Category Archives: Africa

KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST BY Adam Hochschild

August 29, 2016 – 6:34 pm

Can you judge a book by its cover? Certainly not KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST, unless you have an inkling that Josef Conrad’s THE HEART OF DARKNESS was based on his six months of visiting the hellish Congo Free State plantation dotting the Congo River and that Kurtz was not one man but many fervently seeking their fortune […]

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Mungo Park – Explorer

August 29, 2016 – 5:47 pm

European geologists were baffled by the rivers of Africa. They were puzzled by the sources of the Niger and Congo and even thought that the two rivers were one. Expeditions were sent out from the capitols of the empires. Mongo Park was one of those explorers. The Scot had reached the Niger in the end […]

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Bamako On The Strong Brown God

August 29, 2016 – 3:54 pm

Bamako is the fast-growing capitol of Mali. The word ‘Bamako’ means crocodile in the Bambara language and the ancient town has served as a market town since Empire of Ghana dominated the region. The city of 2 million inhabitants straddles the Niger River. Three bridges span the wide river. During the dry season two causeways […]

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15 Minutes of African Garage/Psych Rock from 60’s Era

November 4, 2015 – 12:35 pm

Garage rock existed everywhere in the world during the 60s; Europe, Asia, and Africa. Here’s 15 minutes of savage rock from the Big Continent. Check out this URL

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Nelson Mandela Ad Infinitum

December 14, 2013 – 10:12 pm

Some people aren’t scared to speak the truth and their voice lives on forever. “If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings… If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude […]

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