Archive for December, 2009
Kindred Cool at MoCADA
December 29, 2009 by Administrator
This exhibition was in 2008 In Summer 2008, the Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. The exhibition is produced byBrooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn (Calabar Magazine’s cultural writer) in conjunction with Up South, Inc., Kindred Cool highlights [...]
2008 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|No Comments
Tags: Albert Murray, Brian Jackson; trombonist, Clarence Atkins Fellowship from the Jazz Journalist Association, Dick Griffin; jazz-poet Louis Reyes Rivera; photographer, DJ Spooky; jazz pianist, Ellis Marsalis; hip hop artist, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Gerald Cyrus; WBGO jazz radio personality, Inc, Jazz, Ladybug Mecca; pianist, Ralph Ellison, Rhonda Ross; Columbia University jazz studies professor, Romare Bearden, Sheila Anderson; producer, Up South, Vijay Iyer; percussionist, Will Calhoun; singer and actress
Reflections in the midst of a recession
December 29, 2009 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton, June/July 2008 After my last article on Food 4 Thought, a Brooklyn restaurant, I was thrilled to see their re-emergence in the same space with a slew of partners that included Brother Solomon, the guy who created Solomon’s Porch and the Sankofa Collective, a locally based Bed-Stuy organization. My wish for [...]
2008 - articles, Columns, Working Your Creative Enterprise|No Comments
Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn restaurants, calabar imports, Food 4 Thought, Harriet's Ego, Pieces, recession
Sabar Dance in Fort Greene
December 29, 2009 by Administrator
by Imani Kaba, June/July 2008: Vol. 2, No. 6 Dance is the physical manifestation of music” says Imani Kaba who teaches West African dance at Charles Moore Dance Theatre in downtown Brooklyn. As we know from our African ancestors music and dance has always been extremely important in African culture. Most all important functions, ceremonies, [...]
2008 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|No Comments
Tags: African-American Arts and Cultural Society (AAACS), Afro- Hatian, Afro-Cuban, Aisha Rivers (formerly Aisha Diaby, Alpha Kaba, Babacar M’beye, Bara MBaye, brooklyn dance, Charles Moore Dance Theatre, Congolese, Djemb, Ebrima Jeng (Gambian Dance Company), Fabayo Manzira, Gambia, Kaolack, Latifa Diop, Marie Basse- Wiles., Marietou Cisse (Les Merveilles D’Afrique), Mohammad Diaby, Papa Hanne, Rich Faye, sabar, Safia, Senegal, Soukous, Thie Bou Djeune, Wayne State University, Yamoussa Soumah
Festival Season and Politics
December 29, 2009 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton, June/July 2008: Vol. 2, No. 6 Editorial Summer 2008 is yet another festival season and for Calabar Magazine, we return to Commodore Barry Park to our staple ritual of the International African Arts Festival for the 37th year celebration. For the second year in a row, we are the publication partner [...]
2008 - articles, Departments, Editorial|No Comments
Tags: Akili na Moyo, Barack Obama, Bearden and Murray, Brooklyn, Commodore Barry Park, International African Arts Festival, New Jazz Photography Exhibit Inspired by Ellison
Social Media: The 2010 Business Rules
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
An experience with Social Media – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
2009 - articles, Columns, Working Your Creative Enterprise|No Comments
Tags: 2010, calabar imports, calabar magazine, facebook, linkedin, small business, social media, twitter
African Shamanism and Healing in Brooklyn
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Julie R. Spooner, Ph.D. Two years ago, I set out to establish an African-centered healing center in Brooklyn. As a holistically-oriented psychologist, I longed to set up a group practice with other holistic healers along with a yoga center. As I began my outreach efforts to recruit healers, I found myself inundated with folks [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|1 Comment
Tags: African Shamanism, African-centered healing center, Brooklyn, healing, Julie R Spooner, Kemetic, licensed psychologist, Sakhu Healing Arts Center, shamanism, Tehuti
Bites/Tastings: Franklin Avenue
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Wendy Taylor Take a stroll down Franklin Avenue: judging by the number of eateries, new, established and soon to open, it may be on the way to becoming the latest Brooklyn restaurant row. Here’s a sampling of what’s on offer: Opel’s Caribbean Cuisine, 796A Franklin Avenue, 718-771-0635. Delivery and catering. A bright neon sign [...]
Columns, Food & Dining|No Comments
Tags: african food, Brooklyn, caribbean, franklin avenue
Shifting Space
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton, March 2007 Sitting in Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris enroute from Lagos back to Brooklyn, I reflected on my almost three weeks in Lagos, perhaps the most cosmopolitan city of Africa, and realized that the city is regaining the stature and appeal that my American-born mother recalls when she arrived [...]
Stage 4 cancer survivor living her life’s purpose
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Allison Marie Palmer Editor’s Note: This article was published in 2007. Allison Marie Palmer passed away in 2008. We posted this article as a tribute to her, her family and spirit, but most importantly, to inspire others to continue to fight on. On July 22, 2004, I received the most shocking news of my entire [...]
2007 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|No Comments
Tags: adeno-carcinoma, Brooklyn, cancer, debulking, New York, Stage 4 cancer
Lagos in the Sixties
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
By Heloise Annette Oton The Passage to Nigeria How did I get to Lagos, Nigeria? It began in a strange way with my husband. In 1962, Esuakema decided he wanted to return to the Ministry of Information in Lagos after years in New York. So, one early November day, we were off to Lagos on [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|3 Comments
Tags: afang soup, african club, Afrobeat, akara, calabar, coconut rice, eguisi soup and okra soup with gari, Federal Palace Hotel, ghana, High Life, Ibadan, Ikorodu Road, island club, Juju, kola nuts, Lagos, moi moi, Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikwe, oba, Palm Grove Estate, press club, puff puff, Santeria in Cuba and Candomble in Brazil, Tafawa Balewa, tema, Vodoun in Haiti, yoruba