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Day 703. Today, we bring you latest updates from across Ukraine, discuss conflicting accounts from Kyiv as apparent tensions between Volodymyr Zelensky and General Valerii Zaluzhny resurface & and we look in more detail at Russia's war time economy. Contributors:David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. Live show tickets: telegraph.co.uk/events. Available from 9am on 31 January GMT.From scones to drones: inside Putin's arms race that is leaving the West behindhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/26/russia-arming-itself-faster-than-nato/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flooding Onboard Royal Caribbean World Cruise is the lead story on Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast, January 5, 2024 with Chillie Falls. Royal Caribbean International's Ultimate World Cruise on Serenade of the Seas, has hit its first significant glitch just 24 days after departing Miami, Florida. Dramatic flooding has been recorded onboard, with streams of water flowing down corridors, soaking carpet, and flooding balconies. Also today, New Africa and Asia Itineraries from Oceania; 2 Destinations Pass 1 Million Guests; Royal Caribbean Partners With World's Largest LIVE Music Event; 2 More World Cruises Sail; and Lots More LIVE at 11 AM EST. CLICK HERE to access video feed #fridattravelandcruiseindustrynews #podcast #cruisenews #travelnews #cruise #travel #chilliescruises #chilliefalls Thanks for visiting my channel. Travel Hacker's Toolkit https://bit.ly/travelhackertools NYTimes The Daily, the flagship NYT podcast with a massive audience. "Vacationing In The Time Of Covid" https://nyti.ms/3QuRwOS To access the Travel and Cruise Industry News podcast; https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/trav... or go to https://accessadventure.net/ To subscribe: http://bit.ly/chi-fal As always, I appreciate super chats or any other donation to support my channel. For your convenience, please visit: https://paypal.me/chillie9264?locale.... Chillie's Cruise Schedule: https://accessadventure.net/chillies-... For your special needs, contact me, or Whill.inc/US, at (844) 699-4455 .or Scootaround, For information on cruises, or special needs travel, contact me or Incredible Memories Travel Check out my streaming partner: https://streamyard.com?pal=4889083533852672 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChilliesCruises Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chillie.falls Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillieFalls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilliefalls/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chilliescruises Business Email: chillie@chilliefalls.com Accessible Travel Blog: https://accessadventure.net/ Chillie Chats With Sue Bryant, London Times Cruise Editor About Emerald Azzurra https://youtu.be/_bnrkqPf2gE Chillie Chats With Disability Advocate Kristy Durso https://youtube.com/live/YNyiUDyW82o Chillie Chats with Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and WHILL Powerchairs https://youtu.be/VovRJ5Fh1I8 Chillie Chats With Ali Ingersoll, disability advocate and 2023 Ms Wheelchair America https://youtu.be/o31zOMYYqiw Chillie Chats With Special Guest Kevin Martin, 30 And A Wake Up https://youtube.com/live/7Q5AFPDD0YY Chillie Chats with Mark Chilutti on Accessibility of Oasis of the Seas https://youtu.be/ibuJe7sfvrA Chillie Chats With Kelly Narowski, Disability Rights Advocate and Avid Traveler https://youtube.com/live/YKzSpi8jdB0 Casino Loyalty Programs with Sue Sherer https://youtu.be/p0SsewJC_cE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Obehi Podcast, Taharka Adé, Ph D an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University talks about his new book, "W. E. B. Du Bois' Africa: Scrambling for a New Africa". Taharka Adé is an Africologist by discipline but also well versed in the various epistemological and pedagogical approaches in the field of Africana Studies. As an Africologist, he is devoted to the Afrocentric study of all African phenomena trans-generationally and trans-continentally. ♥ Thank you for listening to Obehi Podcast. Share also with your friends who might need it. ♥ Want to learn more about our storytelling mastery for small businesses? Start by downloading the first chapter of ⁠⁠The Storytelling Series For Businesses⁠⁠ by Obehi Ewanfoh. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/obehi-podcast/message

RUFUS REID CELEBRATION  - New York, September 15 & 16, 2019 Celebration, Cedar's blues, Tranescape Steve Allee (p) Rufus Reid (b) Duduka Da Fonseca (d) + Sirius String Quartet: Fung Chern Hwei, Gregor Huebner (vln) Ron Lawrence (viola) Jeremy Harmon (cello) NEIL SWAINSON 49TH PARALLEL  - Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2 & 3, 1987 49th parallel, Port of Spain, Homestretch (1) Woody Shaw (tp) Joe Henderson (ts-1) Gary Williamson (p) Neil Swainson (b) Jerry Fuller (d) PJ Noviembre 2023 GRACHAN MONCUR, III NEW AFRICA  - Paris, France, August 11, 1969 Queen Taman, New Africa, Black call, Ethiopian market Grachan Moncur, III (tb) Roscoe Mitchell (as,pic) Archie Shepp (ts-1) Dave Burrell (p) Alan Silva (b) Andrew Cyrille (d)

On today's Charter Cities episode, host Jeffrey Mason is joined by colleagues Heba Elhanafy and Matthew McCartney to unpack the New Africa's Bad Urban Laws project. This initiative dissects laws in African cities hindering growth and community well-being. Additionally, Jeffrey reminds listeners of the upcoming Africa's New City Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The team dives deep, discussing the reasons for and effects of detrimental urban laws, using instances like Zambia's land ownership as an example. Tune in for an insightful discussion on urban policies in Africa.Key Points From This Episode:How urban laws negatively affect African urban environments across fiscal, administrative, and spatial planningThe project exposes bad urban laws and questions their persistent existence in African citiesBad urban laws persist due to misunderstandings, political interests, and distributional benefitsHow Zambia's outdated land ownership laws, rooted in colonial times, benefit a few and hinder economic developmentEgypt's attempt to modernize land laws led to unique urban challenges affecting millionsUrban physician reforms laws with expertise; urban politician navigates political realities for urban changesInteractive map showcases bad urban laws, allows user contributions for more awarenessCCI's research aims for awareness through interactive maps and practical urban reformLinks Mentioned in Today's Episode:Africas New Cities SummitCharter Cities InstituteCharter Cities Institute on FacebookCharter Cities Institute on Twitter

