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Books by Kola Boof
Nile
River Woman (Poems, Feb. 10, 2004) /
Long Train to the Redeeming
Sin-Stories About African Women
(April 6, 2004)
Flesh and the Devil: A Novel
(May 11, 2004) /
Diary of a Lost Girl
(2007)
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Belafonte
I was just reading the comments of Harry
Belafonte . . . and I am thinking: "Why are these so
called Black people taking the side of Africa's worst and most
atrocious oppressors in human history--the Arab Muslim?"
Like so many "Black" North Africans, I am so angry
and feel so betrayed that Black Americans are supporting the
agendas of racist, evil nations such as Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi
Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, etc.
What I notice (and I intend to make a public issue of this
very soon) is that all these Black Americans who have marvelous
experiences with Arabs are people who would, in our caste
system, not be considered "African" black--but "bastardo",
which is more acceptable. Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou,
Louis Farrakhan (and even my hero Malcolm X) look nothing like
the African people who are oppressed and enslaved . . . and as well
as being "lightskinned". . . all of the aforementioned
people are AMERICAN.
Yet they go visit Arabs, get treated
like "honorary whites" for a few months, and they come
back and spread the gospel about the virtues of these satanic
Arab Muslim governments . . . many of which have Black men's
children chained up to the back doors of their homes like
dogs . . . and feed them as such.
They should not be so ignorant and arrogant with their stupid
support of the Arab Muslim regimes. French people are
hospitable to Black Americans . . . but have an infamous tradition
of brutality and racism towards "African Blacks."
I am wondering why the Black Americans do not question this?
What it really means is that the Black Americans are being used . . . they
are being used by the Arab governments, because they provide
a . . . foothole in America . . . a group of supporters who can be a
thorn in the sides of the White King (who granted, is one hell
of an asshole and Africa's second worse enemy).
Mr. Harry Belafonte fails to realize that he, too, is a house
nigger. In my country, he would not even be considered a
"Black man." He would be considered
"American half-caste" (in Arabic, they would call him bastard
the minute they got mad with him). I don't
particularly care for Colin Powell's policies, but something
makes me have more respect for Powell than I do for pretentious
people like Belafonte. And I ask the Blacks reading
this . . . what do you think would become of your lives if this
world were suddenly taken over by Arab Muslims?
Do you really think they would call you "brother"
then?
Please don't be fooled. NO ONE . . . in human history,
including the Whites . . . have ever done as much evil or killed
and dehumanized more Black people than the Arab Muslims of the
world.
This too shall come into the light.
Kola Boof
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Belafonte, Harold George (Harry)
(b. March 1, 1927, New York, N.Y.), African American singer, actor,
producer, and activist, who has used his position as an entertainer to
promote human rights worldwide.
Belafonte continues to use his power as an entertainer
in the struggle for civil rights. His production company, Harbel, formed
in 1959, produces movies and television shows by and about black
Americans. Belafonte's idea for the hit song "We Are the
World" generated more than 70 million dollars to fight famine in
Ethiopia in 1985. Two years later, he became the second American to be
named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr.
(originally Belafonte; born March 1, 1927) is an American
musician, actor and
social activist. One of the most successful pop singers in
history, he was dubbed the "King of
Calypso," a title which he was very reluctant to accept
(according to the documentary Calypso Dreams) for popularizing
the
Caribbean musical style with an international audience in
the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana
Boat Song," with its signature lyric "Day-O." Throughout his
career, he has been an advocate for
civil rights and
humanitarian causes. He was a vocal critic of the policies
of the
George W. Bush Administration.—Wikipedia
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Sing Your Song
Harry Belafonte on Art and Politics, Civil
Rights & His Critique of President Obama
Harry Belafonte, legendary musician, actor and
humanitarian. He’s the subject of a new documentary
about his life, called Sing Your Song. This
interview was conducted at the 2011 Sundance Film
Festival in Park City, Utah.
Belafonte Whited Out In Oakland /
I'm So Pissed Off
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Transcript of Harry Belafonte-Larry King Interview
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My Song: A Memoir
By Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson
Here is a gorgeous account of the large life of a Harlem boy, son of a Jamaican cleaning lady, Melvine Love, and a ship’s cook, Harold Bellanfanti, who endured the grind of poverty under the watchful eye of his proud mother and waited for his chances, prepared to be lucky, and made himself into the international calypso star and popular folk singer, huge in Las Vegas, also Europe, and a mainstay of the civil rights movement of the ’60s . . .
His mother found refuge in the Catholic Church. The Holy Roller preachers of her native Jamaica were “too niggerish” for her. She loved the marble majesty of Catholicism and sent the boy off to parochial school to suffer at the hands of the nuns and took him to Mass every Sunday, dressed in a blue suit, and afterward to the Apollo Theater to hear Cab Calloway or Count Basie or Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald. . . . Dr. King is one strong strand in My Song; another is Belafonte’s family saga through three marriages with four children; another is his inner life, psychoanalysis, the wounds of childhood, his gambling addiction; another, the oddity of show business, the casual flings, the personal manager who turned out to be an F.B.I. informer. Indelible characters pass by: Sidney Poitier, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan, Fidel Castro, Miriam Makeba.—NYTimes |
Tavis Smiley Interview of Harry Belafonte Part 1
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Tavis Smiley Interview of Harry Belafonte Part 2
Harry Belafonte for JFK Campaign Spot
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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The Death of Emmett Till by Bob Dylan
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The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
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Only a Pawn in Their Game
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Thanks America for
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Haitian Declaration of Independence 1804
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January 1, 1804 -- The Founding of
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