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“Inventory on Being” – James Baldwin

24/06/2012 · by Sokari · in Black America, Music

A spoken word and jazz collaboration from “A Lovers Question” – David Linx Via Geoffrey Philps

James Baldwin “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”

31/08/2010 · by Sokari · in African History, Black America

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” – I learned a great deal from James Baldwin and haven’t written as much as I had planned. But I read and read. On my bedside table I have copies of Notes of a Native…

James Baldwin 11 : Who is the Nigger? or Reclaiming the Dream 2010

31/08/2010 · by Sokari · in USA

A short clip from “Take This Hammer” in which Baldwin throws the “nigger” back at whiteness who invented him in the first place. Very pertinent in these moments of escalating right wing anti-Muslim hatred – a hatred invented to fill…

James Baldwin 10: In search of the self

James Baldwin 10: In search of the self

27/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Black America

After spending the past few weeks reading and listening to snippets of James Baldwin I have come to the conclusion that much of his writing was concerned with the search for himself and his people. By trying to understand himself,…

James Baldwin 8: quote

20/08/2010 · by Rethabile · in Black America

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. ~James Baldwin

 James Baldwin 7: Mysterious Circumstances

James Baldwin 7: Mysterious Circumstances

17/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Poetry

ARRIVAL OF JAMES BALDWIN; MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES by Claire Burch Ever since I was eighteen, James Baldwin had been giving me orders. While still alive he came as Skyboss. Since he has died he is just himself. Now he is ordering…

Music on Sunday 1: Lena Horne

15/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Black America, Music

Lena Horne was a friend to James Baldwin – here she is on the Rosie O’Donnell show celebrating her 80th birthday – she lived for another 12 years. I hope I look this good on my 80th

James Baldwin 4: Freedom & Choice

10/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Black America, Guest Blogger

I asked a few of my blogger friends to write something on James Baldwin – so far only Keguro has responded and I thank him dearly for writing this piece. Keguro speaks of Baldwin’s clarity and ability to “see into…

James Baldwin 3: “My entry into America is a bill of sale”

06/08/2010 · by Sokari · in African History, Black America

I’ve been watching videos of James Baldwin to the point where I find myself reading in his unique voice. The film, “Baldwn’s Nigger”, is a powerful film shot in London at the West Indian Student center in 1969 by Horace…

James Baldwin 2: “There are no moral distances”

03/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Black America, Racism

“Take This Hammer” is a documentary following James Baldwin on a visit to San Francisco in 1963. The film begins with a group of young men being interviewed on racism in the city. Here the white man is not taking…

James Baldwin 1: Black Queer Genius / Genius Queer Black

01/08/2010 · by Sokari · in Black America, Literature, Queer Politics, Racism

I have been thinking of James Baldwin for a while now and am just waiting for  a copy of “The Price of the Ticket“.  I decided to spend August immersed in  Baldwin.  Today is his birthday [August 2nd 1924 –…

“Well, if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question

09/03/2010 · by Sokari · in News Roundup

“Well, if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the Judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected… and listens to…

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