Fela Anikulapo Kuti
honoured to present the high priest of the kalatuta republic
on the side bar of visionaries deh (s'about time!)
das him pon stage doin his ting
bin havin a Fela moment in dis here past daze
and was dying to catch the musical, if it happen to him our shores
then i came across this:
"....At issue is the alleged flagrant misuse of copyright by the producers who, when their paltry offer of $4000 for stage and film rights was turned down by Moore, several years ago, went ahead nonetheless and created the musical, presumably thinking that the author would never have the resources to challenge them. They were wrong: he received the backing of a group of respected and highly principled African Americans. Their support indicates a growing infuriation with corrupt and unscrupulous impresarios and producers who find it acceptable to violate the intellectual property of creative artists for their own profit and gain."
bookaholic got more on that here.
but Tenisio Seanima has the latest exclusive on the saga
more detailed and much more informed
and you can catch Dr Carlos Moore here
in ya dis ya time
domenica 30 gennaio 2011
Negro with a Hat
Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Das him deh on da side bar chillin with his hat
Negro with a Hat is the title of the book by one Collin Grant:
"....the exhibition of “The Dandy in Photography” that toured the UK that year was conforming to type with its alluring, black and white images of Cecil Beaton, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward & co, when half-way round the gallery, I was pulled up sharply by one print – the profile of an anonymous black man wearing a fedora.The caption read: ‘Negro with Hat’. Adjacent to it was another portrait by the same photographer; it showed a white man in fancy dress wearing a theatrical turban. It’s title: ‘Man with Hat.’ The juxtaposition seemed to pose a question: is a Negro not a man?"
you can read the rest of the intro here.
and also check out the review of the book by one Jeremy Taylor which i think is succinct and such a pleasure to read
in ya dis ya time.
Das him deh on da side bar chillin with his hat
Negro with a Hat is the title of the book by one Collin Grant:
"....the exhibition of “The Dandy in Photography” that toured the UK that year was conforming to type with its alluring, black and white images of Cecil Beaton, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward & co, when half-way round the gallery, I was pulled up sharply by one print – the profile of an anonymous black man wearing a fedora.The caption read: ‘Negro with Hat’. Adjacent to it was another portrait by the same photographer; it showed a white man in fancy dress wearing a theatrical turban. It’s title: ‘Man with Hat.’ The juxtaposition seemed to pose a question: is a Negro not a man?"
you can read the rest of the intro here.
and also check out the review of the book by one Jeremy Taylor which i think is succinct and such a pleasure to read
in ya dis ya time.
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