Month: January 2014

ShakaRa Speaks to Somalia Seaton Writer of New Play ‘CROWNING GLORY’

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 For http://www.thebritishblacklist.com 14th October 2013 : http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-somalia-seaton-writer-play-crowning-glory/ BLACK PEOPLE’S HAIR! Is a subject that has inspired intense emotion and vigorous debate for generations. It can reasonably argued that the various political movements and cultural trends encompassing the international Black experience in the last century, can be identified through a study of the hairstyles that accompanied them. Black Hair …

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ShakaRa Speaks on It: Akyaaba Addai-Sebo & The Origins of Black History Month – UK

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For www.thebritishblacklist.com 9th October 2013: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-akyaaba-addai-sebo-and-the-origins-black-history-month-uk/ BLACK HISTORY MONTH in the UK is an annual event that has garnered a relatively high profile. The occasion inspires varying degrees of devotion depending ones understanding of its meaning and purpose. While some celebrate and fully immerse themselves in all the month has to offer, others are critical, suggesting …

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DJ 279 Talks to ShakaRa About Being Unceremoniously Axed from ChoiceFM

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 Written for The British Blacklist 23rd Septemeber 2013: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/dj-279-talks-the-british-blacklist-unceremonious-axing-choice-fm/ On Saturday 21st September Hip-Hop fans world wide awoke to the news that Choice FM had cut DJ 279 from its roster, in favour of the recently BBC discarded, Tim Westwood. Pushing 21 years strong, ‘The Numbers Man’ as DJ 279 is affectionately known, has had one of the longest …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: 9/11 – Twelve Years Of War & Rumours of War

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Written for The British Blacklist 11th September 2013: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-911-twelve-years-war-rumours-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shakara-speaks-911-twelve-years-war-rumours-war I was at college when I heard about the bombing of the Twin Towers. Having left a lesson a friend of mine approached me, evidently shocked, repeating, “Someone bombed the TwinTowers”. It took me a while to realise what he was talking about and it was not until I got …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: “I HAVE A DREAM” – So How Far Have We Come?

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Written for The British Blacklist 1st Septemeber 2013:  http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-i-dream-come/ “I HAVE A DREAM – that one day…. little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers….” This is often as much as we are used to hearing from the great Rev. …

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