var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25875554-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @africanism)http://africanism.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IUK8emiWabU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>The folk guitar legend Elizabeth Cotten, playing <em>Freight Train</em>.</strong></p> <p><em> Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_bass" title="Alternating bass" target="_blank">alternating bass</a> style has become known as “Cotten picking”.</em></p>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/51200271957http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/51200271957Fri, 24 May 2013 05:23:12 +0200freight trainelizabeth cottenlibbafolkbluesmusic“I could not move, because history had glued me to the seat. It felt like Sojourner Truth’s hands were pushing me down to one shoulder and Harriet Tubman’s hands were pushing me down on another shoulder, and I could not move.”<br/><br/> - <em>15-year old Claudette Colvin, “the other Rosa Parks”</em>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/51196147613http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/51196147613Fri, 24 May 2013 04:27:17 +0200africanismfeminismclaudette colvinrosa parksinterviewquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b743f15814191e14e7c0fda737fedf2/tumblr_mlbj8y0YiX1qcxjv8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48966041391http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48966041391Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:19:06 +0200tupacmusicphoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9deada3843db102056c66b52764f0bfb/tumblr_mlksyiwlau1qbg2pgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://supermodelshrine.tumblr.com/post/48474957774/iman-by-hans-feurer-1983" target="_blank">supermodelshrine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Iman by Hans Feurer, 1983</p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48965761690http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48965761690Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:14:58 +0200modelsIman<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/64121336?color=ff0179" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artismyhustle.tumblr.com/post/48799006206/afronauts" target="_blank">artismyhustle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>AFRO</strong>NAUTS</p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48965051613http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48965051613Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:04:29 +0200afronautsfrances bodomoafricanismvideoart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c2627b9418a2c29de73459d8c3a130a/tumblr_mls3dnJBtU1qcntmyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964891031http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964891031Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:02:06 +0200Georgie Badielmodels<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiklmeUh81qbe9fbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964858800http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964858800Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:01:39 +0200photokid“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.””<br/><br/> - <em>Desmond Tutu (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.ourafricablog.com/" target="_blank">ourafrica</a>)</em>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964526989http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964526989Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:56:50 +0200quotedesmond tutu<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5z0nkm6W1r5lbqdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964370532http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/48964370532Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:54:31 +0200photoafricanism“I cross out words so you will see them more ; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.influencia.net/fr/actualites1/observatoire-influencia,que-basquiat-nous-dirait-propos-transparence-...,47,3154.html" target="_blank">Jean-Michel Basquiat</a></em>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/41096720362http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/41096720362Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:35:43 +0100basquiatquoteart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad8dfef5ef325f81c3a44cd5dcd31b33/tumblr_mes6ekQqBI1qbrimro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38091894056http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38091894056Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:25:20 +0100danceafricanism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdi1pwzLk21r72go4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdi1pwzLk21r72go4o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38091126922http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38091126922Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:15:57 +0100photomodelafricanism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c38bf053e00501762eb583568eca0156/tumblr_metukjN1kq1qbt20xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://marquestoliver.tumblr.com/post/37647743765/to-be-a-musician-you-must-live-in-realities-the" target="_blank">marquestoliver</a>:</p> <ul><li><em>To be a musician you must live in realities the others do not think exist. </em></li> </ul><div></div> <div>Photo by Morgan Moller</div>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38089810796http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38089810796Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:00:10 +0100marques toliverquotemusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/798214a9ba8665271b80bdcb19994460/tumblr_mer97p5tHY1r38hk2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://funnywildlife.tumblr.com/post/37542956321/my-fav-leopard-by-mangini-adalberto-laura-on" target="_blank">funnywildlife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manginiadalberto/8208413301/" title="My fav leopard!" target="_blank">My fav leopard!</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manginiadalberto/" target="_blank">Mangini Adalberto & Laura</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>#Nature#Photo#Chobe#Botswana</p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38087437329http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38087437329Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:30:55 +0100africanismleopardphotoanimals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa61f923d41f7ba3d48b433d3406a463/tumblr_mevqy4eGzj1reul9wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Young Bob.</p>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38087092456http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38087092456Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:26:41 +0100Bob Marleyb&amp;wportraitmusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09764ef873e9f5f040ef2be34d8b1371/tumblr_meu6i8YgDb1qa6gj7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Joan Smalls.</p>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086994314http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086994314Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:25:29 +0100Joan Smallsmodels<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekoshAaP21qlciaso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dantebykiko.tumblr.com/post/37273909928/alek-wek-wearing-yohji-yamamoto-elle-august" target="_blank">dantebykiko</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Alek Wek wearing Yohji Yamamoto. Elle, August 1998.</em></p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086709147http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086709147Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:21:58 +0100alek wekfashionyohji yamamotomodels<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c33f9587ac772e3d10dab39b7e317dc8/tumblr_mf0aqurxMd1qbxwd3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://staysuckafree.tumblr.com/post/37892486228" target="_blank">staysuckafree</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>© Mambu Bayoh</p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086451371http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086451371Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:18:51 +0100photoMambu Bayoh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a77609c97a3c20676e2865bf9c9f474/tumblr_mexlyke7u21r5dgwko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e872e54fb3a664929746fb0103c1e156/tumblr_mexlyke7u21r5dgwko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Braids.</p>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086339565http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086339565Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:17:28 +0100braidsafricanism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c41efd147980b13f0ef0e49acf2d7249/tumblr_mf1trmlepL1r4whgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2536b26be045d9bd7e5cc3a03d6f1ac/tumblr_mf1trmlepL1r4whgbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10450618be4b60bd43b0606648765927/tumblr_mf1trmlepL1r4whgbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff8d17fd39f31f58abd5ff8d30605424/tumblr_mf1trmlepL1r4whgbo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rcruzniemiec.tumblr.com/post/37947919327/cats-mark-laita" target="_blank">rcruzniemiec</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Cats</strong> <a href="http://www.marklaita.com/animals.php" target="_blank">Mark Laita</a></p> </blockquote>http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086136468http://africanism.tumblr.com/post/38086136468Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:14:59 +0100africanism