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AfroPoP Election Special to Air on Public TV (video)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

As the USA head into our own presidential elections in November 2012, others are shining a light on stories from diverse corners of the African Diaspora, the series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange brings you an election season special, An African Election, on Monday, October 1 at 6:30pm ET on the 24/7 public television channel WORLD. Continue reading →

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Haitian Filmmakers Respond From ‘The Other Side…’

Posted on December 23, 2010 by | 1 Comment

On December 19 when popular hip hop deejay Cipha Sounds of New York’s Hot 97 claimed he was HIV negative because he doesn’t “mess with Haitian women,” he may not have realized the long, ugly history of stigmatizing Haitian-Americans in which he was taking part. Continue reading →

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AfroPoP TV with Anika Noni Rose

Posted on February 3, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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A film featuring fighter Joshua Clottey, who is currently preparing to battle Manny Pacquiao for the WBO Welterweight title on March 13, will air in February on public television. The Fighting Spirit, a film by George Amponsah, will lead off the second season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate  Cultural Exchange, the weekly innovative documentary series on contemporary life, art and pop culture across the African Diaspora. AfroPoP is hosted by Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose (Harlem resident), produced by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and co-presented by American Public Television (APT).

The documentary takes viewers to Clottey’s home in Bukom, a poor district in Ghana ‘s capital city of Accra , which has produced about five percent of the world’s champion and Olympic medaled boxers. Grounded in a long cultural tradition of wrestling that over the years developed into boxing, Bukom trains young people to fight–and win. The film follows Clottey in America as he trains and competes for an earlier world title match. Continue reading →

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