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kobina

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About Me

I'm menopausal

My Interests

Writing, Escapism, DJing, Underground Culture, Africa, International Affairs, Music & Movies.

I'd like to meet:


Why would I want to meet with someone? What the hell are you talking about? Look, leave me alone.

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Music:

Foreign Beggars, Prince, J Dilla, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest, CK Mann, Cassandra Wilson, The Roots, 4Hero, The Neptunes/N*E*R*D, wanlov, Nina Simone, John Mayer, Tiombe Lockhart, Led Zepellin, Foreign Beggars, Prince, J Dilla, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest, Cassandra Wilson, The Roots, 4Hero, N*E*R*D, wanlov, Nina Simone, John Mayer, Led Zepellin, Jazzanova, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Fela Kuti, D'Angelo, Madlib, Erykah Badu, Sade, Sting, Isaac Hayes, Roberta Flack, Eska, Coldplay, Bugz in the Attic, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nitin Sawhney, Mos Def/Blackstar, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, The Rebirth, J*Davey, Norah Jones...

Movies:

Coming to America, Jump Tomorrow, City of God, Children of Men, Dogma, Fight Club, American History X, Heritage Africa, Mary Poppins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix Trilogy, Hero, Contact, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Descent, Superman, House Party, White Men Can't Jump...

Television:

My Name is Earl, Arrested Development, Dexter, Everybody Hates Chris, Nip/Tuck, Lost, 24, Scrubs, Heroes, CSI (except Miami), Talking Movies, Monkey Dust, South Park, Seinfeld, Cities of Gold, Alias, Ugly Betty, The X-Files, American Gothic, The Difference, Seinfeld, ER, Buffy, Weeds, Frasier, Chocky, Soul Deep, Afro Samurai...

Books:

Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, The Portable Promised Land, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Ghostwritten/Cloud Atlas, The Trials of Brother Jero, The Dilemma of a Ghost, The Northern Lights series, Black Gold of the Sun, The God Delusion, The Thursday Next Series...

Heroes:

My mother (who has thus far received an OBE, a joint Lifetime Achievement Award (with Gloria Steinem) from EQUALITY NOW, and inclusion on the 'Africa's Top 100 books of the 20th Century' shortlist for her book, 'Cutting the Rose'); my brother Metropolis (from Foreign Beggars), who is my rock; my old English teacher, Mrs. Mugadzaweta; Mandela & Malcolm; Kofi Annan (welcome home) & Kwame Nkrumah; Kofi Awoonor; my friends Charles (RIP), Benjamin Glickstein & Ahmed Akasha; Toure & Kwaku Sakyi Addo; Jacob Sam La Rose; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Parminder Nagra and Naomie Harris (not necessarily heroes, but I've watched them awhile & I'm feeling their trajectory); ?uestlove...

My Blog

'Anti-Slavery Campaign' vs. 'Abolition of the Slave Trade'

There's a great blog post on the always-magnificent Black Nerds Network about William Wilberforce and the difference between: a. the abolition of the slave trade in the UK; andb. the anti-slavery camp...
Posted by kobina on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:08:00 PST

Rainfall

Ghana is beautiful on mornings like this. Looking up from my bed through the window I see a sky full of dark clouds, the sun's light so muted I have to flick a switch to see everything clearly. Its ha...
Posted by kobina on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:14:00 PST

How the Celebrations Went...

I wasn't going to type a damn thing about it but seeing as so many people have asked for something about how the celebrations went down, here goes... The day itself was great. We had two days off and...
Posted by kobina on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:22:00 PST

Ghana's 50th Celebrations

Lots of people have been asking me about what's happening in Ghana this March for the celebration of Ghana's 50th anniversary so I figured I'd post a quick bulletin.The government is rumoured to be sp...
Posted by kobina on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:33:00 PST

The Great Disconnect (aka. The "wow... he DOES suck" Lists)

Top 10 Reasons Kobina Gave Up On Music and Killed Que? 1. Soulseek not having worked on his laptop since he installed Internet Explorer 7.0 (COLD turkey...) 2. Finding no one to exchange, discuss &...
Posted by kobina on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:42:00 PST

Arrival and Revival

Hey there People   Sorry for the week and a half's worth of silence. In between diving in at the deep end at 'the Business', reacquainting myself with family, strangers, staff, mosquitoes, things...
Posted by kobina on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:42:00 PST

Stray Point Agenda

Have you ever been asked by a friend to tell them what you think about their brother/sister/cousin/pet llama's music and found yourself nodding and saying something along the lines of 'yes... it's ver...
Posted by kobina on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:08:00 PST

DEPARTURE DATE: Friday the 13th

... is the day I have finally picked to head back home, dear friends. Booked the ticket today so this time it's FOR REAL and I must say that, as much as I will miss you guys (give yourselves a hand, p...
Posted by kobina on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:39:00 PST