Posted in Africa, African Reggae, Music, Rap, tagged African Music, Independence, Music, Reggae, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean Music, West African Music on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
In honor of the 47th anniversary of Sierra Leone’s independence, we’ve got a special all–Sierra Leonean mix today.
The opening track, “Black Loyalist,” is performed by up-and-coming Sierra Leonean reggae star Shabaka, who—for those of you in the DC area—will be performing at Zanzibar on the Waterfront on Saturday, May 2 (that’s this coming Saturday). You [...]
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Yesterday, actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion. It turns out the star of such films as Blade and White Men Can’t Jump failed to file income tax returns, which left the federal government none too happy. Back in February, Wesley Snipes was acquitted of the most serious charges he was facing but the [...]
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Posted in Music, tagged Music, Rap, Reggae on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I haven’t done one of these in a good long while.
As always, you can listen online or download the file and listen later.
No prizes for guessing the theme of this mix.
The playlist is below. Tracks without artist names are:
“Legalize It” by Peter Tosh
“African Herbsman” by Bob Marley and the Wailers
“Pimpa’s Paradise” by Damian Marley
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Posted in Gender, Gender Issues, Gender Violence, Politics, Rape, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women, tagged Happy Ending, Massage Parlor, Prostitution Ring, Sex Trafficking on April 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Answer: When the massages come with a happy ending.
According to the Washington Post, many DC-area businesses that advertise themselves in the newspaper’s Sports section as massage parlors are fronts for prostitution. Often, the “masseuses” are coerced or forced into prostitution by organized criminal sex rings who smuggle the women into the US and then pimp [...]
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It’s not often someone says something that stays in my head for longer than five minutes, let alone five years. But one conversation has beaten the odds and stayed with me for the better part of a decade.
A friend of mine had come back to DC from Chicago and shared with me a funny experience she’d had at O’Hare [...]
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