December 2018

5 Dec

Astro-Yardies & Algoriddims: An Introduction to Jamaican Afrofuturism

             Still from Grace Jones' "Slave To The Rhythm" video. (Island/Manhattan 1985) by Richard Wright, MA a day ago in HISTORY | Beat Media (Alla this. ALL OF IT!) From the Black Star Line Legacies of Marcus Garvey to Grace Jones and Beyond I have an otherworldly memory from my young boyhood in Kingston, Jamaica. This was in the late 70s, and our family had recently moved there from New York City. I was navigating so many cultural shifts. It was...
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