Saturday, June 30, 2007

Hotta than July, Again....

photos above, bench,brushes, biryani, baseball....
 
 click image to enlarge, more biryani / pelau  pics & tutorial  above.Other spiced rice dishes  here.
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Pacing myself.
I have 3 Gallery Shows to go to, 1 carnival, 2 Arts Festival with  Free outdoor concerts,
a Book Reading , and Friend's Summer Wedding,  up in the Berkshires on the lineup for this month. -- The Harlem Bookfair is also this month, but - I don't know if, I'll attend this  year?  I'm Playing it by ear, because
 - although He's ususally very Chill while inclined to  PeopleWatching?[especially other Babies & Children] - My Son has mastered  the "Mum, it's 90 degrees,  I want out of these hot clothes, I want out of the freakin carrier, i want to get down on the floor & play  - Woman? You better get me outta here quick or it's going to be Lots of Trouble!" {{{{tantrums}}}}...and He means business too. I don't blame him.....but We work in sync, like a tag team now, so i give My Husband the "Time to Bounce, Pull the car around back & let's get outta here,  before they throw us out! " [look] as i try to comfort the fretful one in charge, 2007.
 
Hey? We've been kicked out of  better parties, yo! [laughing]
This year? I've definately have  learned how to make an graceful and quick, exit! 
 
  It will be a fun month, though. [enjoy this Month's Cultural offerings]
 
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humor
i love this painting by jamaican artist  keith morrrison, it's  hilarious & reminds me of  my Dad's favorite sayings  just  "let negative people stew in their own venom".  
 
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articles
african ancestry journal - http://www.odwirafo.com/nanasom.html
@23 years old,  barrington irving  [ jamica /usa ]  flying in  video [from his round the world journey solo] - http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-627roundtheworld,0,1638919.story?track=rss
 
how to destroy an African American City in 30 steps [post katrina].- http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley290607.htm
 
a good article on musician poet gil scott heron - http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/150716.html
barbados ranks over india in e - readiness  - http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=31656
NBA player here to help [barbados] -http://www.nationnews.com/story/290294368734293.php
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links
assorted,fun  science sites for children / summer- http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1182190428
fashion annansi clothing company - http://www.annansiclothing.com/2007/
fashion boo inharlem - http://booinharlem.com/
fashion, art & poetry  shows , harriets alter ego- http://www.myspace.com/harrietsalterego
iflord's  photo website - http://www.ilfordphoto.com/home.asp
fashion gureje boutique - <AHREF="HTTP: target="_top" blouse_main.html? www.gureje.com>http://www.gureje.com/blouse_main.html
maxilla & mandible courios -  http://www.maxillaandmandible.com/
eurway modern home - http://www.eurway.com/
a great bookstore, to get lost in when, in NYC do the The Strand  - http://www.strandbooks.com/
caribbean archaeology's homepage - http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/caribarch/default.htm
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events
the eubie blake center - http://www.eubieblake.org/
how to make your own unique clock [ from me ] http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1183136926
if you liked that image you may like this art - http://www.codezonline.com/2006/10/colonialism.html
the harlem book fair - http://www.qbr.com/     
african american festival @camden yards- http://www.baltimore.org/africanamerican/events.htm
artscape festival [art, music, literary] - http://207.114.6.204/resources/up165.aspx
 
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art
Magdalene Odundo Kenya, Art & Pottery - [ Shatters European Auction Record]
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cinema
 hit for six -cricket, love scandal! in barbados - http://www.hitforsix.com/story.cfm
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books
grandpa sidney's anancy stories geoffrey philps - http://geoffreyphilp.blogspot.com/
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poetry
i love, "freedom writer" by taalam acey- http://cdbaby.com/cd/taalam3
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music & video
ron carter { jazz] }  music - http://www.roncarter.net/
roy ayers everybody loves the sunshine, audio - http://ecrn.at.infoseek.co.jp/royayers2.ram
boney james"shine" I love the song with esthero & i like the cd - http://www.boneyjames.com/
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  until next time, walk good! ~peace nyvette 

Sunday, June 10, 2007

june 2007

to listen to  john coltrane's summertime - http://www.rowhouselogic.com/Music/John%20Coltrane%20-%20Summertime.mp3

