Papa Wemba, the Congolese King of Rumba, collapsed on stage during a live performance in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire and was later pronounced dead. He was 66. He was a founding member of the legendary band Zaiko Langa Langa, which opened the pre-fight extravaganza for the Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa in 1974. Wemba,…
via One of Africa’s greatest musicians has died on stage — Quartz
Papa Wemba, the Congolese King of Rumba, collapsed on stage during a live performance in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire and was later pronounced dead. He was 66. He was a founding member of the legendary band Zaiko Langa Langa, which opened the pre-fight extravaganza for the Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa in 1974. Wemba,…
via One of Africa’s greatest musicians has died on stage — Quartz
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, “Do you know how there are moments when the world moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting, your mind tumbling? When you think that no matter what happens to you for the rest of your life, you will remember every last detail of that one minute forever?” ― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes […]
It was a year ago that Ram Giri’s home imploded. The earthquakes that killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal in April and May 2015 twisted the brick walls of the two-room structure, spilling the exterior into what had been the family’s living space. Here is a brick-filled cavity where there was once a roof, now…
via Why Nepal Is Still in Rubble a Year After a Devastating Quake — TIME
“My library is an archive of longings.” ― Susan Sontag, http://www.LiberianME.com
Skittles (L) and Duke (C) from the documentary “Check It” (Photo by Toby Oppenheimer)Tray stops talking. His eyes dart to the left. Under his breath, he tells Day Day to follow his gaze, his voice equal parts pressing and excited. The camera pans right to reveal two middle-aged black men strolling by, presumably gay and…
via This documentary about an LGBTQ gang makes a powerful statement about opportunity — Fusion
For the first few months of every year, high school students across the US are in an unceasing state of worry and excitement about where they’re going to go to college. And for almost every one of them, there’s likely a parent—similarly stressed—hovering over their laptops and the mailbox. Sometimes that concern is supportive and…
The Beyhive is abuzz following the news revealed that HBO will air the world premiere of Beyonce’s Lemonade. Both the superstar and network announced in a promotional teaser preview video on YouTube Saturday morning that Lemonade will air April 23 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, with no other information provided as to what it…
Originally posted on Treena Meyers: ??There have been many times in my life that I have walked in the “valley of the shadow of death.” Those valleys took many different forms. At times the valley was a valley of fear; fear of the unknown. At other times it was a valley of loss, whether it…
I will come right out and say it: I have expensive taste—a truly uncanny knack for gravitating toward the most ridiculously overpriced item in any establishment, be it a smoothie with raw cacao and cold-pressed coconut oil, or a cloud grey turtleneck sweater that evokes a sleeping baby alpaca. What I do not have is…
via How to stay in luxury hotel rooms all over the world for less — Quartz