Episode 168 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “I Say a Little Prayer”, and the interaction of the sacred, political, and secular in Aretha Franklin's life and work. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a forty-five-minute bonus episode available, on "Abraham, Martin, and John" by Dion. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ Resources No Mixcloud this week, as there are too many songs by Aretha Franklin. Even splitting it into multiple parts would have required six or seven mixes. My main biographical source for Aretha Franklin is Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz, and this is where most of the quotes from musicians come from. Information on C.L. Franklin came from Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America by Nick Salvatore. Country Soul by Charles L Hughes is a great overview of the soul music made in Muscle Shoals, Memphis, and Nashville in the sixties. Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm And Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom is possibly less essential, but still definitely worth reading. Information about Martin Luther King came from Martin Luther King: A Religious Life by Paul Harvey. I also referred to Burt Bacharach's autobiography Anyone Who Had a Heart, Carole King's autobiography A Natural Woman, and Soul Serenade: King Curtis and his Immortal Saxophone by Timothy R. Hoover. For information about Amazing Grace I also used Aaron Cohen's 33 1/3 book on the album. The film of the concerts is also definitely worth watching. And the Aretha Now album is available in this five-album box set for a ludicrously cheap price. But it's actually worth getting this nineteen-CD set with her first sixteen Atlantic albums and a couple of bonus discs of demos and outtakes. There's barely a duff track in the whole nineteen discs. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript A quick warning before I begin. This episode contains some moderate references to domestic abuse, death by cancer, racial violence, police violence, and political assassination. Anyone who might be upset by those subjects might want to check the transcript rather than listening to the episode. Also, as with the previous episode on Aretha Franklin, this episode presents something of a problem. Like many people in this narrative, Franklin's career was affected by personal troubles, which shaped many of her decisions. But where most of the subjects of the podcast have chosen to live their lives in public and share intimate details of every aspect of their personal lives, Franklin was an extremely private person, who chose to share only carefully sanitised versions of her life, and tried as far as possible to keep things to herself. This of course presents a dilemma for anyone who wants to tell her story -- because even though the information is out there in biographies, and even though she's dead, it's not right to disrespect someone's wish for a private life. I have therefore tried, wherever possible, to stay away from talk of her personal life except where it *absolutely* affects the work, or where other people involved have publicly shared their own stories, and even there I've tried to keep it to a minimum. This will occasionally lead to me saying less about some topics than other people might, even though the information is easily findable, because I don't think we have an absolute right to invade someone else's privacy for entertainment. When we left Aretha Franklin, she had just finally broken through into the mainstream after a decade of performing, with a version of Otis Redding's song "Respect" on which she had been backed by her sisters, Erma and Carolyn. "Respect", in Franklin's interpretation, had been turned from a rather chauvinist song about a man demanding respect from his woman into an anthem of feminism, of Black power, and of a new political awakening. For white people of a certain generation, the summer of 1967 was "the summer of love". For many Black people, it was rather different. There's a quote that goes around (I've seen it credited in reliable sources to both Ebony and Jet magazine, but not ever seen an issue cited, so I can't say for sure where it came from) saying that the summer of 67 was the summer of "'retha, Rap, and revolt", referring to the trifecta of Aretha Franklin, the Black power leader Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (who was at the time known as H. Rap Brown, a name he later disclaimed) and the rioting that broke out in several major cities, particularly in Detroit: [Excerpt: John Lee Hooker, "The Motor City is Burning"] The mid sixties were, in many ways, the high point not of Black rights in the US -- for the most part there has been a lot of progress in civil rights in the intervening decades, though not without inevitable setbacks and attacks from the far right, and as movements like the Black Lives Matter movement have shown there is still a long way to go -- but of *hope* for Black rights. The moral force of the arguments made by the civil rights movement were starting to cause real change to happen for Black people in the US for the first time since the Reconstruction nearly a century before. But those changes weren't happening fast enough, and as we heard in the episode on "I Was Made to Love Her", there was not only a growing unrest among Black people, but a recognition that it was actually possible for things to change. A combination of hope and frustration can be a powerful catalyst, and whether Franklin wanted it or not, she was at the centre of things, both because of her newfound prominence as a star with a hit single that couldn't be interpreted as anything other than a political statement and because of her intimate family connections to the struggle. Even the most racist of white people these days pays lip service to the memory of Dr Martin Luther King, and when they do they quote just a handful of sentences from one speech King made in 1963, as if that sums up the full theological and political philosophy of that most complex of men. And as we discussed the last time we looked at Aretha Franklin, King gave versions of that speech, the "I Have a Dream" speech, twice. The most famous version was at the March on Washington, but the first time was a few weeks earlier, at what was at the time the largest civil rights demonstration in American history, in Detroit. Aretha's family connection to that event is made clear by the very opening of King's speech: [Excerpt: Martin Luther King, "Original 'I Have a Dream' Speech"] So as summer 1967 got into swing, and white rock music was going to San Francisco to wear flowers in its hair, Aretha Franklin was at the centre of a very different kind of youth revolution. Franklin's second Atlantic album, Aretha Arrives, brought in some new personnel to the team that had recorded Aretha's first album for Atlantic. Along with the core Muscle Shoals players Jimmy Johnson, Spooner Oldham, Tommy Cogbill and Roger Hawkins, and a horn section led by King Curtis, Wexler and Dowd also brought in guitarist Joe South. South was a white session player from Georgia, who had had a few minor hits himself in the fifties -- he'd got his start recording a cover version of "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor", the Big Bopper's B-side to "Chantilly Lace": [Excerpt: Joe South, "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor"] He'd also written a few songs that had been recorded by people like Gene Vincent, but he'd mostly become a session player. He'd become a favourite musician of Bob Johnston's, and so he'd played guitar on Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme albums: [Excerpt: Simon and Garfunkel, "I am a Rock"] and bass on Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, with Al Kooper particularly praising his playing on "Visions of Johanna": [Excerpt: Bob Dylan, "Visions of Johanna"] South would be the principal guitarist on this and Franklin's next album, before his own career took off in 1968 with "Games People Play": [Excerpt: Joe South, "Games People Play"] At this point, he had already written the other song he's best known for, "Hush", which later became a hit for Deep Purple: [Excerpt: Deep Purple, "Hush"] But he wasn't very well known, and was surprised to get the call for the Aretha Franklin session, especially because, as he put it "I was white and I was about to play behind the blackest genius since Ray Charles" But Jerry Wexler had told him that Franklin didn't care about the race of the musicians she played with, and South settled in as soon as Franklin smiled at him when he played a good guitar lick on her version of the blues standard "Going Down Slow": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Going Down Slow"] That was one of the few times Franklin smiled in those sessions though. Becoming an overnight success after years of trying and failing to make a name for herself had been a disorienting experience, and on top of that things weren't going well in her personal life. Her marriage to her manager Ted White was falling apart, and she was performing erratically thanks to the stress. In particular, at a gig in Georgia she had fallen off the stage and broken her arm. She soon returned to performing, but it meant she had problems with her right arm during the recording of the album, and didn't play as much piano as she would have previously -- on some of the faster songs she played only with her left hand. But the recording sessions had to go on, whether or not Aretha was physically capable of playing piano. As we discussed in the episode on Otis Redding, the owners of Atlantic Records were busily negotiating its sale to Warner Brothers in mid-1967. As Wexler said later “Everything in me said, Keep rolling, keep recording, keep the hits coming. She was red hot and I had no reason to believe that the streak wouldn't continue. I knew that it would be foolish—and even irresponsible—not to strike when the iron was hot. I also had personal motivation. A Wall Street financier had agreed to see what we could get for Atlantic Records. While Ahmet and Neshui had not agreed on a selling price, they had gone along with my plan to let the financier test our worth on the open market. I was always eager to pump out hits, but at this moment I was on overdrive. In this instance, I had a good partner in Ted White, who felt the same. He wanted as much product out there as possible." In truth, you can tell from Aretha Arrives that it's a record that was being thought of as "product" rather than one being made out of any kind of artistic impulse. It's a fine album -- in her ten-album run from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You through Amazing Grace there's not a bad album and barely a bad track -- but there's a lack of focus. There are only two originals on the album, neither of them written by Franklin herself, and the rest is an incoherent set of songs that show the tension between Franklin and her producers at Atlantic. Several songs are the kind of standards that Franklin had recorded for her old label Columbia, things like "You Are My Sunshine", or her version of "That's Life", which had been a hit for Frank Sinatra the previous year: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "That's Life"] But mixed in with that are songs that are clearly the choice of Wexler. As we've discussed previously in episodes on Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett, at this point Atlantic had the idea that it was possible for soul artists to cross over into the white market by doing cover versions of white rock hits -- and indeed they'd had some success with that tactic. So while Franklin was suggesting Sinatra covers, Atlantic's hand is visible in the choices of songs like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "96 Tears": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "96 Tears'] Of the two originals on the album, one, the hit single "Baby I Love You" was written by Ronnie Shannon, the Detroit songwriter who had previously written "I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Baby I Love You"] As with the previous album, and several other songs on this one, that had backing vocals by Aretha's sisters, Erma and Carolyn. But the other original on the album, "Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)", didn't, even though it was written by Carolyn: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)"] To explain why, let's take a little detour and look at the co-writer of the song this episode is about, though we're not going to get to that for a little while yet. We've not talked much about Burt Bacharach in this series so far, but he's one of those figures who has come up a few times in the periphery and will come up again, so here is as good a time as any to discuss him, and bring everyone up to speed about his career up to 1967. Bacharach was one of the more privileged figures in the sixties pop music field. His father, Bert Bacharach (pronounced the same as his son, but spelled with an e rather than a u) had been a famous newspaper columnist, and his parents had bought him a Steinway grand piano to practice on -- they pushed him to learn the piano even though as a kid he wasn't interested in finger exercises and Debussy. What he was interested in, though, was jazz, and as a teenager he would often go into Manhattan and use a fake ID to see people like Dizzy Gillespie, who he idolised, and in his autobiography he talks rapturously of seeing Gillespie playing his bent trumpet -- he once saw Gillespie standing on a street corner with a pet monkey on his shoulder, and went home and tried to persuade his parents to buy him a monkey too. In particular, he talks about seeing the Count Basie band with Sonny Payne on drums as a teenager: [Excerpt: Count Basie, "Kid From Red Bank"] He saw them at Birdland, the club owned by Morris Levy where they would regularly play, and said of the performance "they were just so incredibly exciting that all of a sudden, I got into music in a way I never had before. What I heard in those clubs really turned my head around— it was like a big breath of fresh air when somebody throws open a window. That was when I knew for the first time how much I loved music and wanted to be connected to it in some way." Of course, there's a rather major problem with this story, as there is so often with narratives that musicians tell about their early career. In this case, Birdland didn't open until 1949, when Bacharach was twenty-one and stationed in Germany for his military service, while Sonny Payne didn't join Basie's band until 1954, when Bacharach had been a professional musician for many years. Also Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet bell only got bent on January 6, 1953. But presumably while Bacharach was conflating several memories, he did have some experience in some New York jazz club that led him to want to become a musician. Certainly there were enough great jazz musicians playing the clubs in those days. He went to McGill University to study music for two years, then went to study with Darius Milhaud, a hugely respected modernist composer. Milhaud was also one of the most important music teachers of the time -- among others he'd taught Stockhausen and Xenakkis, and would go on to teach Philip Glass and Steve Reich. This suited Bacharach, who by this point was a big fan of Schoenberg and Webern, and was trying to write atonal, difficult music. But Milhaud had also taught Dave Brubeck, and when Bacharach rather shamefacedly presented him with a composition which had an actual tune, he told Bacharach "Never be ashamed of writing a tune you can whistle". He dropped out of university and, like most men of his generation, had to serve in the armed forces. When he got out of the army, he continued his musical studies, still trying to learn to be an avant-garde composer, this time with Bohuslav Martinů and later with Henry Cowell, the experimental composer we've heard about quite a bit in previous episodes: [Excerpt: Henry Cowell, "Aeolian Harp and Sinister Resonance"] He was still listening to a lot of avant garde music, and would continue doing so throughout the fifties, going to see people like John Cage. But he spent much of that time working in music that was very different from the avant-garde. He got a job as the band leader for the crooner Vic Damone: [Excerpt: Vic Damone. "Ebb Tide"] He also played for the vocal group the Ames Brothers. He decided while he was working with the Ames Brothers that he could write better material than they were getting from their publishers, and that it would be better to have a job where he didn't have to travel, so he got himself a job as a staff songwriter in the Brill Building. He wrote a string of flops and nearly hits, starting with "Keep Me In Mind" for Patti Page: [Excerpt: Patti Page, "Keep Me In Mind"] From early in his career he worked with the lyricist Hal David, and the two of them together wrote two big hits, "Magic Moments" for Perry Como: [Excerpt: Perry Como, "Magic Moments"] and "The Story of My Life" for Marty Robbins: [Excerpt: "The Story of My Life"] But at that point Bacharach was still also writing with other writers, notably Hal David's brother Mack, with whom he wrote the theme tune to the film The Blob, as performed by The Five Blobs: [Excerpt: The Five Blobs, "The Blob"] But Bacharach's songwriting career wasn't taking off, and he got himself a job as musical director for Marlene Dietrich -- a job he kept even after it did start to take off.  Part of the problem was that he intuitively wrote music that didn't quite fit into standard structures -- there would be odd bars of unusual time signatures thrown in, unusual harmonies, and structural irregularities -- but then he'd take feedback from publishers and producers who would tell him the song could only be recorded if he straightened it out. He said later "The truth is that I ruined a lot of songs by not believing in myself enough to tell these guys they were wrong." He started writing songs for Scepter Records, usually with Hal David, but also with Bob Hilliard and Mack David, and started having R&B hits. One song he wrote with Mack David, "I'll Cherish You", had the lyrics rewritten by Luther Dixon to make them more harsh-sounding for a Shirelles single -- but the single was otherwise just Bacharach's demo with the vocals replaced, and you can even hear his voice briefly at the beginning: [Excerpt: The Shirelles, "Baby, It's You"] But he'd also started becoming interested in the production side of records more generally. He'd iced that some producers, when recording his songs, would change the sound for the worse -- he thought Gene McDaniels' version of "Tower of Strength", for example, was too fast. But on the other hand, other producers got a better sound than he'd heard in his head. He and Hilliard had written a song called "Please Stay", which they'd given to Leiber and Stoller to record with the Drifters, and he thought that their arrangement of the song was much better than the one he'd originally thought up: [Excerpt: The Drifters, "Please Stay"] He asked Leiber and Stoller if he could attend all their New York sessions and learn about record production from them. He started doing so, and eventually they started asking him to assist them on records. He and Hilliard wrote a song called "Mexican Divorce" for the Drifters, which Leiber and Stoller were going to produce, and as he put it "they were so busy running Redbird Records that they asked me to rehearse the background singers for them in my office." [Excerpt: The Drifters, "Mexican Divorce"] The backing singers who had been brought in to augment the Drifters on that record were a group of vocalists who had started out as members of a gospel group called the Drinkard singers: [Excerpt: The Drinkard Singers, "Singing in My Soul"] The Drinkard Singers had originally been a family group, whose members included Cissy Drinkard, who joined the group aged five (and who on her marriage would become known as Cissy Houston -- her daughter Whitney would later join the family business), her aunt Lee Warrick, and Warrick's adopted daughter Judy Clay. That group were discovered by the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, and spent much of the fifties performing with gospel greats including Jackson herself, Clara Ward, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. But Houston was also the musical director of a group at her church, the Gospelaires, which featured Lee Warrick's two daughters Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick (for those who don't know, the Warwick sisters' birth name was Warrick, spelled with two rs. A printing error led to it being misspelled the same way as the British city on a record label, and from that point on Dionne at least pronounced the w in her misspelled name). And slowly, the Gospelaires rather than the Drinkard Singers became the focus, with a lineup of Houston, the Warwick sisters, the Warwick sisters' cousin Doris Troy, and Clay's sister Sylvia Shemwell. The real change in the group's fortunes came when, as we talked about a while back in the episode on "The Loco-Motion", the original lineup of the Cookies largely stopped working as session singers to become Ray Charles' Raelettes. As we discussed in that episode, a new lineup of Cookies formed in 1961, but it took a while for them to get started, and in the meantime the producers who had been relying on them for backing vocals were looking elsewhere, and they looked to the Gospelaires. "Mexican Divorce" was the first record to feature the group as backing vocalists -- though reports vary as to how many of them are on the record, with some saying it's only Troy and the Warwicks, others saying Houston was there, and yet others saying it was all five of them. Some of these discrepancies were because these singers were so good that many of them left to become solo singers in fairly short order. Troy was the first to do so, with her hit "Just One Look", on which the other Gospelaires sang backing vocals: [Excerpt: Doris Troy, "Just One Look"] But the next one to go solo was Dionne Warwick, and that was because she'd started working with Bacharach and Hal David as their principal demo singer. She started singing lead on their demos, and hoping that she'd get to release them on her own. One early one was "Make it Easy On Yourself", which was recorded by Jerry Butler, formerly of the Impressions. That record was produced by Bacharach, one of the first records he produced without outside supervision: [Excerpt: Jerry Butler, "Make it Easy On Yourself"] Warwick was very jealous that a song she'd sung the demo of had become a massive hit for someone else, and blamed Bacharach and David. The way she tells the story -- Bacharach always claimed this never happened, but as we've already seen he was himself not always the most reliable of narrators of his own life -- she got so angry she complained to them, and said "Don't make me over, man!" And so Bacharach and David wrote her this: [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "Don't Make Me Over"] Incidentally, in the UK, the hit version of that was a cover by the Swinging Blue Jeans: [Excerpt: The Swinging Blue Jeans, "Don't Make Me Over"] who also had a huge hit with "You're No Good": [Excerpt: The Swinging Blue Jeans, "You're No Good"] And *that* was originally recorded by *Dee Dee* Warwick: [Excerpt: Dee Dee Warwick, "You're No Good"] Dee Dee also had a successful solo career, but Dionne's was the real success, making the names of herself, and of Bacharach and David. The team had more than twenty top forty hits together, before Bacharach and David had a falling out in 1971 and stopped working together, and Warwick sued both of them for breach of contract as a result. But prior to that they had hit after hit, with classic records like "Anyone Who Had a Heart": [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"] And "Walk On By": [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "Walk On By"] With Doris, Dionne, and Dee Dee all going solo, the group's membership was naturally in flux -- though the departed members would occasionally join their former bandmates for sessions, and the remaining members would sing backing vocals on their ex-members' records. By 1965 the group consisted of Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, the Warwick sisters' cousin Myrna Smith, and Estelle Brown. The group became *the* go-to singers for soul and R&B records made in New York. They were regularly hired by Leiber and Stoller to sing on their records, and they were also the particular favourites of Bert Berns. They sang backing vocals on almost every record he produced. It's them doing the gospel wails on "Cry Baby" by Garnet Mimms: [Excerpt: Garnet Mimms, "Cry Baby"] And they sang backing vocals on both versions of "If You Need Me" -- Wilson Pickett's original and Solomon Burke's more successful cover version, produced by Berns: [Excerpt: Solomon Burke, "If You Need Me"] They're on such Berns records as "Show Me Your Monkey", by Kenny Hamber: [Excerpt: Kenny Hamber, "Show Me Your Monkey"] And it was a Berns production that ended up getting them to be Aretha Franklin's backing group. The group were becoming such an important part of the records that Atlantic and BANG Records, in particular, were putting out, that Jerry Wexler said "it was only a matter of common decency to put them under contract as a featured group". He signed them to Atlantic and renamed them from the Gospelaires to The Sweet Inspirations.  Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham wrote a song for the group which became their only hit under their own name: [Excerpt: The Sweet Inspirations, "Sweet Inspiration"] But to start with, they released a cover of Pops Staples' civil rights song "Why (Am I treated So Bad)": [Excerpt: The Sweet Inspirations, "Why (Am I Treated So Bad?)"] That hadn't charted, and meanwhile, they'd all kept doing session work. Cissy had joined Erma and Carolyn Franklin on the backing vocals for Aretha's "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You"] Shortly after that, the whole group recorded backing vocals for Erma's single "Piece of My Heart", co-written and produced by Berns: [Excerpt: Erma Franklin, "Piece of My Heart"] That became a top ten record on the R&B charts, but that caused problems. Aretha Franklin had a few character flaws, and one of these was an extreme level of jealousy for any other female singer who had any level of success and came up in the business after her. She could be incredibly graceful towards anyone who had been successful before her -- she once gave one of her Grammies away to Esther Phillips, who had been up for the same award and had lost to her -- but she was terribly insecure, and saw any contemporary as a threat. She'd spent her time at Columbia Records fuming (with some justification) that Barbra Streisand was being given a much bigger marketing budget than her, and she saw Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Dionne Warwick as rivals rather than friends. And that went doubly for her sisters, who she was convinced should be supporting her because of family loyalty. She had been infuriated at John Hammond when Columbia had signed Erma, thinking he'd gone behind her back to create competition for her. And now Erma was recording with Bert Berns. Bert Berns who had for years been a colleague of Jerry Wexler and the Ertegun brothers at Atlantic. Aretha was convinced that Wexler had put Berns up to signing Erma as some kind of power play. There was only one problem with this -- it simply wasn't true. As Wexler later explained “Bert and I had suffered a bad falling-out, even though I had enormous respect for him. After all, he was the guy who brought over guitarist Jimmy Page from England to play on our sessions. Bert, Ahmet, Nesuhi, and I had started a label together—Bang!—where Bert produced Van Morrison's first album. But Bert also had a penchant for trouble. He courted the wise guys. He wanted total control over every last aspect of our business dealings. Finally it was too much, and the Erteguns and I let him go. He sued us for breach of contract and suddenly we were enemies. I felt that he signed Erma, an excellent singer, not merely for her talent but as a way to get back at me. If I could make a hit with Aretha, he'd show me up by making an even bigger hit on Erma. Because there was always an undercurrent of rivalry between the sisters, this only added to the tension.” There were two things that resulted from this paranoia on Aretha's part. The first was that she and Wexler, who had been on first-name terms up to that point, temporarily went back to being "Mr. Wexler" and "Miss Franklin" to each other. And the second was that Aretha no longer wanted Carolyn and Erma to be her main backing vocalists, though they would continue to appear on her future records on occasion. From this point on, the Sweet Inspirations would be the main backing vocalists for Aretha in the studio throughout her golden era [xxcut line (and when the Sweet Inspirations themselves weren't on the record, often it would be former members of the group taking their place)]: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)"] The last day of sessions for Aretha Arrives was July the twenty-third, 1967. And as we heard in the episode on "I Was Made to Love Her", that was the day that the Detroit riots started. To recap briefly, that was four days of rioting started because of a history of racist policing, made worse by those same racist police overreacting to the initial protests. By the end of those four days, the National Guard, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 101st Airborne from Clarksville were all called in to deal with the violence, which left forty-three dead (of whom thirty-three were Black and only one was a police officer), 1,189 people were injured, and over 7,200 arrested, almost all of them Black. Those days in July would be a turning point for almost every musician based in Detroit. In particular, the police had murdered three members of the soul group the Dramatics, in a massacre of which the author John Hersey, who had been asked by President Johnson to be part of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders but had decided that would compromise his impartiality and did an independent journalistic investigation, said "The episode contained all the mythic themes of racial strife in the United States: the arm of the law taking the law into its own hands; interracial sex; the subtle poison of racist thinking by “decent” men who deny they are racists; the societal limbo into which, ever since slavery, so many young black men have been driven by our country; ambiguous justice in the courts; and the devastation in both black and white human lives that follows in the wake of violence as surely as ruinous and indiscriminate flood after torrents" But these were also the events that radicalised the MC5 -- the group had been playing a gig as Tim Buckley's support act when the rioting started, and guitarist Wayne Kramer decided afterwards to get stoned and watch the fires burning down the city through a telescope -- which police mistook for a rifle, leading to the National Guard knocking down Kramer's door. The MC5 would later cover "The Motor City is Burning", John Lee Hooker's song about the events: [Excerpt: The MC5, "The Motor City is Burning"] It would also be a turning point for Motown, too, in ways we'll talk about in a few future episodes.  And it was a political turning point too -- Michigan Governor George Romney, a liberal Republican (at a time when such people existed) had been the favourite for the Republican Presidential candidacy when he'd entered the race in December 1966, but as racial tensions ramped up in Detroit during the early months of 1967 he'd started trailing Richard Nixon, a man who was consciously stoking racists' fears. President Johnson, the incumbent Democrat, who was at that point still considering standing for re-election, made sure to make it clear to everyone during the riots that the decision to call in the National Guard had been made at the State level, by Romney, rather than at the Federal level.  That wasn't the only thing that removed the possibility of a Romney presidency, but it was a big part of the collapse of his campaign, and the, as it turned out, irrevocable turn towards right-authoritarianism that the party took with Nixon's Southern Strategy. Of course, Aretha Franklin had little way of knowing what was to come and how the riots would change the city and the country over the following decades. What she was primarily concerned about was the safety of her father, and to a lesser extent that of her sister-in-law Earline who was staying with him. Aretha, Carolyn, and Erma all tried to keep in constant touch with their father while they were out of town, and Aretha even talked about hiring private detectives to travel to Detroit, find her father, and get him out of the city to safety. But as her brother Cecil pointed out, he was probably the single most loved man among Black people in Detroit, and was unlikely to be harmed by the rioters, while he was too famous for the police to kill with impunity. Reverend Franklin had been having a stressful time anyway -- he had recently been fined for tax evasion, an action he was convinced the IRS had taken because of his friendship with Dr King and his role in the civil rights movement -- and according to Cecil "Aretha begged Daddy to move out of the city entirely. She wanted him to find another congregation in California, where he was especially popular—or at least move out to the suburbs. But he wouldn't budge. He said that, more than ever, he was needed to point out the root causes of the riots—the economic inequality, the pervasive racism in civic institutions, the woefully inadequate schools in inner-city Detroit, and the wholesale destruction of our neighborhoods by urban renewal. Some ministers fled the city, but not our father. The horror of what happened only recommitted him. He would not abandon his political agenda." To make things worse, Aretha was worried about her father in other ways -- as her marriage to Ted White was starting to disintegrate, she was looking to her father for guidance, and actually wanted him to take over her management. Eventually, Ruth Bowen, her booking agent, persuaded her brother Cecil that this was a job he could do, and that she would teach him everything he needed to know about the music business. She started training him up while Aretha was still married to White, in the expectation that that marriage couldn't last. Jerry Wexler, who only a few months earlier had been seeing Ted White as an ally in getting "product" from Franklin, had now changed his tune -- partly because the sale of Atlantic had gone through in the meantime. He later said “Sometimes she'd call me at night, and, in that barely audible little-girl voice of hers, she'd tell me that she wasn't sure she could go on. She always spoke in generalities. She never mentioned her husband, never gave me specifics of who was doing what to whom. And of course I knew better than to ask. She just said that she was tired of dealing with so much. My heart went out to her. She was a woman who suffered silently. She held so much in. I'd tell her to take as much time off as she needed. We had a lot of songs in the can that we could release without new material. ‘Oh, no, Jerry,' she'd say. ‘I can't stop recording. I've written some new songs, Carolyn's written some new songs. We gotta get in there and cut 'em.' ‘Are you sure?' I'd ask. ‘Positive,' she'd say. I'd set up the dates and typically she wouldn't show up for the first or second sessions. Carolyn or Erma would call me to say, ‘Ree's under the weather.' That was tough because we'd have asked people like Joe South and Bobby Womack to play on the sessions. Then I'd reschedule in the hopes she'd show." That third album she recorded in 1967, Lady Soul, was possibly her greatest achievement. The opening track, and second single, "Chain of Fools", released in November, was written by Don Covay -- or at least it's credited as having been written by Covay. There's a gospel record that came out around the same time on a very small label based in Houston -- "Pains of Life" by Rev. E. Fair And The Sensational Gladys Davis Trio: [Excerpt: Rev. E. Fair And The Sensational Gladys Davis Trio, "Pains of Life"] I've seen various claims online that that record came out shortly *before* "Chain of Fools", but I can't find any definitive evidence one way or the other -- it was on such a small label that release dates aren't available anywhere. Given that the B-side, which I haven't been able to track down online, is called "Wait Until the Midnight Hour", my guess is that rather than this being a case of Don Covay stealing the melody from an obscure gospel record he'd have had little chance to hear, it's the gospel record rewriting a then-current hit to be about religion, but I thought it worth mentioning. The song was actually written by Covay after Jerry Wexler asked him to come up with some songs for Otis Redding, but Wexler, after hearing it, decided it was better suited to Franklin, who gave an astonishing performance: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Chain of Fools"] Arif Mardin, the arranger of the album, said of that track “I was listed as the arranger of ‘Chain of Fools,' but I can't take credit. Aretha walked into the studio with the chart fully formed inside her head. The arrangement is based around the harmony vocals provided by Carolyn and Erma. To add heft, the Sweet Inspirations joined in. The vision of the song is entirely Aretha's.” According to Wexler, that's not *quite* true -- according to him, Joe South came up with the guitar part that makes up the intro, and he also said that when he played what he thought was the finished track to Ellie Greenwich, she came up with another vocal line for the backing vocals, which she overdubbed. But the core of the record's sound is definitely pure Aretha -- and Carolyn Franklin said that there was a reason for that. As she said later “Aretha didn't write ‘Chain,' but she might as well have. It was her story. When we were in the studio putting on the backgrounds with Ree doing lead, I knew she was singing about Ted. Listen to the lyrics talking about how for five long years she thought he was her man. Then she found out she was nothing but a link in the chain. Then she sings that her father told her to come on home. Well, he did. She sings about how her doctor said to take it easy. Well, he did too. She was drinking so much we thought she was on the verge of a breakdown. The line that slew me, though, was the one that said how one of these mornings the chain is gonna break but until then she'll take all she can take. That summed it up. Ree knew damn well that this man had been doggin' her since Jump Street. But somehow she held on and pushed it to the breaking point." [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Chain of Fools"] That made number one on the R&B charts, and number two on the hot one hundred, kept from the top by "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" by John Fred and his Playboy Band -- a record that very few people would say has stood the test of time as well. The other most memorable track on the album was the one chosen as the first single, released in September. As Carole King told the story, she and Gerry Goffin were feeling like their career was in a slump. While they had had a huge run of hits in the early sixties through 1965, they had only had two new hits in 1966 -- "Goin' Back" for Dusty Springfield and "Don't Bring Me Down" for the Animals, and neither of those were anything like as massive as their previous hits. And up to that point in 1967, they'd only had one -- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees. They had managed to place several songs on Monkees albums and the TV show as well, so they weren't going to starve, but the rise of self-contained bands that were starting to dominate the charts, and Phil Spector's temporary retirement, meant there simply wasn't the opportunity for them to place material that there had been. They were also getting sick of travelling to the West Coast all the time, because as their children were growing slightly older they didn't want to disrupt their lives in New York, and were thinking of approaching some of the New York based labels and seeing if they needed songs. They were particularly considering Atlantic, because soul was more open to outside songwriters than other genres. As it happened, though, they didn't have to approach Atlantic, because Atlantic approached them. They were walking down Broadway when a limousine pulled up, and Jerry Wexler stuck his head out of the window. He'd come up with a good title that he wanted to use for a song for Aretha, would they be interested in writing a song called "Natural Woman"? They said of course they would, and Wexler drove off. They wrote the song that night, and King recorded a demo the next morning: [Excerpt: Carole King, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (demo)"] They gave Wexler a co-writing credit because he had suggested the title.  King later wrote in her autobiography "Hearing Aretha's performance of “Natural Woman” for the first time, I experienced a rare speechless moment. To this day I can't convey how I felt in mere words. Anyone who had written a song in 1967 hoping it would be performed by a singer who could take it to the highest level of excellence, emotional connection, and public exposure would surely have wanted that singer to be Aretha Franklin." She went on to say "But a recording that moves people is never just about the artist and the songwriters. It's about people like Jerry and Ahmet, who matched the songwriters with a great title and a gifted artist; Arif Mardin, whose magnificent orchestral arrangement deserves the place it will forever occupy in popular music history; Tom Dowd, whose engineering skills captured the magic of this memorable musical moment for posterity; and the musicians in the rhythm section, the orchestral players, and the vocal contributions of the background singers—among them the unforgettable “Ah-oo!” after the first line of the verse. And the promotion and marketing people helped this song reach more people than it might have without them." And that's correct -- unlike "Chain of Fools", this time Franklin did let Arif Mardin do most of the arrangement work -- though she came up with the piano part that Spooner Oldham plays on the record. Mardin said that because of the song's hymn-like feel they wanted to go for a more traditional written arrangement. He said "She loved the song to the point where she said she wanted to concentrate on the vocal and vocal alone. I had written a string chart and horn chart to augment the chorus and hired Ralph Burns to conduct. After just a couple of takes, we had it. That's when Ralph turned to me with wonder in his eyes. Ralph was one of the most celebrated arrangers of the modern era. He had done ‘Early Autumn' for Woody Herman and Stan Getz, and ‘Georgia on My Mind' for Ray Charles. He'd worked with everyone. ‘This woman comes from another planet' was all Ralph said. ‘She's just here visiting.'” [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"] By this point there was a well-functioning team making Franklin's records -- while the production credits would vary over the years, they were all essentially co-productions by the team of Franklin, Wexler, Mardin and Dowd, all collaborating and working together with a more-or-less unified purpose, and the backing was always by the same handful of session musicians and some combination of the Sweet Inspirations and Aretha's sisters. That didn't mean that occasional guests couldn't get involved -- as we discussed in the Cream episode, Eric Clapton played guitar on "Good to Me as I am to You": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Good to Me as I am to You"] Though that was one of the rare occasions on one of these records where something was overdubbed. Clapton apparently messed up the guitar part when playing behind Franklin, because he was too intimidated by playing with her, and came back the next day to redo his part without her in the studio. At this point, Aretha was at the height of her fame. Just before the final batch of album sessions began she appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, and she was making regular TV appearances, like one on the Mike Douglas Show where she duetted with Frankie Valli on "That's Life": [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin and Frankie Valli, "That's Life"] But also, as Wexler said “Her career was kicking into high gear. Contending and resolving both the professional and personal challenges were too much. She didn't think she could do both, and I didn't blame her. Few people could. So she let the personal slide and concentrated on the professional. " Her concert promoter Ruth Bowen said of this time "Her father and Dr. King were putting pressure on her to sing everywhere, and she felt obligated. The record company was also screaming for more product. And I had a mountain of offers on my desk that kept getting higher with every passing hour. They wanted her in Europe. They wanted her in Latin America. They wanted her in every major venue in the U.S. TV was calling. She was being asked to do guest appearances on every show from Carol Burnett to Andy Williams to the Hollywood Palace. She wanted to do them all and she wanted to do none of them. She wanted to do them all because she's an entertainer who burns with ambition. She wanted to do none of them because she was emotionally drained. She needed to go away and renew her strength. I told her that at least a dozen times. She said she would, but she didn't listen to me." The pressures from her father and Dr King are a recurring motif in interviews with people about this period. Franklin was always a very political person, and would throughout her life volunteer time and money to liberal political causes and to the Democratic Party, but this was the height of her activism -- the Civil Rights movement was trying to capitalise on the gains it had made in the previous couple of years, and celebrity fundraisers and performances at rallies were an important way to do that. And at this point there were few bigger celebrities in America than Aretha Franklin. At a concert in her home town of Detroit on February the sixteenth, 1968, the Mayor declared the day Aretha Franklin Day. At the same show, Billboard, Record World *and* Cash Box magazines all presented her with plaques for being Female Vocalist of the Year. And Dr. King travelled up to be at the show and congratulate her publicly for all her work with his organisation, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Backstage at that show, Dr. King talked to Aretha's father, Reverend Franklin, about what he believed would be the next big battle -- a strike in Memphis: [Excerpt, Martin Luther King, "Mountaintop Speech" -- "And so, as a result of this, we are asking you tonight, to go out and tell your neighbors not to buy Coca-Cola in Memphis. Go by and tell them not to buy Sealtest milk. Tell them not to buy—what is the other bread?—Wonder Bread. And what is the other bread company, Jesse? Tell them not to buy Hart's bread. As Jesse Jackson has said, up to now, only the garbage men have been feeling pain; now we must kind of redistribute the pain. We are choosing these companies because they haven't been fair in their hiring policies; and we are choosing them because they can begin the process of saying, they are going to support the needs and the rights of these men who are on strike. And then they can move on downtown and tell Mayor Loeb to do what is right."] The strike in question was the Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike which had started a few days before.  The struggle for Black labour rights was an integral part of the civil rights movement, and while it's not told that way in the sanitised version of the story that's made it into popular culture, the movement led by King was as much about economic justice as social justice -- King was a democratic socialist, and believed that economic oppression was both an effect of and cause of other forms of racial oppression, and that the rights of Black workers needed to be fought for. In 1967 he had set up a new organisation, the Poor People's Campaign, which was set to march on Washington to demand a program that included full employment, a guaranteed income -- King was strongly influenced in his later years by the ideas of Henry George, the proponent of a universal basic income based on land value tax -- the annual building of half a million affordable homes, and an end to the war in Vietnam. This was King's main focus in early 1968, and he saw the sanitation workers' strike as a major part of this campaign. Memphis was one of the most oppressive cities in the country, and its largely Black workforce of sanitation workers had been trying for most of the 1960s to unionise, and strike-breakers had been called in to stop them, and many of them had been fired by their white supervisors with no notice. They were working in unsafe conditions, for utterly inadequate wages, and the city government were ardent segregationists. After two workers had died on the first of February from using unsafe equipment, the union demanded changes -- safer working conditions, better wages, and recognition of the union. The city council refused, and almost all the sanitation workers stayed home and stopped work. After a few days, the council relented and agreed to their terms, but the Mayor, Henry Loeb, an ardent white supremacist who had stood on a platform of opposing desegregation, and who had previously been the Public Works Commissioner who had put these unsafe conditions in place, refused to listen. As far as he was concerned, he was the only one who could recognise the union, and he wouldn't. The workers continued their strike, marching holding signs that simply read "I am a Man": [Excerpt: Stevie Wonder, "Blowing in the Wind"] The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the NAACP had been involved in organising support for the strikes from an early stage, and King visited Memphis many times. Much of the time he spent visiting there was spent negotiating with a group of more militant activists, who called themselves The Invaders and weren't completely convinced by King's nonviolent approach -- they believed that violence and rioting got more attention than non-violent protests. King explained to them that while he had been persuaded by Gandhi's writings of the moral case for nonviolent protest, he was also persuaded that it was pragmatically necessary -- asking the young men "how many guns do we have and how many guns do they have?", and pointing out as he often did that when it comes to violence a minority can't win against an armed majority. Rev Franklin went down to Memphis on the twenty-eighth of March to speak at a rally Dr. King was holding, but as it turned out the rally was cancelled -- the pre-rally march had got out of hand, with some people smashing windows, and Memphis police had, like the police in Detroit the previous year, violently overreacted, clubbing and gassing protestors and shooting and killing one unarmed teenage boy, Larry Payne. The day after Payne's funeral, Dr King was back in Memphis, though this time Rev Franklin was not with him. On April the third, he gave a speech which became known as the "Mountaintop Speech", in which he talked about the threats that had been made to his life: [Excerpt: Martin Luther King, "Mountaintop Speech": “And then I got to Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or talk about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers? Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. So I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."] The next day, Martin Luther King was shot dead. James Earl Ray, a white supremacist, pled guilty to the murder, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming from what I've read, but the King family have always claimed that the murder was part of a larger conspiracy and that Ray was not the gunman. Aretha was obviously distraught, and she attended the funeral, as did almost every other prominent Black public figure. James Baldwin wrote of the funeral: "In the pew directly before me sat Marlon Brando, Sammy Davis, Eartha Kitt—covered in black, looking like a lost, ten-year-old girl—and Sidney Poitier, in the same pew, or nearby. Marlon saw me, and nodded. The atmosphere was black, with a tension indescribable—as though something, perhaps the heavens, perhaps the earth, might crack. Everyone sat very still. The actual service sort of washed over me, in waves. It wasn't that it seemed unreal; it was the most real church service I've ever sat through in my life, or ever hope to sit through; but I have a childhood hangover thing about not weeping in public, and I was concentrating on holding myself together. I did not want to weep for Martin, tears seemed futile. But I may also have been afraid, and I could not have been the only one, that if I began to weep I would not be able to stop. There was more than enough to weep for, if one was to weep—so many of us, cut down, so soon. Medgar, Malcolm, Martin: and their widows, and their children. Reverend Ralph David Abernathy asked a certain sister to sing a song which Martin had loved—“Once more,” said Ralph David, “for Martin and for me,” and he sat down." Many articles and books on Aretha Franklin say that she sang at King's funeral. In fact she didn't, but there's a simple reason for the confusion. King's favourite song was the Thomas Dorsey gospel song "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", and indeed almost his last words were to ask a trumpet player, Ben Branch, if he would play the song at the rally he was going to be speaking at on the day of his death. At his request, Mahalia Jackson, his old friend, sang the song at his private funeral, which was not filmed, unlike the public part of the funeral that Baldwin described. Four months later, though, there was another public memorial for King, and Franklin did sing "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at that service, in front of King's weeping widow and children, and that performance *was* filmed, and gets conflated in people's memories with Jackson's unfilmed earlier performance: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord (at Martin Luther King Memorial)"] Four years later, she would sing that at Mahalia Jackson's funeral. Through all this, Franklin had been working on her next album, Aretha Now, the sessions for which started more or less as soon as the sessions for Lady Soul had finished. The album was, in fact, bookended by deaths that affected Aretha. Just as King died at the end of the sessions, the beginning came around the time of the death of Otis Redding -- the sessions were cancelled for a day while Wexler travelled to Georgia for Redding's funeral, which Franklin was too devastated to attend, and Wexler would later say that the extra emotion in her performances on the album came from her emotional pain at Redding's death. The lead single on the album, "Think", was written by Franklin and -- according to the credits anyway -- her husband Ted White, and is very much in the same style as "Respect", and became another of her most-loved hits: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "Think"] But probably the song on Aretha Now that now resonates the most is one that Jerry Wexler tried to persuade her not to record, and was only released as a B-side. Indeed, "I Say a Little Prayer" was a song that had already once been a hit after being a reject.  Hal David, unlike Burt Bacharach, was a fairly political person and inspired by the protest song movement, and had been starting to incorporate his concerns about the political situation and the Vietnam War into his lyrics -- though as with many such writers, he did it in much less specific ways than a Phil Ochs or a Bob Dylan. This had started with "What the World Needs Now is Love", a song Bacharach and David had written for Jackie DeShannon in 1965: [Excerpt: Jackie DeShannon, "What the "World Needs Now is Love"] But he'd become much more overtly political for "The Windows of the World", a song they wrote for Dionne Warwick. Warwick has often said it's her favourite of her singles, but it wasn't a big hit -- Bacharach blamed himself for that, saying "Dionne recorded it as a single and I really blew it. I wrote a bad arrangement and the tempo was too fast, and I really regret making it the way I did because it's a good song." [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "The Windows of the World"] For that album, Bacharach and David had written another track, "I Say a Little Prayer", which was not as explicitly political, but was intended by David to have an implicit anti-war message, much like other songs of the period like "Last Train to Clarksville". David had sons who were the right age to be drafted, and while it's never stated, "I Say a Little Prayer" was written from the perspective of a woman whose partner is away fighting in the war, but is still in her thoughts: [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "I Say a Little Prayer"] The recording of Dionne Warwick's version was marked by stress. Bacharach had a particular way of writing music to tell the musicians the kind of feel he wanted for the part -- he'd write nonsense words above the stave, and tell the musicians to play the parts as if they were singing those words. The trumpet player hired for the session, Ernie Royal, got into a row with Bacharach about this unorthodox way of communicating musical feeling, and the track ended up taking ten takes (as opposed to the normal three for a Bacharach session), with Royal being replaced half-way through the session. Bacharach was never happy with the track even after all the work it had taken, and he fought to keep it from being released at all, saying the track was taken at too fast a tempo. It eventually came out as an album track nearly eighteen months after it was recorded -- an eternity in 1960s musical timescales -- and DJs started playing it almost as soon as it came out. Scepter records rushed out a single, over Bacharach's objections, but as he later said "One thing I love about the record business is how wrong I was. Disc jockeys all across the country started playing the track, and the song went to number four on the charts and then became the biggest hit Hal and I had ever written for Dionne." [Excerpt: Dionne Warwick, "I Say a Little Prayer"] Oddly, the B-side for Warwick's single, "Theme From the Valley of the Dolls" did even better, reaching number two. Almost as soon as the song was released as a single, Franklin started playing around with the song backstage, and in April 1968, right around the time of Dr. King's death, she recorded a version. Much as Burt Bacharach had been against releasing Dionne Warwick's version, Jerry Wexler was against Aretha even recording the song, saying later “I advised Aretha not to record it. I opposed it for two reasons. First, to cover a song only twelve weeks after the original reached the top of the charts was not smart business. You revisit such a hit eight months to a year later. That's standard practice. But more than that, Bacharach's melody, though lovely, was peculiarly suited to a lithe instrument like Dionne Warwick's—a light voice without the dark corners or emotional depths that define Aretha. Also, Hal David's lyric was also somewhat girlish and lacked the gravitas that Aretha required. “Aretha usually listened to me in the studio, but not this time. She had written a vocal arrangement for the Sweet Inspirations that was undoubtedly strong. Cissy Houston, Dionne's cousin, told me that Aretha was on the right track—she was seeing this song in a new way and had come up with a new groove. Cissy was on Aretha's side. Tommy Dowd and Arif were on Aretha's side. So I had no choice but to cave." It's quite possible that Wexler's objections made Franklin more, rather than less, determined to record the song. She regarded Warwick as a hated rival, as she did almost every prominent female singer of her generation and younger ones, and would undoubtedly have taken the implication that there was something that Warwick was simply better at than her to heart. [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer"] Wexler realised as soon as he heard it in the studio that Franklin's version was great, and Bacharach agreed, telling Franklin's biographer David Ritz “As much as I like the original recording by Dionne, there's no doubt that Aretha's is a better record. She imbued the song with heavy soul and took it to a far deeper place. Hers is the definitive version.” -- which is surprising because Franklin's version simplifies some of Bacharach's more unusual chord voicings, something he often found extremely upsetting. Wexler still though thought there was no way the song would be a hit, and it's understandable that he thought that way. Not only had it only just been on the charts a few months earlier, but it was the kind of song that wouldn't normally be a hit at all, and certainly not in the kind of rhythmic soul music for which Franklin was known. Almost everything she ever recorded is in simple time signatures -- 4/4, waltz time, or 6/8 -- but this is a Bacharach song so it's staggeringly metrically irregular. Normally even with semi-complex things I'm usually good at figuring out how to break it down into bars, but here I actually had to purchase a copy of the sheet music in order to be sure I was right about what's going on. I'm going to count beats along with the record here so you can see what I mean. The verse has three bars of 4/4, one bar of 2/4, and three more bars of 4/4, all repeated: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" with me counting bars over verse] While the chorus has a bar of 4/4, a bar of 3/4 but with a chord change half way through so it sounds like it's in two if you're paying attention to the harmonic changes, two bars of 4/4, another waltz-time bar sounding like it's in two, two bars of four, another bar of three sounding in two, a bar of four, then three more bars of four but the first of those is *written* as four but played as if it's in six-eight time (but you can keep the four/four pulse going if you're counting): [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" with me counting bars over verse] I don't expect you to have necessarily followed that in great detail, but the point should be clear -- this was not some straightforward dance song. Incidentally, that bar played as if it's six/eight was something Aretha introduced to make the song even more irregular than how Bacharach wrote it. And on top of *that* of course the lyrics mixed the secular and the sacred, something that was still taboo in popular music at that time -- this is only a couple of years after Capitol records had been genuinely unsure about putting out the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows", and Franklin's gospel-inflected vocals made the religious connection even more obvious. But Franklin was insistent that the record go out as a single, and eventually it was released as the B-side to the far less impressive "The House That Jack Built". It became a double-sided hit, with the A-side making number two on the R&B chart and number seven on the Hot One Hundred, while "I Say a Little Prayer" made number three on the R&B chart and number ten overall. In the UK, "I Say a Little Prayer" made number four and became her biggest ever solo UK hit. It's now one of her most-remembered songs, while the A-side is largely forgotten: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer"] For much of the

