freshblog Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/freshblog/ Arts and African History Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:58:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 National Liberation and Culture [Amilcar Cabral Series] https://consciousness.co.za/national-liberation-and-culture-amilcar-cabral-series/ https://consciousness.co.za/national-liberation-and-culture-amilcar-cabral-series/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2015 16:44:22 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=5266 source: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/ This text was originally delivered on February 20, 1970; as part of the Eduardo Mondlane (1) Memorial Lecture Series at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, under the auspices of The Program of Eastern African Studies. It was translated from the French by Maureen Webster. When Goebbels, the brain behind Nazi propaganda, heard culture [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/national-liberation-and-culture-amilcar-cabral-series/feed/ 0 Lerato Motaung – Artist Biography https://consciousness.co.za/lerato-motaung-artist-biography/ https://consciousness.co.za/lerato-motaung-artist-biography/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2015 16:21:04 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=6819 Artist biography My name is Lerato Motaung and i was born in Katlehong, Johannesburg, in 1991 and raised in Lekgalong, Rustenburg. I went to a public school where by art was not part of my school subject. In 2008, I started practicing art with Johannesburg Art Gallery and that’s where I started to obtain a [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/lerato-motaung-artist-biography/feed/ 0 Kwaanza Celebration 2014 https://consciousness.co.za/kwaanza-celebration-2014/ https://consciousness.co.za/kwaanza-celebration-2014/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:38:19 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7784 Ebukhosini Solutions, Art on Wax Concepts, Kahawa Club, E.P.C. and partners have the great honour of cordially inviting all members of the AFRIKAN FAMILY to participate in the UMOJA OPENING CEREMONY for the 13th Annual KWANZAA CELEBRATION 2014 :   UMOJA OPENING CEREMONY Friday 26 December, 12:00 Theme: SUPPORTING OUR OWN   KWANZAA is a Pan-Afrikan cultural celebration based [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/kwaanza-celebration-2014/feed/ 0 Suggested Reading Material For Young Africanists by The Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute https://consciousness.co.za/suggested-reading-material-young-africanists-by-the-thabo-mbeki-african-leadership-institute/ https://consciousness.co.za/suggested-reading-material-young-africanists-by-the-thabo-mbeki-african-leadership-institute/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:08:54 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7797 from http://thabombekiafricanleadershipinstitute.blogspot.com Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI)   The following books are by recommendation of former President and Patron of TMALI, Mr Thabo Mbeki as a means to empower properly, to act as conscious activists for the victory of the African Renaissance, the African youth must learn the habit and discipline of reading, asking questions and daring [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/suggested-reading-material-young-africanists-by-the-thabo-mbeki-african-leadership-institute/feed/ 0 5 000 words that summarise Mandela’s Judas Iscariotism https://consciousness.co.za/5-000-words-summarise-mandelas-judas-iscariotism/ https://consciousness.co.za/5-000-words-summarise-mandelas-judas-iscariotism/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:04:13 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7818 Last month it was that time of the year when South Africa and the world catch the fever of the Mandela day Sabbath; I say Sabbath because this Mandela day has become a quasi-religious event blindly followed by people who are not prepared to question what the hype about the day is all about or [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/5-000-words-summarise-mandelas-judas-iscariotism/feed/ 0 Nudes, sex tapes and The Liberation of Womanhood https://consciousness.co.za/nudes-sex-tapes-liberation-womanhood/ https://consciousness.co.za/nudes-sex-tapes-liberation-womanhood/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:47:11 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7787 It is the age for nudes and no matter how sensibilities will be scandalized, how many mouths salivate yet condemn with the same lips, I believe certain magical winds from the East have blown in, and the excitement of liberation is in the air. And this liberation is here to stay. In the eighteenth century, [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/nudes-sex-tapes-liberation-womanhood/feed/ 0 Ali Farka Toure – Biography https://consciousness.co.za/ali-farka-toure-biography/ https://consciousness.co.za/ali-farka-toure-biography/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:23:48 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7765 Source: http://www.africansuccess.org Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (October 31, 1939 in Timbuktu, Mali – March 6, 2006 in Bamako, Mali) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/ali-farka-toure-biography/feed/ 0 Shades Up – Feature https://consciousness.co.za/shades-feature/ https://consciousness.co.za/shades-feature/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:35:30 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7728 ShadesUp is a new and growing urban youth lifestyle movement for lively eyewear heads with a flexible range of sunglasses that are suitable for city slique, street wear and sartorial looks. The retro and neo-cool collection from Spitfire Sunglasses (London, England) is the first offering from ShadesUp, carefully hand picked to go with everyday wear [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/shades-feature/feed/ 0 Hidden Colors Trilogy directed by Tariq Nasheed – Documentary review https://consciousness.co.za/hidden-colors-trilogy-directed-tariq-nasheed-documentary-review/ https://consciousness.co.za/hidden-colors-trilogy-directed-tariq-nasheed-documentary-review/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:34:13 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7755 http://www.hiddencolorsfilm.com A brilliant and must see especially for all black/Afrikan people on this planet in my opinion. This docie-trilogy touches on Afrikan antiquity, the presence of Afrika in the world, aspects of the Afrikan holocaust and the current position of blacks/Afrikans in the contemporary world and their struggle against racist oppression especially white supremacy. What [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/hidden-colors-trilogy-directed-tariq-nasheed-documentary-review/feed/ 0 Beloved Sister! Love Your Hair https://consciousness.co.za/beloved-sister-love-hair/ https://consciousness.co.za/beloved-sister-love-hair/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:13:09 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=7711 As much as we like to think of our hair as a fashion statement, the truth is that Mother Nature wasn’t too concerned with how “hot” we’d look when she gave us a full head of hair. In fact, the hair on our head is actually designed for protection yet we often don’t think too [...]

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