Islam is at the heart of an emerging global anti-hegemonic culture that combines diasporic and local cultural elements, and blends Arab, Islamic, black and Hispanic factors to generate "a revolutionary black, Asian and Hispanic globalization, with its own dynamic counter-modernity constructed in order to fight global imperialism. (say what!)
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
black, but comely
Al-Ahram: Black, but comely by Gamal Nkrumah eulogizes the black Arab singer Tarfa Abdel-Kheir Adam, or Itab (her stage name).
Great article. My friends call the Black Kuwaitis Buwaitis. Some even have the swagger of African Americans. Call it globalization, or call it genetics, I dunno. I'm really interested in exploring the history of Afro-Arabs (as some scholars are calling them)
You might be interested in checking out the Third Resurrection group blog then. The members haven't updated it in a while, and the emphasis is more on African-American (or Blackamerican) orthodox Muslims. But we've definitely put things up there about people of AFrican-descent in the Arab/Muslim world.
Great article. My friends call the Black Kuwaitis Buwaitis. Some even have the swagger of African Americans. Call it globalization, or call it genetics, I dunno. I'm really interested in exploring the history of Afro-Arabs (as some scholars are calling them)
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