The Groundings With My Brothers
Diane Abbott stares down a jester…
Ishaq Imruh Bakari
a most eloquent voice
has spoken from the decorated
anchored in his honours
a bona fide member of empire
has spoken from his pedestal
there is no need now to shout
back or front it is what it is
with help from hooded tabloids
all is fair if draped in Christian
prayer and writ of right to own
a most generous soul
among financial pillars
the jester is no jester
he knows the stakes are high
he knows the loss of stock pains
the mind and empty heritage chest
he knows the stare of nostalgia
he knows the sight of an empty mirror
filled with attic fantasies from a plantation
he knows the bluffing has to end
he knows the auction block is all
that will remain of his coliseum
he knows the catechism is no more
he knows the cat of nine tails has only one
useless life waiting to be pampered as a pet
with the spittle shared
among the apologetic
the jester is no jester
he is a moderate
in the party politic
he is graceful
all is rag and bone
behind the brawn / behind the bristle
from
Taking A Stand: Gus John Speaks on Education, race, social action & civil unrest
Diane Abbott stares down a jester…
Ishaq Imruh Bakari
a most eloquent voice
has spoken from the decorated
anchored in his honours
a bona fide member of empire
has spoken from his pedestal
there is no need now to shout
back or front it is what it is
with help from hooded tabloids
all is fair if draped in Christian
prayer and writ of right to own
a most generous soul
among financial pillars
the jester is no jester
he knows the stakes are high
he knows the loss of stock pains
the mind and empty heritage chest
he knows the stare of nostalgia
he knows the sight of an empty mirror
filled with attic fantasies from a plantation
he knows the bluffing has to end
he knows the auction block is all
that will remain of his coliseum
he knows the catechism is no more
he knows the cat of nine tails has only one
useless life waiting to be pampered as a pet
with the spittle shared
among the apologetic
the jester is no jester
he is a moderate
in the party politic
he is graceful
all is rag and
Imruh Bakari, Mbye Cham, African Experiences of Cinema
African Experiences of Cinema by Imruh Bakari; Mbye Cham Review by: Martin Stollery Film Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Winter, ), pp. Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: . Accessed: 07/10/ Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@ . University of California Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Film Quarterly. Book Reviews African Experiences of Cinema Edited by Imruh Bakari and Mbye Cham. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press/BFI, $ cloth; $ paper. This astute compilation brings together a number of importantbut previously scattered essays and documents as well as recently written or newly translated material. The latter in particularforeground some of the emergent agenda
Scenes from a hostile environment: a history of Black British protest film and television
This feature is also published in the September issue of Sight & Sound, on sale now.
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Shortly after midnight on 17 May , Kelso Cochrane, a Black Antiguan expatriate to Britain who lived and worked as a carpenter in Notting Hill, was attacked by a gang of three white youths who stabbed him to death with a stiletto knife.
This shocking murder followed on the heels of the previous year’s race riots in the same West London district, which was a stronghold for fascist organisations such as the White Defence League and Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement. The week-long disturbances in August ’58 were sparked by the racist backlash against the presence of members of the Windrush generation. These people of the Commonwealth, many of whom came from the Caribbean (including my paternal grandparents, who moved to London from St Andrew, Jamaica, in late ), were invited by the British government to help rebuild the postwar economy, but on arrival faced overt and covert hostility, discrimination in housing and employment, and p
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