Steady Bomdiggity beats knocking! Kate Bomz clearly has too much to say, but you will hear me though because i speak from the heart! I am your Tanganyikan Cushite delight here to serve you with two scoops of absolute truth and extreme silliness, if you oblige of course? or would you rather afternoon tea? : my drink of choice is a Gin {Bombay Sapphire to be exact} n Tonic. I love a wee bit of everything Politics, music, fashion, photography, sports but what i do love bleedingly a lot—> AFRICA! var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12380563-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} var bt_counter_type=1; var bt_project_id=34014; Kate Bomz | Create Your Badge  Subscribe in a reader Visit Malaika WebTumblr (3.0; @katebomz)http://katebomz.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z-IQGpn-ZFI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>With love from the Comoros. Imany: Please and change</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/xpU-TPrA2SI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/xpU-TPrA2SI/18138104477http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18138104477Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:28:27 -0500Imany MladjaoPlease and ChangeAfricaMusicComorroshttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18138104477<blockquote></blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4q8tbgxA1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4q91MQdb1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4q9aa7Iu1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qbvzMIo1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qc3bqgx1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qcc2Lzv1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qcmthEo1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qdylo4e1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qe9okEX1r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qejn5601r5m37h.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qerkiGC1r5m37h.jpg"/><img height="107" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4qexZkOU1r5m37h.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thricenice.tumblr.com/post/16304666137/people-seem-to-side-with-orwell-i-think-a-portion">thricenice</a>:</p> <p>I think they are <strong>BOTH</strong> right! </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/wZ36elYPnNQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/wZ36elYPnNQ/18124889401http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18124889401Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:06 -0500NWOhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18124889401<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqwgwx4e01qkq4gmo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nyargoro.tumblr.com/post/16901158978/where-has-she-been-all-my-life">nyargoro</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Where has she been all my life?<br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrdfvBVaA8%C2%A0"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrdfvBVaA8%C2%A0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrdfvBVaA8 </a></a></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/RYT4Q0EYvj0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/RYT4Q0EYvj0/18080696779http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18080696779Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:20 -0500http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18080696779<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lFijq9em97Q?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>#254Flow <span>Camp Mulla Presents the 254Low Cypher Volume One entitled ”Dark Forces”</span></p> <p><span>(Globalization is well and kicking!) </span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/KUr7sTOdvt8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/KUr7sTOdvt8/18080591524http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18080591524Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:01:58 -0500KenyaRapCyphaCamp Mullahip hophttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18080591524<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrji19xI31qzcr7ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>FASHION156</strong> - Tata-naka – London Fashion Week AW12 Womenswear<br/><br/>Tribal arts and African culture inspired the bright colours and patterned fabrics in this soulful Tata Naka collection, whilst the styling was a reference to…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/AfWMT72K1Oo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/AfWMT72K1Oo/18029432182http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18029432182Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:54:00 -0500http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18029432182<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S35ggfyWKUE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Sorie Kondi-Without Money No Family (Chief Boima Remix) (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S35ggfyWKUE&feature=share">boima</a>) Thanks to @katebomz for the link.</p> </blockquote> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://studentofafrica.tumblr.com/post/18027884138/sorie-kondi-without-money-no-family-chief-boima">studentofafrica</a>:</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/QP3YOf4wjO4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/QP3YOf4wjO4/18028039099http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18028039099Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:31:41 -0500BoimaSorie KondiWithout Moneyhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18028039099<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr5naVmGu1qzcr7ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The One and Only…lover from Minnesota. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/QJbHCOQ2_ZE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/QJbHCOQ2_ZE/18014685436http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18014685436Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:54:46 -0500Princehttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18014685436<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0nT-u_OXSH0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“<span>So every time. every time we speak English we talk white” </span>International Mother Tongue day post: The brilliant @mayathepoet is back with “Why you talk so white!</p> <p>For more go to <a href="http://mayathepoet.com/"><a href="http://mayathepoet.com/">http://mayathepoet.com/</a></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/PeXeX7BeoOM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/PeXeX7BeoOM/18014287384http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18014287384Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:44:50 -0500Maya WegerifLanguageHarlemPoetry flowSouth AfricaTanzaniahttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18014287384<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr2yuVmXN1qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/18012448908/nina-simone-in-the-drivers-seat-she-was-born-on">vintageblackglamour</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/nina_simone">Nina Simone</a> in the driver’s seat. She was born on this day in 1933.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/ND9J_-Jd2uM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/ND9J_-Jd2uM/18013744682http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18013744682Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:31:03 -0500Nina Simonehttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/18013744682<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17891483?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=000000" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Kinshasa-Set Meditative “White Elephants, A Congo Trilogy” Now In Pre-Production (Watch Trailer)</strong></p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Intriguing new documentary in pre-production from Belgian/Brit <strong>Kristof Bilsen </strong>- a Congo (DRC)-set documentary feature titled <em><strong>White Elephants, A Congo Trilogy </strong></em>(not to be confused with the 2011 <strong>Djimon Hounsou</strong> thriller <em><strong>Elephant White</strong></em>).