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While hanging at my favorite online abode - BLACK SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY - ... ran into a member who is bringing the consciousness to speculative fiction. Follow the link.
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Here is an interview Sophia Stewart did yesterday on one of the many great Blogtalk Radio programs available. She states on this very recent interview, that her Utah case overturned her previous cases, and therefore she won both cases; says she has given documentation to the host of the program. I'm going to do some digging....

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... when you land on the page, scroll down just a little bit and take a listen. Very metaphysical sistah here. I dig the way her mind works.

If you are looking for a great alternative to the mindless hyper violent games saturating the market, then look no further. read more

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Okay, so the above picture is from www.blogtalkradio.com. I slapped it up there, because Sophia Stewart; affectionately known as the 'Mother of the Matrix', was set to be interviewed on the The Isis Wisdom Show!!!! Word on the street is that her case is going in a positive direction for her. Okay ... so I'm all set to listen to the show; the sister is getting ready to drop the usual metaphysical science, and guess what .... the whole damn site goes down!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure the site will go back up shortly, but damn ... who owns blogtalkradio? Is it Time-Warner?

Anyway, back to work...

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Okay ... so I told y'all on my previous post that I'm taking a break; getting the urge to create again, but yeah ... I'm recharging the batteries. So anyway, during my perpetual search for speculative fiction from the African diaspora, I luck-up on Mack Reynolds. I've never heard of this guy ... have no idea what race he is. It was the title of the first piece that caught my eye. "Blackman's Burden." Right ... now peep the sub-title of the second novel, "Africa blazes in tomorrow's world".

"Given the growing attention to postcolonial SF in recent years, it's a surprising oversight. Reynolds' novels describe a near-future Africa that has been abandoned by the developed world. With the exception of a few unfunded, below-the-radar humanitarian teams from the Reunited Nations, the people of Africa are on their own—until one of those teams decides to take the reigns of the struggling continent and give it a united government that works. Homer Crawford, an African-American aid worker, rechristens himself "El Hassan" and becomes Africa's benevolent tyrant. There's more than a little paternalism in the concept, but you get the sense that Reynolds is aware of the irony of this postcolonial intrusiveness. Ultimately, the idea comes across as a kind of philosopher-king utopianism: it asks, why can't we just make things work?"

Naturally I had to snag both copies. Can't wait to read them. I just hope they arrive before the creation-lust flood my spare time... read more

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I'm kinda taking a break from the creative process. And just in time too. Over at our sister site, I was made privy to an outstanding web page. Djehuty Graphics! The above pic is just one of the stunning images found on this site. Djehuty Graphics even features an online graphic novel detailing the history of humanity. Naturally I've added the link to Djehuty Graphics to this site, as well as our companion site, NETERS. Read more.

Oni Ise Owo from Kenneth Coker on Vimeo.

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Recently, I lucked on a great site called, African Digital Art. So I made a stop there today and "discovered" Kenneth Coker. The above video is just some of his work... see more.

I'm glad I found African Digital Art, and naturally I had to add it to my links page!

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This is one of my favorite short movies. I found it while searching the web for African Centered speculative fiction. It took me a minute, but I've found it's creator ... a brother named, Jabari Hall-Smith. He is a creator of Afrofuturism. read more.

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... nbc's KINGS is my favorite television show. It's layered with deep characters and has a vast history that permeates an alternate world: in a country currently ending a costly war. I watched the first episode in awe ... noting the Judeo-Christian themes blending in and out the series. I jumped on over to the nbc web site, and confirmed my observations. KINGS is a modern re-telling of David and Goliath.

This time, the country is Gilboa, it's capital, Shiloh. A cosmopolitan nation at odds with a country not-so-lucky ... Gath. I'm a big fan of world building - see my own works - so KINGS is right up my alley.





The characters are rich. Two of whom are Black; not sure what race they are called in this alternative universe, anyway, the roles they play are juicy enough. Especially The role played by Eamonn Walker. In KINGS, he is known as Rev. Ephram Samuels - a counterpart to the biblical prophet Samual. Rev. Ephram Samuels and King Silas Benjamin are at odds ... though it appears that the Rev. was at one point instrumental in helping King Silas attain power.



The other 'Black' character is the beautiful Thomasina. Played by Marlyne Afflack, she is the Palace Secretary. She holds the King's trust, and in my opinion, commands a certain power in her own right.



KINGS is something special. I look forward to future episodes; I will purchase the series once the DVD drops, and right now; other than The Fringe, it's the only show I look forward to watching on television...