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Colin Powell raps at Africa Rising Festival - London

By Rab Bakari • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Music

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Colin Powell Raps At African Festival
from News by grouchy_greg
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell is the latest politician to get the urge to emcee, as the respected Washington veteran performed an impromptu freestyle this week at London’s Africa Rising Festival. The festival, which has become a popular showcase for African music [...]



Fela is on Broadway…well sort of!

By Rab Bakari • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Africa, Features

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is one of Africa’s and possibly the world most revered, innovative musician of the latter part of the 20th century. He was from Nigeria. Fela is usually branded as a musician first then political activist second.
He recorded over 40 albums and 500 hundred songs. His self-titled Afro-Beat fit right in with the [...]



FESTAC - New Nigerian Restaurant in NYC

By Rab Bakari • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Food

New Nigerian Restaurant in New York City. A rare sight indeed!
FESTAC GRILL - 263 Hendrix Street,
East New York, Brooklyn - NY 11207-2623
+1-718-627-5151

Photo by Flickr User -EOS Chaos
While the Senegalese have boldly opened semi-upscale restaurants in Harlem and Clinton Hill, complete with annotated menus, and the Ghanaians have established numerous small groceries and cafés in [...]