From our brothers at jamhot
Mal du Pays
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Homesickness is the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from the specific home environment or attachment objects. The term is in origin a loan translation of nostalgia, a learned term coined in Baroque period medicine. The Oxford English Dictionary describes homesickness as a feeling one has when missing home. Feelings of longing are often accompanied by anxiety and depression. These symptoms may range from mild to severe. Homesickness frequently occurs when one travels and may be exacerbated by unfamiliar environments or foreign cultural contexts.
((( abidjan )))
Charles O. Okereke
Monday, July 26, 2010
World of Peace
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Milk and honey, bread and butter,
Jingles of peace and tranquility;
Dominance, oppression, drums of war;
Threads between joy and grief,
In a world of strife and struggles.
Energies abound in mankind;
Fine lines between good and evil;
God’s love and barbarism,
Of His image and predation;
Two way or selfish one lane road.
Blood shed, of the beast;
War drums, echoes of the wild;
Respect, love, cushions of peace;
Peace only silencer of nuclear doom;
Doom yes, nuke threat abound, alarming.
People envy, nations pride;
Race, nationality, of superiority to the sick;
Gun powder, nuke bomb, for control;
Doom seeds, no other, naked truth;
Love and prosperity, reign of world peace.
Morining Glory – Give him some
Friday, July 23, 2010
GIVE THE MAN SUN – on sunday (pics by sarah de burgh)
London and Paris
Friday, July 16, 2010
Check these amazing pics of our dude Theophilus london from Parisian photographer Sarah de burgh
THEO IN PARIS
( photo from Clark magazine)
In loving memory of Nate “Oteka” Henn
Monday, July 12, 2010
Nate Henn was realizing a long-held dream of living in Uganda as an aid worker, writing on his Facebook page recently that he was living the best days of his life in the African country, where he helped educate former child soldiers. I was sick to my stomach when i read this! Having been a volunteer in africa this especially pains me to hear of someone who gave so much of himself to be there in the first place and wound up making the ultimate sacrafice by losing his life while trying to enjoy a game of soccer. The senseless violence is somehow still shocking and horrific!
Traditional You
Sunday, July 11, 2010
African folk is passed down orally from generation to generation, the authors of the songs are usually unknown. African folk music can be played by common local people but in some societies ceremonial music was restricted to professional musicians. These songs severe as maps to african history and guides that continue to preserve it.
West african Folk singer Mamadou Diop pays homage to his home country – Senegal, West Africa:
