Just minutes after teaching my evening video production class, I got the news that the grand jury had elected to not indict Darren Wilson of the killing of Michael Brown. My intention was to go straight home but because it was late and I hadn’t eaten, I chose to get off at the U St Metro stop instead. As… Read More
roots picnic 2011
I got a chance to go to my first Roots picnic this year thanks to Gina Paige and African Ancestry, who had traced Black Thought’s Ancestry and were going to reveal his results at the event. We weren’t able to film the reveal but had a great time, nonetheless….see the images below
distant relatives
…one of the most historical collections of folks who paved the way for hiphop…caught this event over @ nat geo…nas & damian marley building about the connection between hiphop & reggae music and their roots to Africa…