By Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
What of a different world Baldwin steadfastly conjured in his novels, essays, plays, and poems interrogating race, politics, and sexuality? Is that not the definition of worldbuilding?
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By Demilade Phillips
In the last few years, many raves have been quietly popping up through Lagos, Nigeria’s unofficial capital, and the epicenter of Africa’s financial dealings.
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Holy Shit.
That was the only words capable of summing up the performance of Jayna Elise as Tina Turner in the Broadway Across Canada touring production of TINA, at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium until March 23rd.
The former American Idol and America’s Got Talent contestant is mesmerizing. While the voice is a vital part of portraying the title role, capturing the essence of Tina as a person is vital to making it work. At 23 years old Eise can be every aspect from the 17-year-old teen Anna Mae Bullock groomed by Ike Turner to the 45 year old version performing…
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By Iryn Tushabe
I didn’t have a boyfriend, so pregnancy checks didn’t bother me. Indeed, they were an opportunity to do the lord’s work; I was omulokole, a saved person.
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By Ronald Valdiserri
In a speech given … in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy asserted that the U.S. State Department was riddled with “traitors” …
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