DJs RJ Duran & Adam Gibbons kick it with Ashara & Peju in Denver at their AfroBlu AfterHrs Dance ritual!! deep, deep, deep HOUSE!
Movies
Slam, Spit, Love Jones, Freestyle, Slamnation, Slam Planet - you know, Poetic shit like that!!
Television
Circa "CAFE NUBA" episodes on Denver Open Media (Cable Access) ch 58, AND DISH Network's FreeSpeech TV (channel 9415).
Books
all books! READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heroes
Staceyann Chin, Nercity, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Oscar Brown Jr., Scorpio Blues, Haki Madhubuti, Shihan, Jessica Care Moore, Toni Cade Bambara, Ras Baraka, Audre Lorde, Saul Williams, Lauryn Hill, Digable Planets, Dubois, Aime Cesare, Kola Boof/Naima Bint Harith, Ben Okri, Ismael Rivera, El Hajj Malik Shabazz, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Ayi Kwei Armah, Toni Blackman, Dead Prez, The Last Poets, Jill Scott, Nicholas Guillen, Erykah Badu, Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Ethridge Danticotte, Liza Garza, Ntozake Shange, Bell Hooks, Spike Lee, the 2006 Denver Slam Team! Our own 2007 & 2008 SlamNUBA Teams! Should I go on?!
Cafe Nuba pumped about the AfroBlu Felabration Afterhrs going down 10/17 @ The Union! + It's Yorubawoman's Earthday Party! Posted at 8:33 PM Oct 11 view more
About me: CAFE NUBA "It's Hot & It's Black" Rockin tha' Mic since 1999 is Colorado's "original urban mic!!" Cafe Nuba is an Award-winning quarterly, spoken word, performance art, political prose, indie film space with tight beats and incorporates Open Mic w/ Featured Artists and Invited Guests!! Voted "Best Place to Raise Your Consciousness" & 2006 Mastermind Awardee in Literary Arts by Westword Newspaper. www.CAFENUBA.com
Some of our past guests have included;Oscar Brown, Jr. The Last Poets, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Andrea Gibson, Kevin Powell, Toni Blackman, Staceyann Chin, The Queen Sheba, Ainsley Burrows, muMs, Melvin & Mario VanPeebles, Iya Ta'Shia Asanti, Mahogany L. Browne, Christa Bell, Jamie Kilstein, Ursula Rucker, Amir Sulaiman, Oveous Maximus, M-1 of Dead Prez, Anis Mojgani, Shihan, Sunni Patterson, Liza Garza, Roger Bonair-Agard & MANY MORE!!!
LISTEN to "Cafe Nuba" Every 1st Friday (also online) at www.KGNU.org - 300-330pm mst.
CAFE NUBA is: Featured Performers, Invited Artists & Open Mic! All Backgrounds | Smoke Free | All-Ages | Censor Free
Various Locations!
When 2009: February, May, October, December
Admission is $15 @ the Door | 8PM - 100AM (or so)
Hosted by Ashara Ekundayo aka BluBlakwomyn w/ Guest Emcees! Resident Beatmaker: DJ S.D. Stage Emperor: Maurice "El Negro" Ka
CAFE NUBA: Aimed at cultivating your poetic, intellectual and spiritual palate!
Who I'd like to meet: Creative Individuals, Open Minds, Free Spirits, Artists, Poets, Philanthropists, Musicians, Dee Jays, Emcees, Funky People, Spitters!!!!
WE CUT HEADZ!!!! We celebrate with our 2008 SlamNUBA Team!!
BigUps to: Lucifury, Bobby LeFebre, Ayinde Russell, Panama Soweto and The Original Woman!!!
Saturday, Oct 17th Afroblu 3 Year Anniversary ~ FELABRATION! AFROBLU & Giant Step proudly present FELABRATION! In honor of Fela Kuti's Birthday with Resident DJs RJ Duran, CES, with Special Guest DJ SANTOS(YORUBA RECORDS)
Hey There. Just dropping by to let you know Episode 3 of Habesha Life is out. Check this and the other episodes and please leave a comment on www.habeshalife.com. Peace
ARC AND HUE will hit stores soon. Pre-order your copy for 20% off before 9/1/09. http://lnk.ms/007ZN Look out for the NYC and Chicago release parties in September & October! There will also be a book of lesson plans based on the book. Educators, look out!
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