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Drum Magazine Ghana 1969

Belatedly, some notes on the year 1969 in Ghana, as viewed through the lens of Drum magazine... (see slideshow)I spent some time scanning images from a year's worth of issues of the Ghana edition of Drum magazine. Truth be told, losing myself in the pages was a bit of

Maxwell's Suite

For the record, the best $3.13 I've ever spent was for a copy of Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite in May 1996 dug out of a remainder bin in a dusty record store (now defunct) in Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. I remember very clearly looking at the cover and

Mindless Speculation

I. GeopoliticsThe fellow with the fufu usually moves over to the man with the soup, never the other way around.— Elechi Amadi, The Great PondsThis delightful Nigerian saying distills a lot of economic insight - and it translates quite well even if you've never had the pleasure of eating

Mood Markers

These three songs and a stanza captured much of my mood over the past week. I wonder, what was your soul therapy?Winter in America by Gil Scot-Heron and Brian JacksonThe full lyrics paint a picture of decline and fall. A harsh season has arrived early and, from all appearances,

Sunday Night with Amel Larrieux

Soul singers seem to dig Oakland. Something about the city's vibe resonates with them. Their appreciation is always reciprocated and audiences move rapidly from laidback contemplation to active engagement. Somehow I managed to catch Amel Larrieux and her five piece band last Sunday night in performance at Yoshi's in

A Seminal Lunacy

No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product of the free choice and decision of hundreds of thousands of individuals. The latter were not led to the slaughter. They were impelled to it by the

Bite-sized

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.- Saki, The Comments of Moung KaIt's so convenient when one can tell the truth. - Graham Greene, Travels with my auntHonesty hath no fence against superior cunning. - Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's TravelsIt is always a relief to believe what is pleasant,

Lunchtime Heist

Something didn't look right. There he was on his hands and knees in the corner next to the ATM ten feet inside the burger joint. It gave you a little pause but you thought you'd proceed regardless. Someone at the front table was muttering something to him, the sounds

Timepieces

I present the following item from the Remembrance of Rogues Past collection: a campaign watch for the YEAA '98 campaign, namely the Youth Energetically Advocating Abacha shell organization that supposedly was spontaneously formed to campaign for that suffocating, murderous and dictatorial rogue, General Sani Abacha — late, unlamented and

By Way of Ionesco

It must have been a few months ago, I was heading home after work; it was the usual thing, a perfectly ordinary evening. As usual, I was fumbling with my various bags, headphones and such. As I switched trains at Oakland, my sharp elbows ensured that I obtained a

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