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june is caribbean heritage month

for information & events go here -http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1175529765

http://caribbeanamericanmonth.org/ http://www.jamaicans.com/news/events/June2007CaribbeanAmericanHeritageMonth.shtml

articles

A NEW FAVORITE - ART TV NETWORK, MUSIC, ART, GRADUATIONS, DANCE , POETRY, POLITICS & MORE! http://www.piae.org/video.php?next=watch

a new launch haitian tv show fla. -http://www.myspace.com/thebackyardshowonline

exhibit Washington DC African Script @ the smithsonian - http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html

lecture clip by Yale Art's Mr. Farris Thomspon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30HaCi5fq4&mode=related&search=

Education - Barbados Free System - http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070527/cleisure/cleisure5.html

caribbean studies conference salvador brazil -http://www.caribbean-studies.org/ACCSA2007/en/index.html

http://alexanderstreet.com/products/cali.htm

conference in dc - http://www.conferenceonthecaribbean.org/ & http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres101_07.jsp

http://www.conferenceonthecaribbean.org/Portals/0/Documents/Experts%20Forum/Call %20for%20Papers.pdf

philadelphia's annual [african] yoruba river festival [june] - http://www.odundeinc.org/

Philly Caribbean Carnival {june} http://www.phillycarnival.com/

DC Caribbean Carnival [june] - http://www.dccaribbeanconnection.com/

Baltimore Caribbean Carnival- [july?] http://www.bcacarnival.net/

Babies & Parents - http://www.happynews.com/news/5242007/boosting-child-brain-power.htm

One Caribbean Many Identities http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/30/one-caribbean-many-identities/

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Poetry -

the Last Poets to perform in Baltimore http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1180464345

 [ poetry, mine] - http://hometown.aol.com/ooonadine/myhomepage/favorite.html

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film

film, shoot the messenger - http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/movies/show/shoot_the_messenger/

http://IyalodeProductions.com

travel africa page - http://www.travelafricamag.com/content/view/456/56/

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books

west indian rhythm [book & a 10 cd box set compilation, vintage kaiso music] -http://www.bear-family.de/tabel1/product/bcd16623_e.htm & http://caribbean-beat.blogspot.com/2006/11/west-indian-rhythm.html here

http://www.amazon.com/West-Indian-Rhythm-Trinidad-Calypsos/dp/B000JVSURA

POP! a celebration of black fatherhood! - http://www.popbycarolross.com/

BOOKTV - [on cable] we're addicted - http://www.booktv.org/

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support independent black magazineS & journals

my reviews on springs latest 'zines are on may '07 blog

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cool gear

http://www.trusfund.com/ & http://cdbaby.com/cd/iml

privacywear - http://www.privacywear.com

under armour - http://www.underarmour.com/

everything rasta - http://www.everythingrasta.com/

bluefly - http://www.bluefly.com/

gear for your crib

haba na haba [african interior for a good cause] http://www.habanahaba.com/

west elm [i love this place] surf & shop for furniture online, after a 3:Am feeding..http://www.westelm.com/

camera gear - http://www.tamrac.com/

gear for you likkle boo's crib

the afrobabies collection - http://www.afrobabies.com/

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original photography taken by nyvette - antiqued with g rain added for effect...

music

Henri Dikongue [cameroon] - http://www.africasounds.com/dikongue.htm

http://henridikongue.calabashmusic.com/

dobet gnahoré [ivory coast] -http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4037362

amadou et mariam [senegal] -http://www.amadou-mariam.com/

a makeda jam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HL5ZOOHGI&mode=related&search=

cuban timba music bamboleo & haila m. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWIVpDsULw&mode=related&search=

We went to a Larry Harlow salsa/jazz concert 2 summers ago, here he is with the great

Yomo Toro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsmqEJA5Tms

steve turre musician & conch shell player - http://www.steveturre.com/

a good page for jazz lovers - mingus, miles and more! - http://rowhouselogic.com/category/music

paula lima's music , brazil( i luv the hair!!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFVr7VkEvU&mode=related&search=

wunmi's afrobeat music - http://www.wunmi.com/

can't forget the greatmusic of nigeria's fela k.- http://www.afrobeatmusic.net/

http://hometown.aol.com/afbeat/myhomepage/index.html http://www.felaproject.net/   [no agreement]

http://incolor.inetnebr.com/cvanpelt/Felaweb/africaman.html

femi kuti {he's baaaaaaad too? if them want to hear? i wanna be free, beng beng beng!} bring it on!