Episode Title: New Africa: Billionaire Prince of Africa, Army of Youth, Black Star Rebellion, & Motherland CapitalismMaster bridging the gap between continents, reclaiming our stolen heritage, investing knowledge in our people, activating our inner courage, escaping mental dungeons, and creating generational wealth.  19 Keys ft Freedom CaesarDescription:19 Keys presents High Level Conversations to bring you into the high frequency of speech and communication to elevate your mindset and value.S4E1 ft. Freedom CaesarFeatured Guest Bio: Nana Kwame Bediako is a renowned Ghanaian entrepreneur and real estate mogul. He was born in 1980 in Kumasi, Ghana. Nana Kwame Bediako was raised in a family with significant financial contrasts. His father was considerably wealthy, while his mother, who brought him up, was quite poor. Despite this disparity, Nana honed his entrepreneurial skills under his father's watch. Bediako founded a successful UK telecommunications company which he later sold to fund his real estate ventures in Ghana. He is the founder and CEO of the Kwarleyz Group, which includes several real estate brands. Through his substantial investments, Bediako has become an influential figure in the Ghanaian real estate industry.This Episode:This episode goes high level into the conversation of our understanding of teaching the codes of life, mastering our destiny, building legacy over popularity, and beating the constraints of time.Featured Guest Contact:Website: Kwarleyz GroupInstagram: @iamfreedom19 KEYS:He is a believer in the unlimited human potential, and he aims to help more and more people realize their full potential. His mantra is “slaveship to ownership.” Growing up in Oakland, California as a Muslim of African-American origins, he had to face a lot of difficulties. Many people around him lost their lives due to poverty which motivated him to work harder and secure a better future.19 Keys is a global thought leader and one of the pioneers in the space of Web 3, business, mindset, holistic wealth, tech , metaphysics and financial literacy; having millions of followers across the globe. 19 Keys is known for his relentless efforts in matters of wealth creation, especially for the youth. One of his initiatives has funded over 5 million student investment accounts.19 Keys is also the co-founder of initiatives such as The Block World Order (BWO), Goldewater, and Crownz Society. When people think of 19 Keys, they think of a self-taught 21st-century polymath who believes work is the cure to all of our problems.Follow his links below to learn more:BWO (THE BLOCK WORLD ORDER)https://bwo.cheatcode.com/ LinkTreehttps://linktr.ee/19_keys Crownz 19 Linkhttps://crownz19.com/ GoldeWater Linkhttps://goldewater.com/ Book linkhttps://crownz19.com/products/paradigm-keys-solution-based-mind-reprogramming-e-book?variant=17962889904179 **************Special EYL Viewer Promotion**********Text “HLC“ to 2012283670Tap in on all platforms:Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/c/19keysTwitter:19keys.eth (@19keys_) / TwitterInstagram:www.instagram.com/19_keys/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@19keys?Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/19keys/messageSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/19keys/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"We consider ourselves an incubator for transformative justice here in the south. We are committed to really creating a new way of being, of dealing with violence." - Rukia Lumumba, Executive Director, People's Advocacy Institute. Rukia Lumumba comes from a lineage of Black Freedom Fighters. Her dad was Chokwe Lumumba, former member of the Republic of New Africa and eventual mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. She is the Executive Director of the People's Advocacy Institute, co-coordinator of the Electoral Justice Project, and campaign co-coordinator of the successful Committee to Elect Chokwe Antar Lumumba for Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. She joins Freedom Dreams to describe how she's help build an incubator for transformative justice in the south. --- Each day at the Detroit Justice Center our team fights to reunite families, lift barriers to employment and housing, and strengthen communities by supporting small businesses and land trusts. We're building a more equitable and just Detroit, and we need your help. ⁠⁠⁠To support our work click here⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams IG⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Detroit Justice Center⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Detroit Justice Center IG⁠

