Passing Strange
Show
Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of...
Always in Season (2019)
Movie
When Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina, his mother's search for...
Waves (2019)
Movie Watch
Contemporary drama. The comfortable existence of an affluent African-American family is destroyed...
Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics
Book
"Olaniyan has given us a profound and beautifully integrated book which culminates in a persuasive...
The Groundnut Cookbook
Duval Timothy, Folayemi Brown and Jacob Fodio Todd
Book
The Groundnut Cookbook is a contemporary African cookbook from the foodie trio behind the...
Nickg24 (492 KP) rated Coming to America (1988) in Movies
Aug 26, 2019
Murphy plays an african prince who wants to find a woman who will love him for himself not because he is royalty so he decides to head over to America to find said bride.He poses as a poor african student and when he eventually does find that special woman he goes all out to win her over while trying to keep his identity a secret.
A sequel is due to this next year (32 years after the original!!) and I just hope they dont ruin the legacy of the original with a painfully unfunny film.
Black Madonna: A Womanist Look at Mary of Nazareth
Book
The figure of the Virgin Mary comes loaded with baggage and preconceptions. She is usually depicted...
Religion Gender studies
Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power
Book
Prior to 1967 fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions had featured the work of African American...
Art social issues politics
Mandela: The Authorised Biography
Book
Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable...
Seeking Asylum in Israel: Refugees and Migration Law
Book
Since 2005, approximately 70,000 asylum-seeking refugees from Sudan and Eritrea have entered Israel....