http://www.tropical-music.com/index2.html?http://www.tropical-music.com/autor_detail/femi_kuti_e.html

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arts

victor ekpuk- http://www.victorekpuk.com/

delphine diaw diallo - http://www.diawparis.com/diaw.html

exhibit brooklyn museum - http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-1710--16-16--.html

http://www.huliq.com/20111/multi-media-exhibition-of-contemporary-caribbean-art-at-brooklyn-museum

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/infinite_island/HYPERLINK

october art gallery - http://www.octobergallery.com/

museum for african art - http://www.africanart.org/

eugene grigby art - http://www.arizonasdolly.net/grigsby2.htm & http://www.phxart.org/pastexhibitions/grigsby.asp

black artist of DC - http://badcblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/convergence-of-vision-power-of-art.html

toni scott art http://www.tilfordartgroup.com/scott.html        http://www.nohogalleryla.com/exhibits_November.htm

i love the black gold piece & the ancestral gold by this artist http://www.danielakart.com/gallery_scott_02.html

a fav piece by fahamu pecou http://www.cameandwent.com/pecouesopus.jpg , http://www.fahamupecouart.com

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grazing...

an easy curry using baby zucchini [ photo tutorial on april's blog] if you've planted any this season...

 

& spicy zucchinipatties [from archives]

for instructions go here

http://www.go-localjamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=recipes;action=display;num=1152107385

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another good website

jamaica eats magazine - http://www.jamaicaneats.com/

or go here to christine cooks ! http://www.christinacooks.com/

turn up the heat with G.Garvin http://www.tvoneonline.com/shows/show.asp?sid=121&id=1144

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<--click  above to enlarge

sports

tennis - http://www.thetennischannel.com/

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i snapped this one quick, while driving back home to howard county

with a friend from playing tennis, one spring evening...the sky was lovely, so " phthalo blue "!.

until next time, walk good! ~peace nyvette

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Monday, April 30, 2007

may's beautiful .......

     

    springrolls            close up  springrolls        vegetarian spaghetti w/ "meatballs"

click on pic to enlarge

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articles

Abyssinian Baptist Church {NY} 200 anniversary -  http://www.abyssinian200.org/

Cool Photos of old Kingston JA. http://riabacon.com/2007/05/14/de-time-so-bleaky/

BARBADOS GENEALOGY ARCHIVES, TO GO ONLINE http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=30885

SABLE LITERARY MAGAZINE - http://www.sablelitmag.org/

Marcus Garvey: Millennium Afrikan Hero - http://www.trinicenter.com/kwame/2007/2904.htm

a good article on Caribbean American Entreprenuers  making it it New York - http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/current_issue/index.php

MD/DC caribbean events  -http://www.dccaribbeanconnection.com/Caribbean/Events.htm

the African Magazine , agood article on singer omar in ghana, , and on  [p. 18]  it has a good pictorial on the  summer procession harlem of the mouride. [they have them other cities too] http://aalbc.com/writers/black1.htm

also in a backissue of Renaissance Noire Journal , [We subscribe to it ] in  vol 1 # 2 [summer/ fall 1997] there's a good article on the senegalese businesses in new york city.

by sylviane diof -kamara  pages 92-133  http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/journal-set.html

author, sylviane diof -kamara -books  http://www.sylvianediouf.com/

other photos, senegal

http://208.179.27.199/fotoweb/Grid.fwx?position=73&folderid=5001&columns=4&rows=3&search=(IPTC025%20contains%20(Religious%20communities))

My Mother, the Crazy African by Amanda Ngozi Adichie -  http://www.webdelsol.com/InPosse/adichie_anthology.htm

a new caribbean restaurant opens down the road in laurel !  - http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=810&NewsID=803527&CategoryID=5845&on=1

[other ] trinidad gourmet take away,   in waverly area  [ not far from university parkway - Union Memorial Hospital & the Baltimore Art Museum  http://www.citypaper.com/eat/review.asp?rid=11240 & http://thisisgonnabegood.blogspot.com/2007/04/back-to-trinidad-gourmet.html

THE BEST FALAFELS ON SOUTH STREET - [PHILLY] - http://www.maozveg.com/  & http://media.www.temple-news.com/media/storage/paper143/news/2005/01/21/InThisCity/Full-Of.Falafel-838144.shtml

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HEALTH -

Myths about Diabetes [and there's many of them out there! ] - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-myths.jsp