The G20 finance ministers meeting in India came and went without any progress on the debt standoff between China and the IMF/World Bank over who should take losses on loans to the world's poorest countries. Meantime, France announced another "new" strategy to revive its Africa strategy, partially in response to China's growing influence on the continent.CGSP Francophone Editor Geraud Neema joins Eric & Cobus to share his perspective on those stories plus an update on the controversial joint naval exercises that South Africa hosted with China and Russia.JOIN THE DISCUSSION:Twitter: @ChinaGSProject| @stadenesque | @eric_olander | @christiangeraudFacebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProjectFOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC:Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChineعربي: www.akhbaralsin-africia.com | @AkhbarAlSinAfrJOIN US ON PATREON!Become a CAP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CAP Podcast mug!www.patreon.com/chinaafricaprojectSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This year, we are launching a new tradition: a year-end episode that looks forward rather than back. We'll ask artists and others to tell us about something new they discovered in African music this year, something that points to the future. The answers range from rising- star artists, to changes in the industry, to revelations about artists and styles that have been around, just not noticed. We'll hear from Angelique Kidjo, Oumou Sangare, Fally Ipupa and many of the artists we met at WOMEX 2022. Produced by Banning Eyre. APWW #866

Bringing you the top and The Best of Afrobeat 2022 | Afrobeat Mix 20223 Hours jam packed of Afrobeats TunesFollow Dj Hol Up for more Updates on New Mixes on✅Facebook: facebook.com/djholup1/✅Instagram: Instagram.com/djholup_✅Twitter: twitter.com/yunglingo✅Soundcloud: @djholup✅Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2zjDlvAtLyBbbcrvGSxTWy

Cost of climate change for national parks Ray Sauvajot, associate director for natural resource stewardship and science at the National Park Service, discusses efforts to understand and respond to the effects of climate change on national parks   Challenges of the Arctic Commitment Act Ryan Burke, professor of military and strategic studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, explains how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can help the military establish a stronger presence in the Arctic   New strategy towards sub-Saharan Africa Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Secretary of State Blinken's recent trip to Africa and the new U.S. strategy for engaging with sub-Saharan Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who's in South Africa for a three-nation African tour is holding talks with his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor. Mr Blinken is expected to announce a new strategy for Africa to boost American influence on the continent amid concerns that Washington is losing out to both China and Russia. Ms Pandor has accused the US of trying to punish African countries for refusing to join Western calls to condemn Moscow.

In this episode of Motorsport 411 with Sean Cardovillis, We recap the first ever Rally Cross event that was held in Machakos, with founders of Rally Cross Kenya, Carl Tundo and TIm Jessop. We also catch up with Jen Lu, World Drifting Superstar from China who was at the Rally Cross event to showcase the sport. Finally we speak to Guy Botterill, who has built an all new Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota Starlet Rally Car, that clinched a historic double victory, scoring a full house of points in the third and fourth rounds of the SA National Rally Championship (NRC). Guy tells us more about driving the South African developed and built Toyota Starlet among other stories. Host: Sean Cardovillis Producer: Lee Kanyottu

ISM fellow and composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen explores his latest composition fusing gospel text, pan-African sound, and the passion tradition. He also chats about his earlier operatic work that engages the sounds and figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://janeammeson.com/2022/03/08/midunu-chocolates-reflect-the-philosophy-of-chef-selassie-of-using-regional-ingredients/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jane-ammeson/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jane-ammeson/support

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Bringing you the top and The Best of Afrobeat 2021 | Afrobeat Mix 20213 Hours jam packed of Afrobeats TunesFollow Dj Hol Up for more Updates on New Mixes on✅Facebook: https://facebook.com/djholup1/✅Instagram: Instagram.com/djholup_✅Twitter: https://twitter.com/yunglingo✅Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djholup✅Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2zjDlvAtLyBbbcrvGSxTWy

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Countering Cointelpro in New Africa today with Thutmose Sankara and Rakem Balogun

Cette semaine, nous parlons du prix «Hamidou Dia» où Amadou Lamine Ba, jeune auteur du Club RFI a reçu un prix d'encouragement décerné, lors de la 29e édition de la Journée internationale des écrivains. Une récompense décernée par l'Association des écrivains sénégalais. Un honneur pour les Clubs RFI et, nous l'espérons, qui incitera les jeunes aux joies de l'écriture. Avec la participation d'Amadou Lamine Ba, membre du Club RFI ; Djibril Diallo Falamé, président du jury prix Hamidou Dia, membre de l'Association des Écrivains sénégalais.         Musique : «New Africa», Youssou N'Dour. Réalisation : Cécile Bonici.    

In this episode of The Idealists. (formerly Grit & Grace), host and entrepreneur Melissa Kiguwa interviews Olayemi Keri, one of the foremost Women in Technology in Nigeria. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Heckerbella, a Technology Business Transformation company, and while her list of accolades and titles runs long, she is especially committed to Rising Tide Africa which she cofounded in 2018. Rising Tide Africa is a women's movement of women angel investors harnessing their power, network, passion and capital to positively impact and actively create a New Africa. Yemi also sits on the board and is the Director of the Lagos Angel Network. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Nigeria's Climate Innovation Centre and is a member of the Science and Technology Policy Commission of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group. In this episode, Yemi gives us an amazing breakdown of Nigeria's investment ecosystem and what the climate is like for women entrepreneurs. . . . . In the episode: - Yemi shares how her and her co-founder founded Rising Tide Africa to introduce investment as an asset class to Nigerian women. - She then describes the gaps she saw in the general angel investment space which led to a lack of funding for women entrepreneurs. - Yemi describes how she and her co-founder have grown Rising Tide Africa with an emphasis on intentional and structured mentorship. - She then describes the difference between the older generation and younger generation of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. - Yemi ends the episode sharing her goals to shift the funding landscape so that women entrepreneurs in Africa can thrive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theidealists/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theidealists/support

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chairs the congressional commission investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, has been a vocal critic of an event he deems an insurrection and offered his sympathy to the police officers injured that day. He's even gone as far as to sue former President Donald Trump for responsibility for the melee. But as a young African-American alderman in a small Mississippi community in 1971, Thompson placed himself on the opposite side, openly sympathizing with a secessionist group known as the Republic of New Africa and participating in a news conference blaming law enforcement for instigating clashes with the group that led to the killings of a police officer and the wounding of an FBI agent. President Joe Biden attempted to speak yesterday. White House Climate Envoy John Kerry went viral on Tuesday after telling French television that President Biden was unaware of the spat between the U.S. and France as it fueled last month. ESPN's “SportsCenter” host Sage Steele is being pulled off the air following remarks she made knocking her employer's vaccine mandate.

