Presenting three videos featuring a Malian singer, Rokia Traore, whose voice I have loved second only to the incomparable Salif Keïta (illustrative songs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), ever since I first heard her in early 2007.
P.S. Another very capable Malian singer is Oumou Sangare (songs: 1, 2) but more about her some other time.
Not one more refugee death, by Emmy Pérez
And just like that, my #NPM2018 celebrations end with a poem today by Emmy Pérez. Not one more refugee death by Emmy Pérez A r...
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Five quotes for the day: A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. --Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano, 1952 P...
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And speaking of boom-times, even as we here in the US "whine" about the US economy , it's " boom time for the global bo...
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Today a poem by Ocean Vuong, whose debut collection ' Night Sky With Exit Wound ' has won rave reviews not only in the US but also ...
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