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Asar Alkebulan – Poetry Feature

ASAR ALKEBULAN — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:29:41 +0000

ASAR ALKEBULAN (Uncle ASAR) is an American(ized) African expatriate to West Africa and is a poet, philosopher, storyteller, essayist, lyricist and resolute Pan-Africanist. I’m on my way to Ogba For Augusta, my angel in the dark . . . From lekki to Obalende, ‘hundred naira transport pay Im on my way to Ogba, say, [...]

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This is for my girls . . . The Chibok girls

ASAR ALKEBULAN — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 18:25:34 +0000

FLOTUS says, “This Is For My Girls,” but what about the Chibok girls? Ironically, less than one week after FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States), Michelle Obama, released her female empowerment music single (This Is For My Girls), news surfaces that both the United States and the United Kingdom knew exactly where many of [...]

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Hey Sista! Soul Sista!

ASAR ALKEBULAN — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:51:41 +0000

Incredible piece by brotha Asar Alkebulan where he uses humor, sarcasm, satire and black american colloquial references and speech. He connects news about a white women named Rachel Dolezal, who posed as black for several years while serving as President of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) with the global black condition of inferiority complexes including relaxing hair, bleaching skin, colourism, white Jesus etc.

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EBOLA: The “Shock” heard round the world

ASAR ALKEBULAN — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:05:05 +0000

Tales of hideous subhuman vampiric creatures that lurk in the dark and prey on unsuspecting mortals can be found in every corner of the African continent. Whether hook-footed tree dweller (Asanbosam); baboon-like shape-shifter (Tikoloshe); body invading demon (Obayifo); or a chief’s dirty deeds doer (Ramanga) (http://vampireunderworld.com/african-vampires/), the African vampire is typically recognizable, striking at [...]

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