William Skinner, son of W. Lewis Skinner, a police officer who was killed in the line of duty by ‘Republic of New Africa'. A militant black secessionist group, who in the late 60's and early 70's, sought to takeover the southern United States in hopes of creating the ‘Republic of New Africa'. Skinner, in the interview, slammed Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the January 6 Commission and the House Committee on Homeland Security, for his ties to group, who during their time in operation, threatened the United States with ‘guerrilla warfare' and killed police officers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, I speak with Trinity about growing up in the slums of Uganda and escaping extreme poverty and violence through the love of technology. Trinity is a social entrepreneur from Kampala, Uganda with a passion for upskilling the next generation of skills, digital talent in preparation for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in Africa. Trinity leads era92 a youth creative agency training and employing Uganda's young adults in DESIGN, ARTS & TECHNOLOGY. T Trinity a co-founder of 92hands a movement that mobilizes young adults across Africa to carry out intensive community services, becoming agents of change in the communities they come from, through educating and empowering the vulnerable people of Uganda. Trinity is an entrepreneur, Trinity is particularly passionate about sustainable wages for up-and-coming African creatives. Trinity believes the best ideas come from win-win collaborations. - Trinity believes that talent is equally distributed but the opportunity is not. Trinity is an opportunity creator, committed to releasing the brilliance of millions of unemployed young people in Africa - Trinity speaks at local and international workshops and conferences on my vision for The New Africa. - Passionate about seeing THE AFRICA without Poverty, full of opportunities. - Trinity lead a team of 18 as a social entrepreneur founding agency to train to employ young African designers and entrepreneurs. - Ambassador for Fields of Life in East Africa - Selected among the 37 Social entrepreneurs to watch out for in 2020 - Nominated and Elected inspired individual in Africa 2020 By Tearfund

Real Talk Real Solutions w/ Dr Anana features women who are winning against the odds and leading with excellence through the pandemic. Today's featured guest share how women can live an "Impact Driven Life" This episode you'll here how you can shift from Resilience to Recovery in the pursuit of more for yourself, your children and your community. Women leaders must move from Me to We and focus on service Dr Louisa Akaiso is a certified Master civility trainer, Chaplain, Author of several books, Image Expert, Audacity Igniter and a LeadHERship Expert with the JOHN Maxwell team. She certified as a Maxwell Method of DISC human behavioral Consultant and a Global Priority Solutions Specialist for roundtable method of leadership values. Dr Louisa serves on The President's Advisory Committee of The John Maxwell Team. She has been privileged to accompany Dr. John Maxwell and 250 transformational coaches from different countries at the requests of the countries' Presidents to conduct transformational leadership trainings in Costa Rica. She was recently named one of the 42 outstanding women in Africa by New Africa. She has received two honorary doctorate from two prestigious universities in Humane Letters and Humanity based on her commitment to catalyze Change globally, and is also Certified and recognized as a Stateswoman with the Ichange Nations USA for International affairs. She has a heart for serving Women and Girls and does this through several platforms. She anchors several initiatives such as The Unquenchable Woman, Mamajama Diaries, LeadHERship Refined& She is also the founder of the Civility of the Girl Child Initiative and this is celebrated on October 13 every year as the International Civility For the Girl Child day. Our mission is built on the concept of the Golden rule, Civility, Image and Leadership. It is a day where Every Girl Child should be encouraged to find her voice, embrace her flaws, and develop the capacity to lead others unapologetically with her Girlpower. She was recently being appointed as a World Peace Ambassador with a multicultural background, she works confidently with leaders from around the world, who place foremost importance on themselves and their reputation. Dr Louisa is the recipient of World Civility Day iChange Nations African woman of the year 2020. She is also a recipient of the Trailblazer Award from the Golden Rule Civility Institute, and named Oprah of Civility by Sir Clyde Rivers. Dr. Akaiso's publications include The Civilized Leader, Poetic Civility and True Civility – both available on Amazon. These books convey her enormous knowledge in civility, women development and leadership empowerment. She is a host for an online TV session titled “Civilized Presence”. This Main focus of these series is to help restore civility through meaningful and constructive conversations.

Taking into account what my guest today, Lawrence Afere shared, According to UN projections, the population of Africa is going to increase to around 2.5 billion in 2050. All key sustainability challenges, social as well as environmental, will be on full display in Africa in the decades to come, and the most vulnerable people are likely to suffer the brunt of negative future impacts. At the same time, Africa has the youngest population of any continent on Earth, with an amazing amount of entrepreneurial energy and hope for the future. With One Million African Leaders or OMLA, Lawrence Afere and his team hope to make a lasting impact on the continental entrepreneurial landscape.

This is a conversation with Dana El Kurd. She is a Palestinian academic who specializes in Comparative Politics and International Relations. Dana works as a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and as an assistant professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. We spoke about her most recent book “Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine” published by Hurst. Topics Discussed Authoritarianism within the Palestinian Authority (PA) The role of the US The legacy of the Oslo Accords The Arab Spring and their link to Palestine How long-term authoritarianism impacts societies Polarization and Demobilization since Oslo The relationship between the Israeli occupation and the PA The 2006 Elections The difference between PA, PNA, PLO and Fatah On NGOization The Abraham Accords Tankie rhetoric How regional authoritarians (Hezbollah, Assad, Iran) are perceived in Palestine Different generational shifts Reforming the PLO Recommended Books How Social Movements Die: Repression and Demobilization of the Republic of New Africa by Christian Davenport State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein by Lisa Blaydes Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter by Zohra Drif And I mentioned: A region in revolt: Mapping the recent uprisings in North Africa and West Asia

This weeks episode, we discuss the term old Africa and discuss the benefits between "old & new" Africa. It was a topic bought to me from a few social media platforms and was a great topic to discuss.

14e émission de la 47e session... Cette semaine, post-bop, jazz modal et un peu de free! En musique: Black Art Jazz Collective sur l'album Ascension  (HighNote, 2020); Charles Tolliver sur l'album Connect  (Gearbox, 2020); Asher Gamedze sur l'album Dialectic Soul  (On The Corner, 2020); Grachan Moncur III sur l'album New Africa  (BYG, 1969); Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra sur l'album Ancestral Echoes - The Covina Sessions, 1976  (Dark Tree, 2020)...

14e émission de la 47e session... Cette semaine, post-bop, jazz modal et un peu de free! En musique: Black Art Jazz Collective sur l'album Ascension  (HighNote, 2020); Charles Tolliver sur l'album Connect  (Gearbox, 2020); Asher Gamedze sur l'album Dialectic Soul  (On The Corner, 2020); Grachan Moncur III sur l'album New Africa  (BYG, 1969); Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra sur l'album Ancestral Echoes - The Covina Sessions, 1976  (Dark Tree, 2020)...

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Bringing you the top Nigerian afrobeats songs of the 2020Donations - Payapal: Dmos2011@hotmail.comTracklist -Reekado Banks - RoraCkay - Love Nwantiti Remix ft JoeBoyKing Perry - My DarlinaDavido - Risky1da Banton - Fine Whine. Ft KraniumYung L - Tropicana BabyRema - Beamer Burna Boy - OdugwuMinz - GyalYcee - VacanySimi - SelenseDeshinor - OjoroDj Big N - Ogologoma ft RemaWizkid - Cover Me ft DJ TunezDJ Spinall - Dis Love ft Wizkid & Tiwa SavageFalz - Alakori ft Dice AilesWizkid - Ghetto LoveSkales - Oliver TwistTekno - SkeletunBurna Boy - Collateral DamageDollyPierce - Body On Fire ft Ceeza MilliWurld & Sarz - Mad Timmy Knight - SempeFireboy - VibrationSelebobo - ElizaKizz Daniel - JahoDemmie Vee - OjoroBad Boy Timz - Don't GoHotkid - OzanaBurna Boy - AnybodyDJ Neptune - Nobody ft Joebody & Mr EaziJaybreeze - Eh Ah Oh ft Tiwa Savage Mystro & Wande CoalKizz Daniel - EkoSoft - NaughtyBarry Jhay - O Ga RaVictor AD - Too Much MoneyCrayon - KpanoAfro Nation - Craze ft Oxlade & Reekado BanksNiniola - Fantasy ft Femi KutiSpider Ryder - Alert ft ZlatanBhris Browwn - Lowwer Body ft DavidoKizz Daniel - Pak N GoDavido - Sweet In The Middle ft Naira Marley & ZlatanJoeboy - BeginningSolidstar - No Tension ft. Terry Apala & Orezi Fabian Bleu - Sisi NeneBuju - LenuAlpha P - PalomaTekno -SuruZlatan - Gbeku ft Burna BoyIdahams - AmayanaboIke Chuks - Ego ft MystroOrezi - Maza MazaReekado Banks - Put In PressureFalz - Girls ft PatorankingWale Turner - Abi Brainee - AmalaDremo - ChairmanTeni - BillionaireAsake - LadyZlatan - BolanleDJ Neptune - Ojoro ft FlashTiwa Savage - Owo Mi DiaOlamide - Choko MiloRema - LadyNaira Marley - MafoDpizle - Sodi ft NiniolaJinmi Abduls - BabayeOladips - Ikebesupa Lil Frosh - Kole Re Body ft MayorkunReminisce - Instagram Naira Marley - PXTAOlamide - PawonFireboy DML - ScatterNiniola - Boda SodiqZlatan - QuiloxNaira Marley - TesumoleDJ YK - MAD O ft Poco LeeProfessional - 4 in 1 BeatNaira Marley - SoapyMayorkun - GengBest of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2019 - 2020, Ghana top hip hop songs 2019 - 2020. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2019 - 2020, Ghana mix 2019 - 2020, Afrobeat mix 2019 - 2020, Africa mix 2019 - 2020 New Naija mix 2020 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2020Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2019 ) New 9JA MIX 2020. summer mix 2020Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2020 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2020, Ghana top hip hop songs 2020, Afrobeat 2020 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2020, New Ghana mix 2020, New Afrobeat mix 2020, New Africa mix 2020, Zanku Mix 2020, Alkayida Mix 2020, Nigeria mix 2020 dance groove chill2020AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixes

Bringing you the top Nigerian afrobeats songs of the 2020LATEST AFROBEAT NAIJA MIX 2020Donations - Payapal: Dmos2011@hotmail.comTracklist -Reekado Banks - RoraCkay - Love Nwantiti Remix ft JoeBoyKing Perry - My DarlinaDavido - Risky1da Banton - Fine Whine. Ft KraniumYung L - Tropicana BabyRema - Beamer Burna Boy - OdugwuMinz - GyalYcee - VacanySimi - SelenseDeshinor - OjoroDj Big N - Ogologoma ft RemaWizkid - Cover Me ft DJ TunezDJ Spinall - Dis Love ft Wizkid & Tiwa SavageFalz - Alakori ft Dice AilesWizkid - Ghetto LoveSkales - Oliver TwistTekno - SkeletunBurna Boy - Collateral DamageDollyPierce - Body On Fire ft Ceeza MilliWurld & Sarz - Mad Timmy Knight - SempeFireboy - VibrationSelebobo - ElizaKizz Daniel - JahoDemmie Vee - OjoroBad Boy Timz - Don’t GoHotkid - OzanaBurna Boy - AnybodyDJ Neptune - Nobody ft Joebody & Mr EaziJaybreeze - Eh Ah Oh ft Tiwa Savage Mystro & Wande CoalKizz Daniel - EkoSoft - NaughtyBarry Jhay - O Ga RaVictor AD - Too Much MoneyCrayon - KpanoAfro Nation - Craze ft Oxlade & Reekado BanksNiniola - Fantasy ft Femi KutiSpider Ryder - Alert ft ZlatanBhris Browwn - Lowwer Body ft DavidoKizz Daniel - Pak N GoDavido - Sweet In The Middle ft Naira Marley & ZlatanJoeboy - BeginningSolidstar - No Tension ft. Terry Apala & Orezi Fabian Bleu - Sisi NeneBuju - LenuAlpha P - PalomaTekno -SuruZlatan - Gbeku ft Burna BoyIdahams - AmayanaboIke Chuks - Ego ft MystroOrezi - Maza MazaReekado Banks - Put In PressureFalz - Girls ft PatorankingWale Turner - Abi Brainee - AmalaDremo - ChairmanTeni - BillionaireAsake - LadyZlatan - BolanleDJ Neptune - Ojoro ft FlashTiwa Savage - Owo Mi DiaOlamide - Choko MiloRema - LadyNaira Marley - MafoDpizle - Sodi ft NiniolaJinmi Abduls - BabayeOladips - Ikebesupa Lil Frosh - Kole Re Body ft MayorkunReminisce - InstagramZlatan, Papisnoop, Jamopyper - Unripe Pawpaw Naira Marley - PXTAOlamide - PawonFireboy DML - ScatterNiniola - Boda SodiqZlatan - QuiloxNaira Marley - TesumoleDJ YK - MAD O ft Poco LeeProfessional - 4 in 1 BeatNaira Marley - SoapyMayorkun - GengBest of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2019 - 2020, Ghana top hip hop songs 2019 - 2020. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2019 - 2020, Ghana mix 2019 - 2020, Afrobeat mix 2019 - 2020, Africa mix 2019 - 2020 New Naija mix 2020 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2020Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2019 ) New 9JA MIX 2020. summer mix 2020Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2020 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2020, Ghana top hip hop songs 2020, Afrobeat 2020 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2020, New Ghana mix 2020, New Afrobeat mix 2020, New Africa mix 2020, Zanku Mix 2020, Alkayida Mix 2020, Nigeria mix 2020 dance groove chill2020AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

Chief Ugo Mozie III is a Nigerian-born celebrity stylist and social activist based in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. In this episode, we discuss the tragic reason his family had to flee Nigeria for the United States; how he was able to find success at such a young age and the lessons he's learnt navigating the industry as a minority. This is a story of courage and confidence.