? corpwatch on bauxite toxins - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14348

why some Blacks don't  trust Medical Community - http://academic.udayton.edu/health/05bioethics/slavery02.htm

http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=799

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SPORTS

African Martial arts - http://www.mashufaa.co.uk/history.htm

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film & discussion

Barbados cricket film hitfor six - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6576457.stm

on movie SLAVE WARRIOR - http://www.slavewarrior.com/

filmaker oliver mbamara's site - http://www.olivermbamara.com/

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cool gear for infants

underground baby [dj in training] - http://www.undergroundbaby.com/cgi-bin/cpshop.cgi

urban baby runway - http://www.urbanbabyrunway.com/

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books

poetry  - karen gibson roc - http://www.karengibsonroc.com/

dubwise by klive walker - on  reggaeunderground music - http://www.insomniacpress.com/title.php?id=1-894663-96-9http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20060102112220219  & http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com/KliveWalkerbyNormanRichmond.htm

african fractals [again] -http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/afractal/afbook.htm

http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.htm  & http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/eglash.african.fractals.html

http://www.ccru.net/digithype/Afrobinary.htm

A NEW VIDEO SERIES FOR BLACK CHILDREN - http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070507_Brainy__black___pint-sized.html    &  http://www.teddypbrainstv.com/

islamic art in india - http://www.ismaili.net/sadruddin/islamic.html & other Jain art http://www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/page_23_jainArt.shtml  the Masjid in Taj Mahal http://www.tajmahal.org.uk/mosque.html

 [children's]  http://www.macmillan-caribbean.com/books/Childrens/shak.htm

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music

the brassy LG steam/dryer commercial- i luv  this music! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXG_-0gkggI

[ok, i  even jam  to geico's song" remind me  by  royksopp [ da caveman song]  when they play it at the ballpark - lol]

"you're everywhere i go!...."   i think my little Son gets it! that Mommy likes music alot! ~~~~~

Boney James & Esthero - "SHINE" - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89 816034

the great MILTON CARDONA [so i don't loose the link, when i need those  def ifa beats] 

http://www.salsasf.com/video/mcardona02_mov.html

{{ cerca da mi}}- kenny dope & raul midion [ http://store.mastersatworkinc.com/cercademi.html

http://www.soul-heaven.com/artists.php?thecode=1119886835

kiss of life sade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcNtoHwd6Y

machel montano - [a nu classic] waterflowing [ under 2000 soca]  -http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/old_soca.htm

soca classic ! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rko8sNTxmc&mode=related&search=  [more soca  videos on april's 07 blog] [ another of my favs] http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/1999/iron_bazodee.htm

My Brotherin law,  plays pan [drums]  Sometimes a local band will  practice in the park here, it always sounds so sweet ! -

Here's a youtube version  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMBxAki5gY&mode=related&search=

sweet & dandy Toots & the Maytals [aclassic]  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_St8Kbo4uwU

krosfyah wet me [a classic] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0jBvGug04

on kaiso music, i absolutely love it - here's a good link here - http://www.swagga.com/calypso2.

a classic,  little passi, [from africa/france with an old favorite il fait chaud  it's getting hot !  - http://www.amazon.fr/o/ASIN/B000024AEJ/402-5570741-0956910?SubscriptionId=1YVAWJMSVHVB5GH95002  [ man? they cut off the cool rapping part! ] oh well? here's another passi video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HslqlO2BjMY

his page http://www.passiweb.com/P_SetV/index.php

DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL [africa's legacy in the south]  -  http://www.deltablues.org/MACE/home.html

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ARTS

behind the mask -http://www.citypaper.com/columns/story.asp?id=13565

a nice gallery tribal arts [china & africa] - http://www.khenghavars.com/

afro cuban cognoscenti  [reviewfrom code z] - http://www.codezonline.com/

http://www.obsidianarts.org/

 http://mnartists.org/event.do;jsessionid=C338BC6F99229F535B67A7D13977D3D2?rid=142108

artist christopher dean- http://www.christopherdeanes.com/

luis rodrigues - http://www.cubanartspace.net/exhibitions/LuisRodriguez/index.htm

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until next time walk good ~ peace

 

Monday, April 2, 2007

it's april already....

