by Charles Mudede Newcleus
In a recent post, I characterized the Afrocentric movement as being primarily preoccupied with challenging the whiteness of Western Civilization. This is indeed true, but certainly not the whole picture. There were movements within Afrocentricism that were and still are about blending black African culture and heritage with black American styles and sounds. This was certainly the mode of the Native Tongues collective (Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Moni Love, De La So
In a recent post, I characterized the Afrocentric movement as being primarily preoccupied with challenging the whiteness of Western Civilization. This is indeed true, but certainly not the whole picture. There were movements within Afrocentricism that were and still are about blending black African culture and heritage with black American styles and sounds. This was certainly the mode of the Native Tongues collective (Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Moni Love, De La So