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“BaNtu Waltz ~ Nya’s Archangel Story”

Dear Reader, I am truly honored and excited to announce the release of my award-winning novel entitled “BaNtu Waltz: Nya’s Archangel Story”. I trust that it will find a broad and diverse audience, from those who would enjoy… Read More

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Posted on January 20, 2025 by malaika mutere

African Culture, African Proverbs, Afrocentricity, afrofuturism, Apartheid, Colonial Experience, Divine Twins, Feature, health communication, Hero's Journey, Imperialism, Indigenous Nations, Neocolonialism, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Pan-Africanism, Pop Music, Reparations, S/Hero's Journey, Shero's Journey, slavery, Storytelling, Twin Souls, ubuntu

African American Music Appreciation, Bantu, Bantu Waltz, Divine Twins, I'll Be There, kinetic orality, master drummer, Michael Jackson, Motown, Nyabingi, Oral Aesthetics, oral tradition, Orion, sangoma, Sound of Young America, talking drum, talking drum motif, Thriller, Twin Flames, Twin Souls, ubuntu

A Master Drummer & His Healing Path

In Africa it is said that each person has a rhythm to which they alone dance. What I’ve learned about this cultural proposition is there is a journey involved in finding one’s rhythm that will likely take you… Read More

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Posted on August 8, 2023 by malaika mutere

African Culture, African Proverbs, Afrocentricity, afrofuturism, Apartheid, Colonial Experience, Hero's Journey, Imperialism, Indigenous Nations, Neocolonialism, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Reparations, S/Hero's Journey, slavery, Storytelling, ubuntu

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“I AM ~ SOMEBODY!” – Graffiti as Cultural Text

“I Am – Somebody!” is a praise poem to African-Americans written in the 1950s by Reverend William H. Borders, Sr., Wheat Street Baptist Church pastor and civil rights activist. The poem is most often associated with the Reverend… Read More

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Posted on June 25, 2013 by malaika mutere

African Culture, Afrocentricity, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Pop Music

Bronx, DJ Kool Herc, Doze Green, graffiti, hip-hop culture, I Am Somebody, kinetic orality, master drummer, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. William H. Borders, TAKI 183, Watts, Wattstax

Master Drummers ~ The Gods Are Awake!

“Strummin’ my pain with his fingers, singin’ my life with his words… Killin’ me softly with his song…” (Roberta Flack). In Africa it is said that each person has a rhythm to which they alone dance. Women… Read More

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Posted on February 14, 2013 by malaika mutere

African Culture, Hero's Journey, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Pop Music

Congo Square, funk, Grammy Award, hero's journey, hip-hop, jazz, Jazz Age, master drummer, Motown, rhythm-and-blues, soul, talking drum motif, ubuntu

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“BaNtu Waltz ~ Nya’s Archangel Story”

A Master Drummer & His Healing Path

“I AM ~ SOMEBODY!” – Graffiti as Cultural Text

Master Drummers ~ The Gods Are Awake!

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