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GeneralExcuse your privilege, madam
‘’Oh, you study political science? Well you are lucky, I bet you’ll get no trouble finding a job’’, the mother of nice-looking 14-year old blonde girl, whom I just met in line…
GeneralN.E.R.D New Album Featuring Kendrick, André 3000, M.I.A., More
Black people magic is upon us! Our favorite skater crew N.E.R.D is back and with pure fire! Last week we were blessed with a new single, Lemon (Heey Beyonce!) and we heard…
GeneralHow I rekindled with hiphop by watching the women of Love & Hip Hop
Call me old-fashioned but I don’t fucks with the 'chains, Bugatti’s and million dollar rings' kind of hiphop. I fell in love with the hiphop of Common. The way he used a…
GeneralThe Search for African countries on Spotify
An ear worm. According to Wikipedia : 'an catchy piece of music that continuously repeats through your mind after it is no longer playing' . As you can imagine, this can be…
PhotographyEmbracing and Celebrating Coily Hair
“Good hair means curls and waves. Bad hair means you look like a slave” A quote from the well-known song I Am Not My Hair by India Arie and a phrase some of us, like myself,…
MusicAlkebulan in the City: Utrecht
This week, our reporter Patrick has been walking the streets of a Dutch city again with the intend to get people to start a new kind of conversation again. “What does culture…
MusicAlkebulan In The City: Leiden
Every week, one of our reporters is going to visit one of the cities in Holland to ask people on the street about their opinion about certain subjects. For this first week, I,…
GeneralThe Citizens Of Alkebulan Festival is coming!
For the past few months, a group of young creatives have been working non-stop to put together the ultimate celebrational day: Citizens of Alkebulan Festival. On the 8 th of…
GeneralInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Today, March 21st, is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which started years ago in South Africa. In 1960, on the exact same date, 69 people…
General10 OF OUR FAVOURITE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO FOLLOW
Alkebulan has been on the interwebs for some time now and in order to do what we do, which is changing the image of Africa, we need to be inspired! These are the people that…
NewsPHILOU LOUZOLO NEW CURATOR FOR 22TRACKS
We are very proud to say that Philou Louzolo, family member of Alkebulan since day one, will be curating his very own playlist on 22tracks in Amsterdam. Philou Louzolo bleeped…
GeneralBILL COSBY GOT ME MAD
Dear Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc etc (male) friends, I feel like I needed to say this. So please read carefully: NO! Cosby does not have and will never have my vote or…