#TBBSUDAYREAD: Bring Back Our Girls – Problem, Reaction, Solution

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 For The British Blacklist May 2014 http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/tbbsundayread-bringbackourgirls-problem-reaction-solution-shakara/ —————————————————————————————————————————————— A popular concept in western philosophy is that of the Hegelian Dialectic. Though explained in many forms, Hegelian Dialectics are commonly expressed as a three step process of logic and action designed to achieve (or inevitably resulting in) a particular outcome. In this information age, one of …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: Why I Wont Be Eating Any Bananas!

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Fore The British Blacklist April 2014 http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-eating-bananas/  ————————————————————————————————- Okay – I am lying. I quite like bananas, very much in fact. And I have a tendency to consume them in quite large numbers on occasion. And in all the years I have been eating bananas I have learned of many health benefits associated with their …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: Vybz Kartel, Dancehall Culture & Jamaican Society

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For The British Blacklist April 2014 http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-vybz-kartel-dance-hall-culture-jamaican-society/ ————————————————————- On Thursday 3rd April 2014, the world would bare witness to the news that top Jamaican Dance Hall artist, Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. In truth, this was the culmination of a whole slew of legal issues that …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It – Enslaved Afrikans Who Fought Back PART 2!

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Written for The British Blacklist 26.02.14: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-films-enslaved-afrikans-fought-part-2/ In my last ShakaRa Speaks On It – ‘Is Now the Time For a Film About Enslaved Afrikan’s Who Fought Back?’, I analyzed the phenomena of slavery films in Hollywood and the role they play in reinforcing the narrative of “White saviours” freeing poor, helpless Afrikan slaves. In providing a few of …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: Is It Now Time for a Film on The Enslaved Afrikans Who Fought Back?

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For the British Black List 12.02.14: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-time-film-enslaved-afrikans-fought-back/ There is an old Afrikan saying: “Until the lion learns to tell its own History, tales of the hunt will continue to glorify the hunter.” Today there is a popular narrative surrounding the Enslavement of Afrikan people. That narrative has three major stages:  Afrikan Kings & Chiefs sold their own …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: BLACK BEAUTY ON THE BIG SCREEN; The Spectre of Black Women in Hollywood

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For The Britihs Blacklist 12.02.14: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-black-beauty-big-screen-spectre-black-women-hollywood/ Following her stunning performance in the now much talked about and celebrated film ’12 Years A Slave’ (2013), Lupita Nyong’o has fast become the new Hollywood ‘It Girl’. Her image has been the central feature of countless red carpets and magazine covers, all of which have flooded social media in an apparent …

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ShakaRa Speaks On It: Black Deaths in Custody & the Criminal’s Injustice System

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For the British Blacklist 15th Jan 2014: http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/shakara-speaks-it-black-deaths-custody-criminals-injustice-system/ …………………… Mark Duggan, David “Smiley Culture” Emmanuel, Kingsley Burrell, Demetre Fraser and Jacob Michael are the names of 5 Black men who met the end of their lives at the hands of British police in 2011 alone. They are but 5 names on a long list of hundreds of …

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