Bringing you the top The Best of Afrobeat 2019-2020 | Afrobeat Mix 2019-2020Thank You for helping me reach 14,000,000 plays on Soundcloud.Tracklist- Mayorkun - Up To SomethingEugy - LoloDavido - RiskyID Cabasa - Totori feat Wizkid & OlamideWizkid - JoroRayvanny - Tetema feat Diamond PlatnumzDiamond Platnumz - KayangaKcee - Erima feat TimayaBrainee - MondayWizkid - Ghetto LoveOdunsi the Engine - Wetin DayDNA - IfesinachiR2Bees - My Baby ft Burna BoyDarkoo - Gangsta feat One AcenBeyonce - Already feat Shatta WaleBurna Boy - Collateral DamageBoybreed - Bugatti feat MinzKing Promise - CommandoDj Wemi - Bittersweet feat ADHLarry Gaaga - Low feat WizkidJ. Balvin & Bad Bunny - COMO UN BEBÉ ft. Mr EaziJuls - Angelina ft Oxlade & FalzFireboy - JealousyTiwa Savage- 44 99Runtown- EmotionsAdekunle Gold - Young LoveZoro - IhenechoKuami Eugene - Ohema ft KidiWale Kwame - All Over You ft Davido & Kwesi ArthurKing Perry - Murder ft TeniYoung D - Angela ft Flavour, Yemi Alade, Harmonize, Gyptian, SinguilaShakka - Too Bad BadBurna Boy - AnybodyChidokeyz - Fibadi ft WizkidTekno - Better Tulenkey - Fvck BoyzDavido - Blow My MindKizz Daniel - EkoNonso Amadi - Go OutsideAfro B - Go Dance ft Busy SignalVegeDream - Ramenez la coupe à la maisonAfro B - Condo ft T-PainZlatan - Shotan Ft Tiwa SavageFuse ODG - Cool Down feat. Kwamz & Flava, Olamide & Joey BVictoria Kimani - Wash It feat SarkodieYung L - KorkormikorZlatan - Gbeku ft Burna BoyRema - DumebiDj Hol Up - Available ft 1da BantonBurna Boy - Killin DemCeeza Mili - Flenjo ft ZlataanKwam & Flava - Fire Burn ft Sarkodie Sona - PepeMystro - OfegeLady Donli - CashNormani - Checklist ft WizkidDjMaphorisa - Amantombazane ft Samthing Soweto & MFR SoulsSamthing Soweto - Akulaleki ft. Shasha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small Teni - BillionaireMavins - All is in OrderKwamz & Flava - ShoooKing Perry - Jojo ft Soft & TerriDMW - On GodBobby Jazx Ft Zlatan Ibile - Show DemNaira Marley - MafoMayorkun - True ft Kizz DanielEllo Baby ft Kizz Daniel Tiwa SavageRema - LadyTomie - BelindaTekno - UptempoMr Real - Olun ft Phyno Dj KaywiseDJ Paak - Sekewa ft Ghetto BoyNaira Marley - SoapyDj Neptune - Ojoro ft Flash, D'BanjYoung D - Olele ft Harmonize SkalesInnoss - Yo Pe feat. Diamond Platnumz RemixDJ Tunez - Majesty ft BusiswaLegendury Beatz & Mr Eazi - Zanku Leg Riddim (feat. Mr Real & Zlatan) TDK Macassette - Left RightSho Madjozi - John CenaTekno - Don't Jealous Me ft Yemi Alade & Mr Eazi Goldlink - Zulu Screams ft Maleek BerryEzinne - Instructions ft Gracious KA-Star - HypemanLATEST AFROBEATS 2019 MIX, LATEST NAIJA 2019 (Chill)WIZKID, BURNA BOY, DAVIDO, TIWA New Naija mix 2020 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2020Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2019 ) New 9JA MIX 2020. summer mix 2020Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2020 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2019, Ghana top hip hop songs 2020, Afrobeat 2020 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2020, New Ghana mix 2020, New Afrobeat mix 2020, New Africa mix 2020, Azonto Mix 2020, Alkayida Mix 2020, Nigeria mix 2020 dance groove chill2020AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

Days before the Trump administration is set to begin raids on immigrant families around the country, Yazmin Juarez, who came to the U.S. seeking asylum, offers heart-wrenching testimony to Congress about the death of her daughter just after she was released from a U.S. border detention facility. And as British commandos still hold a seized oil tanker belonging to Iran, Gerald Horne weighs the implications of U.S.-backed provocations around the globe. Also, an interview with immigration attorney Heather Benno. Headlines:A vigil called Lights for Liberty is scheduled for in front of the White House July 12th, 7pm, to to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies, that have led to the abuse, sexual assault and deaths of children in U.S custody. The other big story in DC this week is fallout from the arrest of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.The American Federation of Teachers union filed a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday. Climate activists march on Capitol Hill and score a victory when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Earl Blumenauer introduced resolutions declaring that climate change is a national emergency.In culture and media, on Saturday, July 13th at 4pm the Party for Socialism and Liberation is screening The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.On Wednesday July 17th, there is free DC preview screening of the movie "Official Secrets" sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies. And the National Black United Front is celebrating its 40th anniversary in DC with a series of events, including the program "From Gentrification to Reparations: Activism in the Millennial Era, Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 12 PM – 2 PM, at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave in Northwest DC. In 2019, 'On the Ground' is celebrating five years of broadcasting voices of resistance from the capital of the United States. If you enjoy our grassroots news show, which we provide free online, on podcast and on Pacifica stations and affiliates, please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. You can also give a one-time donation on PayPal. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Thank you!

At first glance, China's engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) looks a lot like what it's doing in Africa. Just as China surpassed Europe as Africa's largest trading partner, China has similarly overtaken the U.S. as LAC's largest export market. While China's trade with Africa dipped significantly from 2014 through 2017, it's a different story in the Americas where trade has steadily increased from $140 billion in 2008 to now more than $260 billion -- significantly more than the $204.5 billion in trade that China did with Africa last year. Just as in Africa, the bulk of China's trade with the Americas is commodities, mostly soybeans, metal ores and oil. And just as regional leaders in the Americas are concerned about the growing trade imbalance with China, they're also eager to borrow ever larger amounts of money from Beijing to finance new infrastructure. Worries about the proverbial "debt trap" are just as pronounced in LAC as they are in Africa. So, while there are a lot of parralels between China's engagement in Africa and the Americas, there are also some stark differences. Fudan University doctoral candidate Santiago Bustelo is an expert in Sino-South American relations and also specializes in China's relations with Brazil. He joins Eric & Cobus to discuss his research in this field and what China's increasingly important economic ties with the Americas means for Africa. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque Email: eric@chinaafricaproject.com | cobus@chinaafricaproject.com   Sign up here if you would like to join our weekly email newsletter mailing list for a carefully curated selection of the week's top China-Africa news.

The Economist labelled Africa as the "Hopeless Continent" in the early 2000's. Fast forward to the present and it has now published a cover on how Africa is "rising". Businesses and governments are flooding to the continent to do business and Africa is now the scene of a rising amount of startups and entrepreneurs. So what is fuelling this? And what is this new kind of African innovation? We speak with Simon Duchatelet of the World Bank's Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice to find out more on why this decade is indeed the 'African decade'.

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När viljan att hjälpa andra blir så stor att man gör sig av med allt för att på riktigt kunna hjälpa till. Det är precis vad Dana gjorde då hon skilde sig efter en trettioettårig relation, sålde allt och åkte till Uganda där hon startade DANA-programmet, developing a new Africa. Programmet utbildar i både miljökunskap och hygien, både i teori och praktik. DANA-programmet har idag nått över 10.000 elever främst kring huvudstaden Kampala. http://www.danaglobal.org http://www.danasimovic.com/sv/

Networking is similar to a contact sport like football, soccer or basketball. If you don’t really put in the work, then you might as well stay on the sideline. Building a network can be a little intimidating -- whether you are just starting out, navigating a career change or are even mid-career and just need a boost. On today’s episode of Powderkeg: Igniting Startups, you’ll learn from two serial entrepreneurs that built entire networks full of career-changing relationships, all by using some really practical professional networking tips that you can start using today. First, you’ll hear from Evan Burfield. He is the CEO of Union, a digital platform that connects innovators around the globe, and one of the co-founders of 1776, the nation’s largest network of entrepreneurial incubators with 10 campuses across 5 states. Starting as a persistent young entrepreneur, Burfield has built up a successful set of businesses and helps startup ecosystems across the country thrive. Broadcasting live from Nigeria is Stephen Ozoigbo. He launched the African Technology Foundation to globalize innovative technologies of New Africa, and is Managing Partner of a US State Department program called LIONS@frica that helps launch and expand technology companies in Africa. Working largely on an international scale, he has been involved in a number of startups across the globe. This podcast episode was recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience as part of the Innovation Series at Kenzie Academy, a tech and coding school focused on apprenticeship as a way to skill-up the next generation of the tech workforce, located right here in Downtown Indianapolis. During this engaging conversation, Stephen and Evan share how they’ve built the relationships they needed to get their ideas off the ground, and their networks today as they change the world with their companies.   In this episode you will learn: -- How to get a mentor to accelerate your growth -- Professional networking tips to grow your career. -- How successful professionals network and where they started from -- Why a network connection is more than just a tool for communication -- How making a business connection is similar to making a new friend -- Why it’s always, always better to give than take If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast. Check it out at powderkeg.com/itunes.

On this week's episode of Ben of LDN is joined by none other than Moses Midas where they discuss the current African Free Trade Agreement dubbed AfCFTA, Moses talk about going back to Kenya and the music scene out there, the biggest differences between Nigeria and Ghana and does Moses send for Jaiye Bobbi? Plus loads more. Special Guest Moses Midas: https://twitter.com/MosesMidas https://www.instagram.com/mosesmidas/ https://www.mixcloud.com/mosesmidas/ Send us your questions or comments on our socials: Ben of LDN www.twitter.com/BigBenOfLDN www.instagram.com/bigbenofldn J Bobbi www.twitter.com/JaiyeBobbi www.instagram.com/JaiyeBobbi No Lies Were Told Podcast https://www.instagram.com/nlwtpodcast/ https://twitter.com/nlwtpodcast?lang=en

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When U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton announced Washington's new strategy for Africa last December, he mentioned China 14 times in his speech. So often, in fact, that a lot of observers commented that the new policy seemed to be more focused on containing China's rising influence on the continent than on Africa itself. Now, two months later, there's been no follow-up from the White House, leaving a lot of people to wonder what's going on and if the policy, known as "Prosper Africa," has somehow gotten lost amid the chaos that has subsumed the Trump administration. The silence since the Bolton speech no doubt provides some reassurance to officials in Beijing even if the U.S. wanted to really challenge the Chinese presence in Africa, they just don't seem to be up to the task. "So how concerned should China be about this new US policy towards Africa? Not very," professors Joshua Eisenman and David Shinn in a column published in the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper. "Bolton’s statement is heavy on rhetoric, but the strategy is stillborn because the administration is not allocating the resources or manpower required for it to succeed," they added. Meanwhile, other experts contend that resources have nothing to do with it, and instead, it's more about the fact that the Chinese are not central America's long-term strategic interests in Africa. "China may get all the ink following Ambassador Bolton’s announcement of a new Africa Strategy, but the things that ought to interest Africans have far less to do with “great power” competition and more to do with bilateral U.S. individual African state relationships," said Colonel Chris Wyatt, Director of African Studies at the U.S. Army War College. Professor Eisenman, a China-Africa scholar at the University of Texas in Austin, joins Eric & Cobus to discuss his SCMP recent column and the current state of U.S.-China-Africa geopolitics. Join the discussion? What did you think of the Bolton speech and the new U.S. strategy for Africa? Do you think China should be worried? Let us know what you think. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque  Email: eric@chinaafricaproject.com | cobus@chinaafricaproject.com   Sign up here if you would like to join our weekly email newsletter mailing list for a carefully curated selection of the week's top China-Africa news. 

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12-13-2018 - John Bolton on Trump Administration's New Africa Strategy - audio - English

Ambassador John Bolton unveils the Trump administration’s new Africa Strategy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thank You for helping me reach 7,000,000 plays in less than a year. My gift is Bringing you more of the top afrobeats songs of 2018- 2019.Tracklist-Squeeze Tarela - Hottest ThingKiddominant - Alright Ft. WizkidBurna Boy - GbonaOlamide - MotigbanaPretty Boy D-O - Pull Up ft SantiDavid Meli - BonjourKing Peryy - Man on DutyTimaya - Ah Blem BlemPrince Osito - BasslineDiamond Platnumz – African Beauty feat OmarionDr Sid - Softly ft SolidstarSkepta - Bad Energy ft WizkidR2BEES - Boys KassaDr Dolor - RamboDj Tunez - Too Much ft FlashRuntown - LucieKidi - ThunderTekno - JogodoEfya - MameeTekno - Yur LuvTino Tipsy - BalanceWizkid - FeverBurna Boy - YeDavido - Assurance2Baba - AmakaMr Eazi - Keys to the City Tekno - ChokoTerry Apala - Aunty BakaBebe ft L.A.X Guilty Beatz - Fire ft King PromiseBizzouch - For Your Love ft Ceeza Milli & Yung LOlamide - Kana ft WizkidDuncan Mighty - Fake Love ft WizkidKizz Daniel - One Ticket ft DavidoCuppy - Vybe ft SarkodieCiara - Freak Me ft TeknoAmartey - Champion Lover King Promise - SelfishKing Promise - CCTVR2bees - Supa ft Wizkid Kida Kudz - AgainKwesi Arthur & Quamina Mp - Wiase RemixDj Hol Up - Calling Me ft MinzStarboy - SocoMystro - Immediately ft WizkidAfro B - DrogbaSK - Life is Gucci ft SonaNaira Marley - JapaMaleek Berry - Gimme LifeTerri - BiaReekado Banks - Bio Bio ft Duncan MightyMayorkun - PoshWizkid - Gucci Snake ft SlimcaseFamous Bobson - ft DamayoSkiibii - SensimaDj Spinall - Baba ft Kizz DanielEddie Khae - Do the danceGB - AbenaGuilty Beatz - Genging ft Mr EazIGuilty Beatz - Akwaaba ft Mr EaZITeni - AskamayaAfro B - Shaku ShakuEugy - Tick TockTekno - AnyhowChief Obi - KwekuDJ Eni Money - Diet ft Tiwa Savage SlimcaseNiniola - BanaDayo Chino - Won ti get ehTrademark - Don't Call Me (feat. Dr Moruti & Leon Lee)Heavy K -NDIBAMBEDJ Maphorisa – Makhe Ft. MoonChild & DJ ShimzaBabes Wodumo - Ka DazzSHiiKANE - Yeah YeahDistruction Boyz – N3Jaijj Hollands - RiRiA-Star - Kupe DanceDanny S - EgeSkuki - Check in OutChinko Ekun - Able GodMr Real - Legbegbe Idowest - Omo ShepeteriMr P - EbeanoDamibliz - Jowabayi Wande Coal - Tur-key NlaBisa Kdei - AsewA-star - ChocobodiGhanaboyz — RmvmtGasmilla - Ak3somorshiBM - Rosalina Remix ft AwiloNew Naija mix 2019 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2019Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2019. summer mix 2019Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2019 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2018, Ghana top hip hop songs 2019, Afrobeat 2019 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2019, New Ghana mix 2019, New Afrobeat mix 2019, New Africa mix 2019, Azonto Mix 2019, Alkayida Mix 2019, Nigeria mix 2019 dance groove chill Best of Afrobeats 2018 Mix. End of year songs from ghana and naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2018, Ghana top hiplife songs 2018. Naija 2018, Ghana 2018, Afrobeat mix 2018, Africa mix 2018 New Naija mix 2018 (non stop) ft burna boy, Davido, Wizkid,king proise , sarkodie, tekno. Afrobeat mix 2018BEST NEW AFROBEAT MIX 2018 ) New 9JA MIX 2018. summer mix 2018 End of Year 2018 mix. Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2018 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2018, Afrobeat 2018 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2018, New Ghana mix 2018, New Afrobeat mix 2018, New Africa mix 2018, Azonto Mix 2018, Alkayida Mix 2018, Nigeria mix 2019 dance groove chill2019, Shaku Shaku Mix 2019African Music 2019 - New African Songs 2019 Playlistyeah yeah yeah african song 2019Afrobeats Best Of 2019 featuring Olamide Kana, Wizkid Fake Love, Davido Wonder Woman, Tekno Jogodo2019AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

This week me and two special guest Madi Love and Cleon of Buried Thoughts Podcast discuss a variety of topics. We start with a light hearted conversation about if adults are hijacking Halloween from kids before getting into a more serious conversation about the upcoming midterm elections. We ask does your vote count and even explore if a migration back to Africa to form a New Africa would be possible. Take the time to really listen and share and keep the conversation going. Available on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Google Play, and Google Podcasts.

Join me in making these declarations for a new Africa for the people and for the continent. We are in a new season; our time has come! But it is upto us to Speak it into existence because there is much power in our words!!! The battle for the soul of Africa and for our new beginning is an atmospheric battle, we must put commands and declarations into the air so that we cancel the negative declarations that have been made over the land and replace it with positive and powerful intentions for a bright new future. FB link to declarations: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DrMumbi/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156156190219331 Our time has come! DONATE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://paypal.me/DrMumbiShow (help us to bring the truth to the African Nation across the world!)

