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UbuNtu ~ On Owning Your Masters

“If you don’t own your masters, your masters own you.” On his B’Earth’Day [June 7th] in 1993, Prince changed his name to the unpronounceable ‘Love Symbol’ of his recently released 14th studio album following disagreements with Warner Brothers… Read More

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Posted on June 7, 2018 by malaika mutere

African Culture, African Proverbs, afrofuturism, Colonial Experience, New Age, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Pop Music, Reparations

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Towards an Africa-centered and pan-African theory of Communication: Ubuntu and the oral-aesthetic perspective

ABSTRACT ~ This article supports scholarly findings that Bantu traditions are among the strongest civilizing forces in the United States. Positing pop music as a paradigm of proof, the author argues for a cultural decolonization and corrective understanding… Read More

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UbuNtu ~ On Owning Your Masters

Towards an Africa-centered and pan-African theory of Communication: Ubuntu and the oral-aesthetic perspective

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