RIP COLIN GARLAND

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20070331T180000-0500_121167_OBS_COLIN_GARLAND_DEAD.aspl

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Check the murder rates  per capita of most countries worldwide here 

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/countries-with-highest-murder-rates.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita & http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur-crime-murders

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a good poem by Lorna Goodison - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/natpoetday/lorna_goodison.shtml

book kickboxing geishas - http://www.veronicachambers.com/

articles of interest

70 years of  love - http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_5702329

Black Men in Crisis - http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=12934&sID=3

Spittin' Acid at the Sistahs - http://www.seeingblack.com/2005/x042905/spittin_acid.shtml

OPEN LETTER TO MY BLACK GRAND DAUGHTERS: [re: IMUS] I love, this one, My Granny was for teaching women martial arts & taught me a few  moves!  http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=3555

MISOGYNY AND RAP: 'Chickenhead' Means You -  http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1196   &  http://www.allhiphop.com/editorial/?ID=354

Grassroots Hip Hop effort at Spelman [ w/ Asha Jennings]  - http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/03/hip.hop/

does hip hop hate women ????- http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2007/01/on-road-with-rap-sessions.html

does hip hop hate women discussionApril 28th 2007 chicago - http://csrpc.uchicago.edu/events_hiphop.shtml

http://www.lynnedjohnson.com/diary/does_hiphop_hate_women/

an excellent program viewed [feb] <FONTCOLOR=#FF0000>POV - beyond beats & rhymes - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1172012050

Critics turning to Rap Music - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/imus_rap;_ylt=AuQxO_OKhlAGLz30i6dhGMVnhVID

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Listen to Thich Nhat Hanh ( wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence )

-  http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/thichnhathanh/

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health

Why some jamaican women sacrifice their own daughters? - http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070415/focus/focus2.html

Black Women Playing Russian Roulette with Health - http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070409v  & http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2005-releases/press08182005.html

black woman & child's [magazine] a great  book list - http://nubeing.com/bwac/resources/resources.htm

Tao of Health, Sex,and Longevity - http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Health-Sex-Longevity-Practical/dp/067164811X

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a tribute page for joseph hill of culture - http://www.consciousparty.com/joehilltributebook1stday-part1.html

calabar magazine - http://www.calabarmag.com/

college marriage rates rising [usa]  - http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/02/marriage_rates_rising_education/

on growing violence in india  w/Arundhati Roy - http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12425

 a young artist marcus kirk  [  -putting a face on HIV and the youngest victims]  http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/03/21/news12.asp

Black Scientific Achievements - http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3083

a new book by poet  Floyd Boykin Jr. -  http://www.floydboykinjr.com/

changes in Jamaica

a true rising "Star -" Zahra  Redwood - http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070331T180000-0500_121178_OBS_RASTAFARIANS_EMBRACE_FIRST_BEAUTY_QUEEN_.asp

changes in Barbados

$200m Hospital likely in works by 2010 - http://www.nationnews.com/story/316842415187837.php

major shopping/lifestyle center planned - http://www.nationnews.com/story/288432768691353.php

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article on  internet  petitons/e petitons [ from snopes,  urban legends site] - http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp

The National Conference of Artists Organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and developing of African American Culture and the creative forces of the artists ]  -  www.nationalconferenceofartists.org

on incense & incense making

on ancient egyptian incense - http://homepage.mac.com/scarab1/incense.html

on silk scents and spice - http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/clientpr/economic/silkscentsandspice.htm

a lovely virtual  incense museum of incense [ view grear great sensors, sculpture pottery & burners worldwide] - http://www.kandaki.com/BP-Index.php  [ all interesting,... the coolest onesin collection, that  i have are  from persia & thailand ]

on making your own http://www.scents-of-earth.com/makyourownna.html

more on making your own - http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/wily/incense.html

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art& photography

gene pearson's work ,  jamaica - http://spiritsinstone.com/pearson/

salador negra amor - http://64.34.140.145/sna/main/discussoes/forum_detalhe.jsp?CId=4

& here http://www.salvadornegroamor.org.br/main/capa/default.jsp

what drives other female artists , how they balance home & family? are topics that  always  interests me! I Here's a good article

winsom winsom [on  her art's  philosphy belize] http://new.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=18247        http://winsomwinsom.blogspot.com/    http://www.imagefactory.bz/exhibitions/exhbtn_winsom.shtml

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a homemade buttery toffee "peanut cake"  [peanut coconut  brittle] 

before it's cracked!  nyvette's recipe[in photo tutorial]

music

 cassandrawilson http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=113800161

[ my Hubby's girl, musically,  i like her now, too! She's a Good Artist & her music rocks! She gives goodconcerts, too! ]

i lovethis song reminds me of  flying down to chill with my Boo .[i've been there 4x] , making it a 5th time soon!

listen to "go to mexico" audio

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/angel/cassandra_thunderbird_audio/go_to_mexico_128k.asx?

