couldn’t help but smile.  … Continue Reading

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