Review: Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele
Released in February 2000, I first listened to Ghostface Killah’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ in my Varsity days. In my view, Supreme Clientele belongs in the…
Books, Music, Film & TV
Book Review: Masande Ntshanga’s Triangulum
The existence of the universe is predicated on balance, but humankind has not heeded this. This planet’s conscious life has grown to deter the…
Narcos 3: Classic Hip Hop Soundtrack
The excellence of the authentic Narcos Season 3 Hip Hop Soundtrack rooted in 90s Hip Hop classics like the Wu-Tang Clan by Afrika Is Woke Magazine
A Brief History Of Rap
Rap has its roots in dancehall toasting over dub elements of reggae music. Â Jamaican DJ Kool Herc had moved from Kingston to the Bronx…
Shaka Zulu TV Series: A Retrospective
Shaka Zulu is one of Africa and the world’s most well known historical figures. In 1986, the 10 Part TV Series Starring Henry Cele…
Biggie & Tupac: What Really Happened (Part 1)?
Background feud between Puffy and Suge, Biggie and Tupac over Quad Studio before the East/West Coast War
Book Review: The Quiet Violence Of Dreams
Towards the end of this book,The Quiet Violence Of Dreams, I came to the unexpected realization that it could potentially be considered a work…
Kunta Kinte’s Contradictions As A Muslim In Roots
Whilst the original 1977 TV Series Roots does an exceptional job at exploring the Trauma caused by Slavery in America, it can also be…
Queen Sono: Fighting The Deep State
When I first saw the Trailer for the new Netflix Show ‘Queen Sono’, I wasn’t sure whether it was just an Africanised version of…
Burna Rankin’: Sound Of An African Giant
As an African, its a glorious time to be alive when you can genuinely claim that the world’s coolest Popstar is Nigeria’s Burna Boy,…
Miriam Makeba Kwawuleza Mama Africa!
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the…
Book Review: Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
“Beulah was running.Maybe this was where it started, Jo thought. Maybe Beulah was seeing something more clearly on the nights she had these dreams,…