My first introduction to Nina Simone was in 1987, when her 1959 recording of 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' was used in a Chanel ad campaign...
Tag: culture
Just Heard: Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud)
I can't remember how old I was when I first heard 'Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)', but I was fairly young, maybe about ten, if not younger...
Just Heard: Songs of protest and revolution
To say it's been a fair while since I've posted to this blog is probably a bit of an understatement. Over the past nine months or so...
Review: Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Morayo Da Silva is a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman living in San Francisco. Approaching her seventy-fifth birthday, she's in good health and enjoying her life...
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