Afrolicious

On Deck: The REALease

afrolicious — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:26:49 +0000

I’ve featured Real8‘s work before, but today he presents The REALese a freetape. It’s a powerful story and I’m blessed to have been witness to the creative process behind it. Support the artist by heading to Bandcamp and downloading it today.

Tonight: Freedom Fridays

afrolicious — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:55:42 +0000

Freedom Fridays is tonight downtown Los Angeles at the Mercado La Paloma!

We’ve got a couple of special features tonight. Top secret until 7:30pm when the doors open ;] Come through and start of the long weekend with us!

Emancipate! Oluwakemi

afrolicious — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:30:43 +0000

Emancipate! Oluwakemi is a beautiful site following Oluwakemi’s mission to be free. In her own words, “I am Oluwakemi and I need to be free.” These beautiful posters titled “Humility” and “Confidence” are part of a series of nine posters illustrating her Nine Tenets. Check them out and consider purchasing one (or all!) to support Oluwakemi’s work.

Danai Gurira

afrolicious — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:30:45 +0000

I was catching up on episodes of Lie to Me when this gorgeous woman Danai Gurira entered the frame. I was floored to see her because so far Mekhi Phifer had been holding down the Single Black Role on the show. Peace to Mr Phifer and all of that but when she and he where in that one scene together where he’s interrogating her? She wins.

Come to find out, Danai Gurira is a playwright born in the USA, raised in Zimbabwe and telling stories like it’s nobody’s business and it’s everybody’s business. Check out her interview about her play “Eclipsed” that tells the story of women in Liberia’s 2003 civil war.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzpzdIfUQqU

New Model Minority SXSW Panel: Last Vote!

afrolicious — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:14:58 +0000

The amazing woman that is @Mdotwrites has a panel up on the SXSW Panel Picker titled Race, Sex and Blogging: Limits and Possibilities. This has the potential to 1) bring a rounded discussion of race and sex to the mainstream in a way that hasn’t been done before 2) transform the way we think about race and sex and 3) blow our blogging game all the way up to level 10.

Please vote for the panel here and leave a comment while you’re at it. Even if you’re not going to attend, I’m sure Renina will be doing all she can to make sure the discussion is archived and made widely available. Tell your mama to vote. Your daddy. Your Uncle Ricky. Tell everyone!

812Studio: Afriky Lolo

afrolicious — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:44:15 +0000

Just came across these beautiful flyers from 812Studio for Afriky Lolo’s 2010 West African dance celebration. Check out the texture! The movement! The color! Gorgeous on the web, even better in print, I imagine. Click on the images to check out the rest of the collection.

Cupcakes and Conversation

afrolicious — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:27:42 +0000

It’s that time again! Cupcakes and Conversation to round out your summer nights. On August 28, 2010 from 7pm-11pm join Afrolicious in the heart of downtown Los Angeles for an intimate time of treats, art, music, movies and of course, conversation.

Word to your ma! ;]

Freedom Fridays Again!

afrolicious — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:40:13 +0000

If you are in the Southern California area this weekend, please join Afrolicious at Freedom Fridays tomorrow night! The fabulous producer group E.Super will be featuring with live beats for your dance party needs.

Yup! Doors open at 7:30pm at the Mercado La Paloma downtown Los Angeles. If you come through, mention the word FREEDOM at the door for a lil som’n som’n ;]

Late Night Listening: Gimme Back My Red Pen

afrolicious — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:02:29 +0000

I have a fantastic podcast for y’all, but I can’t figure out the audio editing software on my computer! Until tomorrow, here’s one of the songs we featured on it for tonight’s Late Night Listening.

Sean Padilla of The Cocker Spaniels was generous enough to share a few tracks from the new album Sometimes You’ve Got To Fight To Get A Bit Of Peace. The album came out this past Tuesday, and I’m proud to share my favorite song called Gimme Back My Red Pen.

Please support The Cocker Spaniels by purchasing a copy of the album today! Also, Sean bakes cookies, much to the delight of several of his twitter followers (me included) and he’s preparing an east coast tour in the not to far away future.

Late Night Listening: Im Saying (Live)

afrolicious — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:40:04 +0000

I went out to support the good homie Real8 at the Leimert Park Art Walk this weekend. Here he is performing Im Saying at Kaos Network. If you are in Los Angeles at the end of August, make sure you come out to the Leimert Park Art Walk to catch a show (or two!)

Im Saying…(live) from real8 on Vimeo.