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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Liberia (And More)

by David Sasaki | Mar 18, 2009 | English

I know, I know. There are so many countries in the world and so few hours in the day. But there are a few special reasons – especially for Americans – to invest some time in getting to know Liberia. First of all, as all Liberians will tell you, America and...

The Hip-Hop Aesthetic

by David Sasaki | Mar 2, 2009 | English, Podcast (English)

I’m getting ready to write my review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Beautiful Struggle. In the same way that Kwame Dawes describes his style of writing as having a “reggae aesthetic”, it’s clear that Coates is trying to craft a hip-hop...

Cornel West Loves Madagascar. (Me too)

by David Sasaki | Sep 15, 2008 | English

Greetings from Madagascar. So far I love it. And I’m not the only one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West

[Music] Oakland Represent

by David Sasaki | Aug 20, 2008 | English

Two new songs from Oakland artists: Via Revaz, The Grouch’s ARTSY (Give that man a Wikipedia page!): Via Britt, Michael Franti’s Say Hey:

[Podcast] Reconnect

by David Sasaki | Feb 25, 2008 | English, Podcast (English)

I’m about to head out to Miami for a week of We Media, which means even more blogging about blogging in the near future. But first, Revaz and I tried to impress one another with some hidden musical gems. Here’s what we came up with. Enjoy....

[Video] In which La Loma Hip-Hop Star Jorge Jurado Gives a Shoutout to Oso

by David Sasaki | Jan 25, 2008 | English, Español, Music, Rising Voices, Video

All this blah-blah-blah about citizen media and the democratization of participatory communication … all the traveling and the workshops and the guides and conference panels … the true end-goal of it all … the dream … the mecca … was to...

by David Sasaki | Jan 17, 2008 | Español, Podcast (Spanish), Video

Cuando subes a un autobus aquí en Medellin puede ser mucho más que transporte público. Dependiendo de tu gusto musical, a veces te toca el placer (o la mala suerte) de un concierto de rap. Aunque la cultura de hip hop ya es algo fuerte, pocas son...