We posed this question to all of you our on Instagram and Facebook as a result of some actions happening at the time in the Garden and were quite surprised by the controversy it posed. Pangea’s Garden celebrates the beauty of BLACK women, BLACK people and BLACK love. The images we have created and captured in this mission have, mostly, been created by BLACK artists and photographers with BLA...
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Diane Nadia Adu-Gyamfi, better known by her stage name Moko, is a 23 year old soul singer from New Cross in London. Her childhood was built upon a foundation of soul, gospel and house records and she would spend her Sunday’s singing in church. A couple of years later she went to Goldsmiths University and moved on to bands. She rose to fame after featuring on the Chase & Status single “Co...
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“Tell him we don’t die! We multiply!” excerpt from Pitchfork.com… As Stephen Colbert prepares to say goodbye to “The Colbert Report”, he welcomed Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick debuted an untitled new track alongside a band featuring Thundercat, Bilal, Anna Wise, and Terrace Martin. During the Colbert’s interview Lamar also discussed why he’d rather be vie...
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Before I compare the hip hop of today versus the beginning in the 90s, let me just throw out one thing: Hip Hop is not my favorite genre. What I will talk about is a foreigner who has brought hip hop to life through an anime called Samurai Champloo. The show is about three travelers wandering the land of Japan to get to a father who smells of sunflowers. Beautiful story, with an even beautiful sou...
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A modern day Love Jones documenting the milestones of dating as childhood friends, Robin and Charles fall in love one first at a time. Created by Jahmela Biggs | Directed by James Bland Robin and Charles have known each other since middle school, but it’s not until their late 20s that they realize their feelings are more than platonic. Robin an aspiring novelist moves back to her hometown ...
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The Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is by My Side, starring Andre Benjamin, made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, and will make its USA premiere at the upcoming SXSW Film Festival this month. Thus far the film has been mired in controversy. The feature film is written and directed by John Ridley, and it’s centered around the early, pre-fame days of the legendary roc...
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Darius Lovehall: Say, baby… can I be Your slave? I’ve got to admit girl you’re the shit girl…and I’m digging you like a grave. Now, do they call you Daughter to the Spinning Pulsar… or maybe Queen of 10,000 moons? Sister to the Distant yet Rising Star? Is your name Yemaya? Oh, hell no. Its got to be Oshun. Oooh, is that a smile me put on your face, child… ...
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Say baby, can I be your slave? I’ve got to admit girl, your the shit girl And I am digging you like a grave Now do they call you daughter to the Spinning Pulsar Or maybe Queen of 10,000 Moons, Sister to the distant yet Rising star Is your name Yemaya? Oh hell nah, it’s got to be Oshun… When it comes to art, food, fashion, health, fitness music, culture an...
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Approximately three months ago, writer/producer Lena Waithe’s unveiled the pilot episode for a new series called TWENTIES. The show is funny, irreverent and comically sincere. The following clips are four, carefully chosen, scenes from a pilot which had the goal of giving networks an idea of what we want this show to be. And while I discovered these gems on YouTube, this is not intended to b...
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all content, unless noted otherwise is courtesy of Studio Africa “Mother of George” almost never goes outside, and when it does it’s shocking that “outside” is New York City… it’s an exclusive gateway into a microcosm. –Matt Prigge, Metro.us Mother of George is a 2013 Nigerian drama film directed by Andrew Dosunmu. The film, which premièred in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2013 Sundance Fil...
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