This week on The Final Straw radio we are sharing a chat that Bursts had with Zolo Agona Azania. Zolo is  from Gary, Indiana where he lives now, working a job and also doing re-entry work with the formerly incarcerated and community service to break cycles of trauma. After 7 and a half years in prison from ages 18-25 where Zolo engaged in political education with members of the Black Panther Party from Indianapolis, he was released. In 1981 he was re-arrested, picked up by the Gary police while walking around the city after a bank robbery took place, resulting in the death of a Gary police lieutenant. Because of his political views and circumstantially being on the street at that time, Zolo was convicted by an all white jury and sentenced to death. Zolo beat that death penalty from within prison twice and blocked a third attempt by the state to impose it. For the hour, Zolo talks about his life, his parents, his art, his education, his time behind bars, his political development, the Republic of New Africa, and his legal struggle. To get in touch with Zolo you can email him at azaniazolo5( at)gmail(dot )com or you can write Jumpstart Paralegal and Publishing PO Box 64854 Gary, Indiana 46401 To see more of Zolo's art you can visit this support page! . ... . .. Playlist

This week's episode of Out There is an exploration of one of the most innovative jazz trombonists of the 60's Grachan Moncur III.  I play selections from Moncur's albums as a leader, Evolution, New Africa, and Some Other Stuff and from the albums he recorded as a sideman on, including Jackie Mclean's Destination... Out!, Archie Shepp's Mama Too Tight, and more.  Enjoy!

Bringing you the top Nigerian afrobeats songs of the 2018Ajebutter22 - Ghana Bounce L.A.X - Gbefun (Prod. by Minz) Soft - TatooTekno -BE Terry Apala - Bad-girl ft BisolaSimi - JoromiShayDee - Make Sense ft WizkidSean Tizzle - WastedWIZKID - MEDICINE Minz - OdoyewuAu- Pro Ghetto Love ft Burna BoyKrizbeatz - Erima ft Davido & TeknoTekno - GOTimaya - Ah Blem BlemCuppy Ft Tekno - Green Light2Kingz x Patoranking x Timaya - Bend DownFlavour - Baby Na YokaGESHOMO Ft. 2Baba x Wizkid Tiwa Savage - Ma Lo feat wizkid2Baba - Gaga ShuffleHumblesmith - FocusZoro - Land Lady Dapo Tuburna -African LadyChopstix ft. Yung L x Endia x Timaya - Intanashona BabyCozy feat Magnito - One HundredRuntown - For Life Klever Jay x Reekado Banks -Kini Level Yen Tiwa Savage - Get It Now Praiz - Me & You Ft. Sarkodie Maleek Berry - Pon My MindRuntown - Energy Bracket - Just LikeThatL.A.X Run AwayMayorkun - MamaDavido - FIA Dj Neptune - WHY ft Runtown Davido -Flora My Flawa Orezi - Cooking PotPhyno - Zamo Zamo ft Wande CoalSkales - Kpete WickedWizkid - Soco ft. Ceeza Milli, Spotless & Terri StarboySkuki -ForkanizerYcee - JUICE (ft. Maleek Berry)Ayo Jay - Correct G - Davido x Olamide Kiss Daniel - YebaHarrysong - Under The Duvet Yung L- Gbewa DJ Jimmy Jatt - Oshe ft WizkidCkay - Gaddemit ft DremoSona - GingerDJ Spinall X Wizkid - NowoWizkid - Manya Phlex - Medicina 2.0 ft. OlamideDJ Jimmy Jatt ft. Burna Boy - ChaseKevv - Gyalis Man ft King Perryy & BoybreedFalz - Something light ft YceeWaga G - Omandimma ft Phyno ZoroDavido - Like Dat Olamide - Fine Fine Girls (feat. Tiwa Savage) Del B - Boogie DownAttitude - Na SoToby Grey - VibesNiniola - SickerTiwa Savage - Sugar CaneSugarboy - Chop ft YceeLil Kesh - Roraa Orezi - Halleluyah Smaill Doctor -This Year Mr Real - Legbegbe X Idowest X Obadice X Kelvin chuksDj Sidez - Oshozondi ft slimcaseCDQ - Say-BabaCaze - Phakisha Danny S - EgeD banj - Issa Banger ft Slimcase & Mr RealCashwale ft. Idowest - HandkerchiefIdowest - Omo Shepeteri ft SlimcaseOlamide - Science StudentTekno OG Flimzy Selebobo-AnyhowTiwa Savage x Reminisce x Slimcase x DJ Enimoney -Diet Oladips- Lalakukulala feat. ReminisceNaira Marley - Issa Goal ft. Olamide & Lil KeshSeriki - Saka Manje Olamide - Sheevita Juice Wande Coal - Tur-key NlaOmoAkin Ft Reekado Banks - FunwonReekado Banks - Easy ( JeJe )Patronking - AvailableL.A.X - Gwara Gwara Orezi - Whine For Daddy ft TeknoSkiibii - OGUME Best of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2017 - 2018, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017 - 2018. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2017 - 2018, Ghana mix 2017 - 2018, Afrobeat mix 2017 - 2018, Africa mix 2017 - 2018 New Naija mix 2018 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2018Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2018 ) New 9JA MIX 2018. summer mix 2018Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2018 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2018, Afrobeat 2018 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2018, New Ghana mix 2018, New Afrobeat mix 2018, New Africa mix 2018, Azonto Mix 2018, Alkayida Mix 2018, Nigeria mix 2018 dance groove chill2018AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesNaija Mix featuring Olamide Kana, Wizkid Fake Love, Davido Assurance, Tekno Jogodo Out Now!Download for free on The Artist Union

Bringing you the top Nigerian afrobeats songs of the 2018Ajebutter22 - Ghana Bounce L.A.X - Gbefun (Prod. by Minz) Soft - TatooTekno -BE Terry Apala - Bad-girl ft BisolaSimi - JoromiShayDee - Make Sense ft WizkidSean Tizzle - WastedWIZKID - MEDICINE Minz - OdoyewuAu- Pro Ghetto Love ft Burna BoyKrizbeatz - Erima ft Davido & TeknoTekno - GOTimaya - Ah Blem BlemCuppy Ft Tekno - Green Light2Kingz x Patoranking x Timaya - Bend DownFlavour - Baby Na YokaGESHOMO Ft. 2Baba x Wizkid Tiwa Savage - Ma Lo feat wizkid2Baba - Gaga ShuffleHumblesmith - FocusZoro - Land Lady Dapo Tuburna -African LadyChopstix ft. Yung L x Endia x Timaya - Intanashona BabyCozy feat Magnito - One HundredRuntown - For Life Klever Jay x Reekado Banks -Kini Level Yen Tiwa Savage - Get It Now Praiz - Me & You Ft. Sarkodie Maleek Berry - Pon My MindRuntown - Energy Bracket - Just LikeThatL.A.X Run AwayMayorkun - MamaDavido - FIA Dj Neptune - WHY ft Runtown Davido -Flora My Flawa Orezi - Cooking PotPhyno - Zamo Zamo ft Wande CoalSkales - Kpete WickedWizkid - Soco ft. Ceeza Milli, Spotless & Terri StarboySkuki -ForkanizerYcee - JUICE (ft. Maleek Berry)Ayo Jay - Correct G - Davido x Olamide Kiss Daniel - YebaHarrysong - Under The Duvet Yung L- Gbewa DJ Jimmy Jatt - Oshe ft WizkidCkay - Gaddemit ft DremoSona - GingerDJ Spinall X Wizkid - NowoWizkid - Manya Phlex - Medicina 2.0 ft. OlamideDJ Jimmy Jatt ft. Burna Boy - ChaseKevv - Gyalis Man ft King Perryy & BoybreedFalz - Something light ft YceeWaga G - Omandimma ft Phyno ZoroDavido - Like Dat Olamide - Fine Fine Girls (feat. Tiwa Savage) Del B - Boogie DownAttitude - Na SoToby Grey - VibesNiniola - SickerTiwa Savage - Sugar CaneSugarboy - Chop ft YceeLil Kesh - Roraa Orezi - Halleluyah Smaill Doctor -This Year Mr Real - Legbegbe X Idowest X Obadice X Kelvin chuksDj Sidez - Oshozondi ft slimcaseCDQ - Say-BabaCaze - Phakisha Danny S - EgeD banj - Issa Banger ft Slimcase & Mr RealCashwale ft. Idowest - HandkerchiefIdowest - Omo Shepeteri ft SlimcaseOlamide - Science StudentTekno OG Flimzy Selebobo-AnyhowTiwa Savage x Reminisce x Slimcase x DJ Enimoney -Diet Oladips- Lalakukulala feat. ReminisceNaira Marley - Issa Goal ft. Olamide & Lil KeshSeriki - Saka Manje Olamide - Sheevita Juice Wande Coal - Tur-key NlaOmoAkin Ft Reekado Banks - FunwonReekado Banks - Easy ( JeJe )Patronking - AvailableL.A.X - Gwara Gwara Orezi - Whine For Daddy ft TeknoSkiibii - OGUME Best of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2017 - 2018, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017 - 2018. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2017 - 2018, Ghana mix 2017 - 2018, Afrobeat mix 2017 - 2018, Africa mix 2017 - 2018 New Naija mix 2018 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2018Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2018 ) New 9JA MIX 2018. summer mix 2018Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2018 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2018, Afrobeat 2018 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2018, New Ghana mix 2018, New Afrobeat mix 2018, New Africa mix 2018, Azonto Mix 2018, Alkayida Mix 2018, Nigeria mix 2018 dance groove chill2018AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesNaija Mix featuring Olamide Kana, Wizkid Fake Love, Davido Assurance, Tekno Jogodo Out Now!Download for free on The Artist Union

Anoa Changa is an attorney in the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan area. She holds a Master in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University as well as a Juris Doctorate from West Virginia University College of Law where she was a W.E.B Dubois fellowship recipient.  Anoa serves on the board of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL). Aside from her life as an attorney, Anoa has been a grassroots digital organizer providing strategic support to several progressive organizations. A growing presence in the world of independent progressive media, Anoa hosts The Way with Anoa, a weekly talk show and podcast, focusing on politics, news, and community engagement. Anoa serves as the Director of Political Advocacy and co-Managing Editor at The Progressive Army. She also recently launched a Georgia focused blog Peach Perspective.    In this episode we talk to Anoa about her trip to Puerto Rico a couple months after Hurricane Harvey, we talk about mutual aid, and the specific challenges and relations in Puerto Rico. We also talk about growing up in a radical family, and her family’s relationships with the Republic of New Afrika which is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary, and other radical organizations and individuals including Critical Resistance and Mutulu Shakur. She also talks to us about parenting her own children and the challenges faced by parents who are politically active, particularly within radical circles and activist spaces. Anoa talks about her work with Progressive Army and her podcast The Way With Anoa    Lastly she talks briefly about the connections between the Republic of New Africa and the connection to Cooperation Jackson, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Jackson-Kush plan, and Chokwe Lumumba and his son Chokwe Antar Lumumba. 

Zimbabwe: Wildlife and mineral rich, home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World and World Heritage Site. My guest Nick Lynch an I discuss how, once a model of progressive management between Old and New Africa, Zimbabwe now daily symbolizes egregious cronyism and greed running rampant. The dubious murky dealings of 24 baby elephants taken from the wild for live-export to an ivory hungry China has roused national and international headlines of inept and failing wildlife policies management in favor of vested private interests and conflicting ideals. Opportunity knocks. Will Zimbabwe be the forerunner of catastrophe, or will it be a catalyst for reform, raising the bar of how we value life- of what, who and how we define ‘trade' and ‘benefit' of endemic, priceless and iconic wildlife and lead the way toward a new independence from looting a country's coffers and citizens in favor of the peculiarly human penchant of commodifying nature- anything and everything can be had for a price.

Lessons from: Adam, the first human community, Prophet Muhammad, the establishment of a model community for the good of all mankind, The African American, un-established in proper community life in American, 400 years after their enslavement in this land. The future: A New Africa in America, established by African American (Bilalians) "doing for self"... Solution: "Trust G-d, and follow His Guidance"

Thank You for helping me reach 1,000,000 plays in less than a year. My gift is Bringing you more of the top afrobeats songs of the 2017 2018Tracklist-K'aduu - Slow WhineChief Obi - Carry GoIke Chuks - Do Proper Feat DotmanSugarboy - Kilamity Feat Kiss DanielKCee - Romantic CallPhyno - Okpete 2baba FlavourIyanya- Up To Something feat Don JazzyTekno - BEDavid Meli - African GirlsSkales - Temper Remix feat Burna BoyMedikal - Too RiskyDel B - Boss Like This Feat Mr EaziRay - For YouJayCube - Shak N MoveKrizbeatz - Erima Tekno & DavidoMinz - StoryL.A.X - Run AwayAyo Jay - The VibeDel B - Die For Yuh Wine Runtown & Timaya2Kingz - Bend Down Timaya & PatronkingFlavour - Baby Na YokaRuntown - For LifeReekado Banks - ProblemAirboy - AyepoDistanceEugy - Hold TightVision Dj - Double Trouble Feat Sarkodie & King PromiseKofi Kinaata - ConfessionCeeza Milli - RotateDavido - IfSK - OSEMyro - SugarBurna Boy - Rock Your BodyDavido - FallMayorkun - MamaSelebobo - Waka Wake Feat DavidoE.L - AbaaHEB3B - Lean On MeDeshinor - New WaveWizkidd - Daddy Yo00Illbliss - Cant Hear You feat RuntownTekno - SamanthaYung 6ix - Let Me Know Feat DavidoFalz - JejeTekno - YawaBobson - Move On Feat MinzOlamide - Summer Body Feat DavidoGB - One By OneMK, Selecta Aff, KwameJay, Harry&Larry - Sumor GiddiIRAYMVMT - Enter Your LaneMr Eazi - 2 PeopleLynxx - Ghana GirlsSona - GingerViktoh - Mad JamDice Ailes - MiracleIllbliss - Jawon Laya Feat Reekado Banks & Mr EaziJuls - Coco feat Odunsi & SantiYcee - Juice feat Maleek BerryLojay - Kuli KuliYonda - Las Vegas Remix feat Burna BoyOlamide - Wavy LevelA.I.M - Naa Akua (ft. Charlie'o)DJ Hazan - Bolanle feat Dammy Krane & AirboyWande Coal - BallerzTiwa Savage - All OverMayorkun - Love You Tire Feat Mr EaziMagnito - Sikuru feat TeknoSkuki - AgbaraShatta Wale – Taking Over ft. Joint 77 x Addi Self x Captan Dammy Krane x Davido x Shatta Wale – GbetitiCharlie'O Ft Omo FrenchieGB - UnderloverSelecta Aff - Bad GirlJuly - OrimiNiniola - MaradonaBracket - Shoe SizeShatta Wale - Kpuu KpaaJ Martins - Ring The BellReekado Banks - Ladies & GentlemanYcee - OMO Alhaji RemixBeat Movement Feat Mangoli Side ChickSmall Doctor - Penalty2TBOIZ - As A ThuggerWande Coal - IskabaShiikane - Oga PoliceArticle Wan - ToowaDj Flex - EggplantDahlin Gage - Come Take"mayorkun mama" mama mamaNew Naija mix 2018 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2018Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2018Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2018 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2018, Afrobeat 2018 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2018, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2018, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2018 dance groove chill2018AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

