http://blackfood.org/store LOVE, UNITY, REVOLUTION Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:15:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Keisha Lynne Ellis THE 1960s and 70s were a revolutionary epoch for the “New World”, and during this time a number of Caribbean countries gained independence. Unfortunately many of these countries, specifically The Bahamas, have kept themselves yoked to imperialist ideology by the tourism industry. During its march ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/07/09/tourism-and-neo-colonialism/ By Charo R. Walker BlackFood.org News Reporter I’M NOT an expert when it comes to sports. But I know this to be true. Every human has the right to make what s/he feels is the best decision for her/him. Last night when LeBron James decided that he would leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/07/09/king-james-oscar-grant-white-power/ By Helen Klonaris FOR YEARS I had been envisioning a school or center of sorts where writing and social justice work might come together. Unable to sustain my writing life in Nassau, for various reasons (another story, really), I left Nassau in 2005 in pursuit of a Masters of Fine Arts ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/06/13/bahamas-writers-summer-institute-2010/ By Seven-S.O.S. IF YOU look around today you will see many people who appear to be discontented with their Blackness. The amount of Black women and in some cases Black men who are resorting to “bleaching” their skin is very disheartening. I know we live in a fashion conscious society, but we should ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/06/13/embracing-blackness/ By Charo R. Walker BlackFood.org News Reporter IN APRIL 2009 when Jamaican poet Mutabaruka visited The Bahamas he urged the community to “challenge the “illusions” that black people based their lives on and the things that we teach our children.” A little over a year later, his charge is still ringing like ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/06/13/qubtic-church-of-the-black-messiah-opens-in-the-bahamas/ By Santino Higgs BlackFood.org News Reporter FACEBOOK can be a great tool to socialize, advertize, and quite frankly waste time. In The Bahamas, on one hand Facebook is being used by Bahamians to keep in contact with family and friends both locally and abroad. And on the other hand, Facebook has become an ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/05/26/facebook-and-the-bahamas/ By Chairman Omali Yeshitela The following is a presentation made by APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela at a May 19, 1977 Malcolm X commemoration program in Tampa, Florida. It has been re-printed from UhuruNews.com with the permission of the editors. Had Malcolm X not been assassinated he would have celebrated his 85th birthday ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/05/25/long-live-malcolm-x-revolutionary-martyr-and-true-african-internationalist/ By Bertin M. Louis, Jr. Permission was given by Dr. Louis to re-print the following article which first appeared in The Immanent Frame. ON JANUARY 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and other parts of Haiti. The day after this catastrophe, Reverend Pat Robertson, the host of the 700 ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/05/25/haitis-pact-with-the-devil-some-haitians-believe-this-too/ Reflections by comrade Fidel LEAVING aside the problems afflicting human beings today, our Homeland had the privilege of being the cradle of one of the most extraordinary thinkers born in this hemisphere: Jose Marti. Tomorrow, May 19th, will be 115th anniversary of his glorious death. It would not be possible to appreciate the ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/05/25/the-historical-significane-of-jose-martis-death/ By Charo R. Walker BlackFood.org News Reporter PROLIFC writer, dub poet and spoken word artist are the words that Seven S.O.S. uses to describe himself. Right now, he’s burning up Facebook with verses that he shares via video and is also set to release an album in July. Though he covers a spectrum ... http://blackfood.org/store/2010/05/19/face-to-face-with-spoken-word-artist-seven-s-o-s/