Cassandra on  npr, interview - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5525831

kaissa - http://cdbaby.com/cd/kaissa 

one of my favs. keziah jones & allalong the watchtower- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj1HwTrbu-k

[ now  if  they only had "wet dream" &" familiarize" by keziah... we saw him in concert before, He's awesome!.]

k-reen & kaysha - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3UMG48JG4k

if you like premier gaou  by magic system ?try  - -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GROkoNhO14

a house classic, adeva w/ "respect"! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21dMFdA0NU

another house classic "yo? i'm lookin at the front door !" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_hdsWU04M

pharcyde passin me by - another classic -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Vn5hbxoHc

trailblazer- grace j. kicking butt! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHmwoYb5OdQ

slave to the rhythym - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4xWuM86GE

all the ex breakdancers, go tear up some cardboard & hope not to get a concussion - boogie down bronx!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiP7PXzZy2g   [an old jammy!] - i once danced to this song, as a kid at birthday party until i almost needed an i.v. from pure exhaustion! -! now for some jonzun krew...definately takes me back to being a kid,  luv it!

dianne charlemagne & goldie - inner city life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8

la inda & maw kicking booty with runaway - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exgWDHu3grg&mode=related&search=

sally nyolo - http://youtube.com/watch?v=rTn1AKsOkqM

one of my fave's the  lead singers from "phantoms kompa" singer kinomorso  on haitian politics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ousWHJohQY  [ now ...if someone would just put songs vakabon & lanmou nan kalalou cherie , we gonna fly &  souvinir ? [with singer  sharon]  up there to make my day.....<--- nadine's personal comment]

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until next time walk good ~ peace

Monday, March 5, 2007

march - cricket, vacations & women's history month

art & pics above, by me.

Women's History Month, i'm looking forward to the programs, Can I get  a bit of  Zora N H? mixed with some Ella & Nina Simone, Areatha ? a pinch of Ms. Tubman, Queen Mother Yaa Asantewa & Queen Nanny, with  Ms. Sojourner Truth & the Honorable Ms. Shirley Chisholm, poetry of Maya A., Ursula R. & Nikki G., a drop of Ndambi, Sparlha Swa, Oumou S., Amel L.& Jill Scott mixed with the indominable spirit spirit of my Mother, Grandmothers & Elders to inspire me forever ...?  i have everything i'll ever need.~~~ Enjoy this Month!

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a beautiful poem - making love in lotus pose by afua cooper http://www.afuacooper.com/poetry.html

one from benjamin zephaniah -  vegan delight  - http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1585.html

also from this past weekend's event - Caribbean Women’s Literary Celebration @ the Enoch Pratt

author Nalo Hopkinson's really nice page - http://www.sff.net/people/nalo/ 

a really talented artist - nakazzi hutchinson - http://www.impactfolios.com/nakazzi/

THA ART OF LOVE & STRUGGLE - http://www.multo.com/vlog/2007/03/08/the-art-of-love-struggle-screening/

http://www.eyesinfinite.com/

African Women: The Necessity of Struggle - http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=3410

More on topic - http://www.rootswomen.com/articles/developingwoman.html

pan-african events md/wash. dc  http://www.ag-east.org/community/Community.htm

Rap music's  VEGETARIANS - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001964629_hiphopvegan25.html

haki madhubuti, activist, editor,  vegetarian - http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=2670

benjamin zephaniah - activist, vegetarian poet- http://www.ireggae.com/zephaniah.htm

http://www.viva.org.uk/celebs/benjamin.html

mutabaruka, activist, poet, vegetarian http://www.blackvegetarians.org/features/mutabaruka.htm

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 links

a very powerful & interesting piece - Study Black Women who Love Black Men Well"

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20735

kenya - on  forced miscarriages, abortions -  [an interesting article by the author of icarus girl]

the nile in philly [a great place] - http://www.thenilepa.com/articles.php

MAKING STRIDES ! Stats on Women in America in  2007   http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-22-2007/0004532807&EDATE=

Dubois learning center  great site http://www.duboislc.org/

a good article on Queen Omega  fr. Barbados Nation  http://www.nationnews.com/editorial/306164382236724.php

a good page for Events  - http://www.rastaites.com/events/familyevents.htm

shopping [spring]

fun photo shower curtains  w/ an urban kick - http://www.izolashower.com/venice2.html

for your bare walls  - http://www.flockphotography.com/

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 good articles  for when traveling with Your  Baby

http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/taking-baby-abroad.html

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/eclectic/family/expert/first_trip4.htm

http://www.flyingwithkids.com/best_travel_tips.htm & here http://www.onestepahead.com/articles/3/8/391956.html

BLACK MILITARY WORLD - http://www.blackmilitaryworld.com/

Yemanja online - http://www.yemanjaonline.com/  [ just the name, makes me wanna sing marisa monte homage to]

fascinating articles on the ishango bone [ found in zaire] & african prehistoric  mathematics between 6000 - 9000 years old - http://www.naturalsciences.be/museum/halls/prehist/ishango/noflash/bone  & http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IshangoBone.html    &  http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/ishango.html  more http://people.bath.ac.uk/ma2jc/prehistoric.html  & http://etopia.sintlucas.be/3.14/Ishango_meeting/

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sports

Sticky Wicket's Site - http://www.stickiewicket.com/worldcup_schedule.phpIt's

 
 

remie bourke - surinam martial arts - http://www.remieburke.com/Contact.html  -  http://www.surinamstars.com/Remie%20Burke.html

barbados martial arts venues - http://www.umaabarbados.com/

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dance
 
 i'm  big on dancing/culture . [ took classes]
 
here's a sudanese wedding dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPOP_1ANuk
 
it's not the"kete " royal court dance - if you can ever catch a perfomanceof the 'kete" a beautiful graceful dance, it's well worth seeing.
 
the beloved Antilles the ladja & danmye martial arts dance vintage 1936 [if you like this rent sugar cane alley by euzan palcy & check out the night dance scene in film   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl4CEEse_fI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfMEFj5PHAg&mode=related&search=
 
 
BEAUTIFUL burkina faso masked dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88nWwjyTZCk
 
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art
 
exhibit [haitian photographs] - http://esclavesauparadis.org/
 
Taller Portobelo Norte Summer Art Colony and ArteFeria Exhibition
lobi bateba figures [ maternity ] - http://www.randafricanart.com/Lobi_Bateba_figure.html
 
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music
the late great oscar brown junior -  40 acres and a mule  [spoken word jazz parody]  - http://carlinamerica.com/titles/sf/FORTY%20ACRES%20AND%20A%20MULE.rm 

Wynton M's new one form the Plantation to the  Penitentiary - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7813667

dezarie - roots music stcroix - http://www.dezarie.com/

dede saint prix - http://www.ddsaintprix.com/

koffi olomide [soukous] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBH_bho2zQ

gilberto gil, - i know i posted abut him on this blog before --  He has a new album out !

check it out here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7650054

other article on Gil, " minister of cool" -  http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1066490,00.html

http://music.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1927711,00.html

[a bajan classic] by rupee - tempted to touch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWR0PfG-LDM 

 Everytime i hear it, i  gotta smile. "ding ding ding!" a snippet here  -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzZ7SoTKM8 

a refresher course alison's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAHo1qS9pI

saucydenise b' s  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgKEslni54g&mode=related&search=

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books

african fractals - http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/afractal/afbook.htm

black indians - http://faculty.smu.edu/twalker/1992.htm

a good list of books on african mathmatics   http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_28.html

for children , i have to get this one ,-   the golden oware counters -  by J. O. de Graft Hanson

http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Literature

other -   www.ghanaweb.com  http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/timeline.php

a refresher course in Jamaican versions of  Anansi stories & More  online - http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/index.htm#idx

300 years  of Caribbean Archives History  - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory/caribbean-identities.htm

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cinema

quilombo country [ afro / brazilian culture, maroons]  http://www.quilombofilm.com/

the president has aids? [haitian movie - Le President a t-il lesida'] - http://www.belfim.com/movies.php/69

Ezra  [a movie about a child soldier, in africa]  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/networkafrica/news/story/2007/02/070225_fespaco2007.shtml

& here  http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/03/05/fespaco-africa-prize.html

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unti next entry, walk good !