This Mix is part of My Series of Throwback Mixes. Enjoy These Old Classic Naija tracks. Tracklist -Wizkid - Holla At Your BoyWande Coal - Amorawa - BurnaboyGimme Dat - Ice PrinceBizzy Body - P SquareDo Me - P SquareTimaya - Timaya 2 Face Idibia - Keep On RockD'Banj – Gbono Fele FeleWizkid - Tease MeBracket - Yori YoriTwoshotz Feat Timaya - Incase You Never KnowP Square - No Easy EDuncan Mighty - ObianujuFlavour - Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)Wizkid - Don't DullWizkid Ft Skales - Baddest BoyTiwa Savage - Kele KeleTony Tetulia - My Car9ice - Gongo AsoOlu Maintain - YahoozeDuncan Mighty - Port Harcourt BoyFlavour - AdamnaJazzman Ft Olofin - Raise The Roof Feat AyubaTony Tetulia - 2 Women ft. V.I.PWande Coal - Bumper 2 BumperTiwa Savage ft Don Jazzy - EminadoDagrin - KondoIce Prince Ft Brymo - OlekuOlamide - Turn UpDavido - Back WhenDavido - GobeOlamide - Eleda MiOlamide & Wizkid - Omo to ShanStyl - Plus - Imagine ThatOlamide - First Of AllDr Sid - Over The MoonAy.com Feat Terry G & Timaya - Pass Me Your LoveMinjin - Coupe DecaleLynxx Feat Wizkid - Fine LadyDavido - Dami DuroWande Coal - RotateD'Prince - Take BanannaIyanya - Your WaistWande COal - Baby HelloIyanya & Wizkid - Sexy MamaBest of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016 - 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2016 - 2017. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2016 - 2017, Ghana mix 2016 - 2017, Afrobeat mix 2016 - 2017, Africa mix 2016 - 2017 New Naija mix 2017 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2017Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2017Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2017 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017, Afrobeat 2017 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2017, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2017, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2017 dance groove chill2017AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

This Mix is part of My Series of Throwback Mixes. Enjoy These Old Classic Naija tracks. Tracklist -Wizkid - Holla At Your BoyWande Coal - Amorawa - BurnaboyGimme Dat - Ice PrinceBizzy Body - P SquareDo Me - P SquareTimaya - Timaya 2 Face Idibia - Keep On RockD'Banj – Gbono Fele FeleWizkid - Tease MeBracket - Yori YoriTwoshotz Feat Timaya - Incase You Never KnowP Square - No Easy EDuncan Mighty - ObianujuFlavour - Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)Wizkid - Don't DullWizkid Ft Skales - Baddest BoyTiwa Savage - Kele KeleTony Tetulia - My Car9ice - Gongo AsoOlu Maintain - YahoozeDuncan Mighty - Port Harcourt BoyFlavour - AdamnaJazzman Ft Olofin - Raise The Roof Feat AyubaTony Tetulia - 2 Women ft. V.I.PWande Coal - Bumper 2 BumperTiwa Savage ft Don Jazzy - EminadoDagrin - KondoIce Prince Ft Brymo - OlekuOlamide - Turn UpDavido - Back WhenDavido - GobeOlamide - Eleda MiOlamide & Wizkid - Omo to ShanStyl - Plus - Imagine ThatOlamide - First Of AllDr Sid - Over The MoonAy.com Feat Terry G & Timaya - Pass Me Your LoveMinjin - Coupe DecaleLynxx Feat Wizkid - Fine LadyDavido - Dami DuroWande Coal - RotateD'Prince - Take BanannaIyanya - Your WaistWande COal - Baby HelloIyanya & Wizkid - Sexy MamaBest of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016 - 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2016 - 2017. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2016 - 2017, Ghana mix 2016 - 2017, Afrobeat mix 2016 - 2017, Africa mix 2016 - 2017 New Naija mix 2017 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2017Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2017Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2017 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017, Afrobeat 2017 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2017, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2017, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2017 dance groove chill2017AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

Bringing you the top Nigerian afrobeats songs of the 2017Tracklist - Boj - Bad Gang Ft. Falz Sugarboy – LegalizeSkales – Temper ft Burna BoyIce Prince - Belinda Ft. TimayaLola Rae - Biko ft DavidoTekno - Pana Iyanya - Up 2 Something Orezi - Call The PoliceDel B - Boss Like This ft Mr EaziMInz - Talk Rayce - Wetin Dey Patronking - This Kind Luv Phyno - Pino PinoSolidstar – Wait (Remix) Tekkno - RaraaaaTekkno - DianaaZoro - Good Year ft. Awilo Longomba Solidstar - Trigger Me (ft. Mr Eazi) Reekado Banks - ProblemAirboy - AyepoNo Kissing BabyWizKid - Daddy Yo Lil Kesh - Shele Gan Gan Yung6ix Let Me Know Ft. DavidoYcee - Link Up ft. Reekado BanksBlackmagic - Like This Chibbz - Hey Ma Sammy Davids - Smooth Criminal LAX - Gimme Dat iLLBliss - Alhaji ft. RuntownMystro - WORKYemi Alade - Want YouAyo Jay - Want YouRuntown – Mad Over YouMyro - Odi OkDotman –AkubeKoker - Kolewerk Kcee ft. Tekno - TenderPhyno0 - Financial0 Woma0n ft. P-Squa0re0Mayorkun - Love You Tire ft. Mr EaziCDQ - FCFSViktoh - Mad Jam ft. YceeFalz - Soft WorkSkuki - Pass The Agbara Kiss Daniel - Sin CityIllbliss - JawonLayaMinz - Aunty PatriciaOMOAKIN - Sisi Maria Dj Spicey – LuvEhDice Aile - Miracles Yonda - Las VegasYUNG L FT TIMAYA - PASS THE AUX Remix Dammy Krane Bolanle Wande Coal – BallerzDMW – Back to Back Do Like ThatDJ JIMMY JATT ft DAVIDO – OREKELEWA Koker - BokinyenOlamide - Pepper Dem Gang Sugarboy - Dada OmoSarz X Dj Tunez - Get Up ft FlashDJ Spinall - Olowo ft. Davido & Wande CoalPheelz - Do What You WantTekno - CaroSarz ft maphorisa - WickedMayorkun -prayer ft davidoTimaya - How Many Times Masterkraft - Far Away ft Tekno FlavourKcee - Tinana Sugarboy - Hola HolaBracket- Shoe SizeReekado Banks - Ladies and Gentlemen Timaya - M.O.N.E.Y J. Martins - Ring The BellKiss2 Daniel2 - Mama8Small Doctor - Penalty SKALES - HOLIDAY Wande Coal - Iskaba MC Galaxy -Shupe Sean Tizzle - Dide ft. Davido Humblesmith - BoogatiDiamond Platnumz Ft P-Square | KIDOGOP square - Bank Alert Magnito - As I Get Money Ehn Remix ft Patoranking Lil Kesh Bend Down Select Best of the Best Africa Mashup Mix. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016 - 2017, Ghana top hip hop songs 2016 - 2017. This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! Naija mix 2016 - 2017, Ghana mix 2016 - 2017, Afrobeat mix 2016 - 2017, Africa mix 2016 - 2017 New Naija mix 2017 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2017Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2017Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2017 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017, Afrobeat 2017 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2017, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2017, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2017 dance groove chill2017AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

Promo Mix For @djholupBookings Contact dmos2011@gmail.comTracklist -LIKE TO PARTY – Burna BoyWande Coal - Amorawa ft Burna Boy by KVOnlineYour Number - Wizkid Mr Eazi - Skin Tight Orezi -Call The PoliceTekno - Rara Yung Kay - Abilities D'Banj - Fall In LoveCALLING Feat Tion Wayne by KWAMZ & FLAVAChibbz - SO LONGDotman - Akube K Weezy - One by One Sarkodie - Adonai(Remix) ft Castro MB FT JAIJ HOLLANDS K WEEZY - ENTER YOUR LANE Viktoh - Mad Jam ft. YceeBurna Boy - Rizzla Olamide ft Phyno - Who You Epp DJ Neptune - Marry ft Mr EaziKorede Bello - Do Like ThatMaleek Berry - Kontrol L.A.X - Designer Koko Sakora (Ft. Sarkodie) | M3gye Wo Girl MB FT IRAYMVMT - FORM YOUR BODY Premier GaouTiwa Savage - Eminado Feat Don Jazzy (prod Don Jazzy)Shatta Wale - EVERYBODY LIKE MY TINGSarz maphorisa - WickedDj Maphorisa - Soweto Baby Ft Wizkid Dj Buckz MASTERSugar Boy - Hola Hola Lil Kesh -GBESE Caro Ft WizKid LaxIYANA - Psychology MC Galaxy - NEK-UNEK Davido - The Money Lynxx - FINE LADY Ft wizkidAbizzy Ft Davido - Sugar (Remix)Olamide - Don't Stop (prod. Pheelz)Olamide - BOBO (Prod by Young John)MC Galaxy - Komolop Cholop (Prod by Shizzi & Uhuru) SK - MujoCastro - She Dey Do Me Feat EphraimKwamz & Flava - TAKE OVER (Prod by KWAMZ)Force One - RoseyKWAMZ FT CASTRO - ALKAYIDA ( PRODUCED BY SKOB ORIGINAL )( Naija mix 2017 ) ft Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, Tiwa Savage, Timaya & Don Jazzy - ( Afrobeat mix 2017 )New Naija mix 2017 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2017Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2017 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2017Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2017 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017, Afrobeat 2017 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2017, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2017, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2017 dance groove chill2017Download for free on The Artist Union

George Soros plans to Destroy the USA in order to Balkanize it into several controlled ethnic states, Aztlan, New Africa, etc. His plans involve using MANY organizations that promote open borders, illegal immigration & voter fraud. James O'Keefe only scratched the surface with his new Project Veritas videos and this video details some more depth that doesn't only affect the US election, but every citizen of the USA. Most people have already heard of several of these organizations without knowing that the leaders are funded by Soros to support open borders. There's La Raza, but one of the most well-known organizations is "Black Lives Matter" which has leaders that have had meetings with Barack Obama to discuss the "needs and wants" of the "Black people". The reality is that open borders will hurt Black people the most out of any group in the USA & will absolutely decimate the Black family. https://www.periscope.tv/stranahan/

Bringing you the top afrobeats songs of the 2017. Tracklist- Tekno - PanaPraiz Jesse Jagz Stonebwoy - Body HotTiwa Savage - If I Start To Talk ft Dr SidFetty Wap - NumberMr Eazi- Skin TightJoey B -Wow ft ELJoey B - You x MeSolidstar -Wait (Refix)Raba (Prod. By Dj CoublonPatoronking feat Sarkodie - No Kissing BabyKorede Bello feat Tiwa Savage - RomanticWiz Kid - Final (Baba Nla)Mr Eazi And DJ Juls - ShitorDavido Feat Dammy Krane - IZZUE (prod. Shizzi)Ycee- Omo AlhajiDj Spicy - Fashi ft skaleDj Spicy - Fashi ft skaleKoker Feat Olamide - KolewerkKwamz and Flava - What Should I DoShatta Wale - ObordorbidiMay D Feat Wizkid - BamiloWizboy - ChigejiBurna Boy- RizzlaOlamide ft Phyno - Who You EppSkibi Dat (prod. B-Banks)Masterkraft feat Flavour and Sarkodie FinallyK WEEZY MillionKakai (Prod by Shatta WaleDbanj - EmergencyDMW feat. Mayorkun, Dremo, Ichaba & Davido - Back BackDavido - DODO (prod. KidDominant)Yemi Alade - Ego feat. SarkodieMaleek Berry - Kontrol maleekberryOsinachi (Remix)Tekno - WhereSammy Davids - DownTekno - Maria ft sele boboCeeza - BlessingsYemi Alade - Kom Kom ft. FlavourPsquare - OMG! (Free Me)DJ Neptune feat. Olamide, BOJ & Stonebwoy – Baddest - SpellsmusicJaij Hollands - WonderShatta Wale x Criss Waddle - FerrariJaij Hollands Ft Samini - Ngozi SNIPPET ( prods by IRAY MVMT )Bisa Kdei - JWE ( BisaKdei KayVisuals)Fuse ODG - Laugh Out Loud (Ft Shatta Wale)(Prod Killbeatz)Wash - TeknoSugar Boy Hola HolaDr Sid - Flawless ft Korede BelloMayorkun - Yàwá (Prod. Fresh)Orezi - OgedeKiss Daniel - MamaDavido - The Money (prod. KidDominant)Olamide - Don't Stop (prod. Pheelz)Lil Kesh - IbileBurna Boy -Before (prod. J Fem)Bisa Kdei - Mansa (Prod By Kaywa)Bisa Kdei - Brother BrotherA I M - MO N SA (feat MISTA SILVA)MC Galaxy - Komolop Cholop (Prod by Shizzi & Uhuru)Abizzy Ft Davido - Sugar (Remix)TAKE OVER (Prod by KWAMZ)Selecta Aff x Olamide - No Rush (Prod By Young John)Iyana -WhyTelemo ft CapasterBe Mine ft Iyanya & Sean TizzleIyana - FeverNew Naija mix 2017 (non stop) ft yemi alade, Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, sarkodie, timaya. Afrobeat mix 2017Africa Mashup Mix Vol7 - Dj ( BEST NEW NAIJA AFROBEAT MIX 2015 ) New 9JA MIX 2017. summer mix 2017Best of the Best Africa Niaja Mix 2017 -. Hits from naija top hip hop/afrobeats 2016, Ghana top hip hop songs 2017, Afrobeat 2017 This is a club banger, a party mix that's gone make you go crazy! New Naija mix 2017, New Ghana mix 2017, New Afrobeat mix 2017, New Africa mix 2017, Azonto Mix 2017, Alkayida Mix 2017, Nigeria mix 2017 dance groove chill2017AFRICANS CAN PARTY !!! LOL. Make sure you Subscribe for more... YOU! SUBSCRIBE for more mixesDownload for free on The Artist Union

The World Bank Group today unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding to help African people and countries adapt to climate change and build up the continent’s resilience to climate shocks. Titled Accelerating Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Development, the Africa Climate Business Plan will be presented at COP21, the global climate talks in Paris, on November 30. It lays out measures to boost the resilience of the continent’s assets – its people, land, water, and cities - as well as other moves including boosting renewable energy and strengthening early warning systems.

Zimbabwe: Wildlife and mineral rich, home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World and World Heritage Site. My guest Nick Lynch an I discuss how, once a model of progressive management between Old and New Africa, Zimbabwe now daily symbolizes egregious cronyism and greed running rampant. The dubious murky dealings of 24 baby elephants taken from the wild for live-export to an ivory hungry China has roused national and international headlines of inept and failing wildlife policies management in favor of vested private interests and conflicting ideals. Opportunity knocks. Will Zimbabwe be the forerunner of catastrophe, or will it be a catalyst for reform, raising the bar of how we value life- of what, who and how we define ‘trade' and ‘benefit' of endemic, priceless and iconic wildlife and lead the way toward a new independence from looting a country's coffers and citizens in favor of the peculiarly human penchant of commodifying nature- anything and everything can be had for a price.

People around the world will interact with Africa very differently over the coming decades. They will be more likely to trade stocks in Ghana, work for companies doing business on the continent and learn the names of African tech moguls and billionaires. The old narrative of an Africa disconnected from the global economy and mired in conflict is rapidly fading as the continent transforms itself into a global powerhouse. Pushing this transformation is a wave of modernization, technological innovations and a growing pool of talented Africans changing their countries not only from within but also from abroad. What impact will Silicon Valley have on the tech boom in Africa? How should policy makers and business leaders view these changes throughout the continent?  This panel discussion will feature expert researchers and entrepreneurs with deep connections to Africa and its business community. Jake Bright and Aubrey Hruby will offer a nuanced and data-rich analysis to a complex continent while reconciling its challenges with rapid progress. Entrepreneur Chris Folayan will discuss his work developing new platforms to bring e-commerce to Nigeria and other nations.The conversation is moderated by Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor at The New York Times.For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1488

Watson Jennison, Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, lectures on the ideas of economist Robert S. Browne, the Republic of New Africa, and others who considered the prospect for black separatism in the South in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

"Remake the World"... Africa, The origin of all Human Life. A New Africa in America where all people have an opputunity to reach their full Human Potential. With G-d's help.

New Africa is a concept given to us by Imam WD Mohammed, taken from his father the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in the 1930's, " We must have some of this good earth that we can call our own". We must produce the needs for our own life, halal food, modest clothing, clean cultural life, clear religious understanding, Nature based education, Political imput. etc. A New Mind Is Developing, creating a new way of thinking, to deal with the falsehoods of the time. New Africa is a vision that has become a reality. A community forming, for the wholesome development of our community life. New Africa also identifies with the beginning or origin of all humans on this planet earth, Mother Africa.