</p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>The documentary, which is based on a critically-acclaimed short film titled just <em><strong>White Elephants</strong></em>, centers on the <strong>Central Post-Office</strong> in <strong>Kinshasa</strong>, and its employees.</p> <p>Here’s the synopsis:</p> <p><strong>This grandiose relic of the colonial past has trapped its employees in a frozen timewarp from which they are planning their escape. From past to present, through the cracks in the walls, and leaks in the ceilings, we glimpse present-day Congo.</strong></p> <p><strong>via </strong><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://b-sama.tumblr.com/post/17769348981/kinshasa-set-meditative-white-elephants-a-congo">b-sama</a>:</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/R_tXzDfhoWU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/R_tXzDfhoWU/17847636215http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17847636215Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:00:05 -0500Congohttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17847636215<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5r4eKQWy1qf0k6jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. ” -Frida Kahlo</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://falling-forward.tumblr.com/post/17355144470/i-paint-self-portraits-because-i-am-so-often">falling-forward</a>:</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/LhLeWdxaVsQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/LhLeWdxaVsQ/17840169144http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17840169144Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:06 -0500Frida Kahlohttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17840169144<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyy8pa2gGB1qgv17go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beauty</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/SOVB-3Ox5uw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/SOVB-3Ox5uw/17839138703http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17839138703Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:26:23 -0500beautyhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17839138703““Who I am and what I do seems to vary by mod, mood, and mode of expression. I write. I act. I perform. Most of the labels that are projected onto me are seldom how I would choose to refer to myself. Yet, regardless of how much I might dodge classification, the one label that I tote freely is that of being an artist. And it is the art of self expression that has heightened my experience on this planet and fueled my understanding of love, compassion, and humanity.””<br/><br/> - <em>Saul Williams</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/Z9w6NK7tfvM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/Z9w6NK7tfvM/17835177760http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17835177760Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:14:41 -0500saul williamshttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17835177760<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlq1b03rL1qzcr7ao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><span>The Democratic Republic of Congo covers 2,344,858 square km of land in the centre of Africa, making it the 12th largest country in the world.</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17056918">source </a></span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/6RysOLQrAj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/6RysOLQrAj8/17832722238http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17832722238Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:29:34 -0500DRCCONGOCONGO RIVERhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17832722238<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzir6xGyiz1qlokfio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oroma Elewa is killing it! </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/g_OpFTE0NGM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/g_OpFTE0NGM/17831906315http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17831906315Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:14:28 -0500Oroma Elewahttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17831906315<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljknx75Bfv1qixko4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/>The superman of music via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fxckyeahprince.tumblr.com/post/17155911391/th-superman-of-music">fxckyeahprince</a>:cc @funkyfannys</p> <blockquote></blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/BDKn6sfOxFg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/BDKn6sfOxFg/17732066043http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17732066043Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:05 -0500princehttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17732066043<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17728740453/tumblr_lzianyJdOy1qzcr7a&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><span><strong>Oliver Mtukudzi feat Electro People Ndima ndasakura(Re-Edit By Dj Joca Club Life & Dino Miix)</strong></span></p> <p><span><strong><img height="200" src="http://195.178.113.21/mondomixmp3/disk2/artistes/3396/shop-200.jpg" width="200"/><br/></strong></span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/mJMDc82BONM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/mJMDc82BONM/17728740453http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17728740453Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:04:00 -0500MusicAfroHouseremixoliver mtukuzitrackhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17728740453“I feel that as creatives we have a duty to contribute to our communities using art that addresses social issues, advocates awareness and change, which can ultimately open minds to act towards making a difference”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Sindiso Nyoni. </p> <p>Excerpt from nterview with me for OkayAfrica. Read more <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/02/14/an-african-minute-sindiso-nyoni/">here</a></p></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/YGE3cU7DRXk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/YGE3cU7DRXk/17724719298http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17724719298Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:54:00 -0500sindiso NyoniZimbabweanhttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17724719298<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhywaXQZA1qzrix7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>oroma . </p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://missjodie.tumblr.com/post/17717319465/oroma">missjodie</a>:</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/XvOlnCkvWJ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/XvOlnCkvWJ4/17723508248http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17723508248Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:30:38 -0500Oromahttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17723508248<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzi5hpZmII1qzcr7ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the archives: #Tanganyika Independence first issue of Agriculture newspaper</p> <p>“Ukulima wa Kisasa Tanganyika”  first Minister of Agriculture graces the cover.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~4/rgA7i60T70E" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KateBomdiggity/~3/rgA7i60T70E/17722672244http://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17722672244Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:01 -0500TanganyikaArchivesPaul BomaniTanzaniahttp://katebomz.tumblr.com/post/17722672244