Amiri Baraka - "Why Is We Americans" (spoken word/poetry)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post showcases the poem/spoken word "Why Is We Americans" by Amiri Baraka (also known as Imamu Amiri Baraka; and LeRoi Jones) Information about Amiri Baraka is...
View ArticleThe African American Sources & Other Sources For The Name "Daisha"
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides information and commentary about the African American sources and other sources for the female name "Daisha" and similarly pronounced female names....
View ArticleDistinctive Names That Are Used By Some African Americans & By Some Mormons
Eited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post lists selected distinctive Mormon names which I believe are also contemporary (1960s to date) distinctive names that are largely found among African...
View ArticleKlass - Map Marye (Haitian Kompas video with lyrics + English translation)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post showcases a video of the 2016 Haitian Kompas song "Map Marye" by Klass.Information about this music group is included in this post along with lyrics for this...
View ArticleAfro- Colombian Mapalé Music & Dance From San Basilio De Palenque
Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases a video of traditional Afro-Colombian music, dancing, and chanting.Information about Colombian palenques and about San Basilio De Palenque in...
View ArticleActress Viola Davis' Powerful Speech At The Women's March 2018, Los Angeles,...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post is a video and an unofficial transcript of Viola Davis' powerful speech at the 2018 Women's March in Los Angeles, California. Other Women's Marches were held...
View ArticleThe Changing Shape Of Women's Afro Hair Styles (with January 2018 Update)
Edited by Azizi PowellUpdate: January 21, 2018[Pancocojams Editor's comment: This pancocojams post was originally published in 2011. I made a few changes and additions to my 2011 written editor's...
View ArticleBusi Mhlongo - Izizwe (a South African song promoting an end to xenophobia)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post showcases a video of a live performance of South African singer and songwriter Busi Mhlongo singing her Maskandi song "Izizwe". Two sound files of House...
View ArticleIgbos' Comments About Names Beginning With "Chi"& About The Frequent Use Of...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams posts provides a compilation of comments about Igbo names from people writing on nairaland.com [Nigerian] online discussion threads about Igbo names. The first...
View ArticleThe Sylvers' 1976 Hit Song "Boogie Fever" And YouTube Comments About Big...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post provides a compilation of comments about big afros (hairstyles) and "dead" audiences on a YouTube discussion thread about The Sylvers' 1976 Midnight Special...
View ArticleRacial Differences In Audience Etiquette
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post focuses on the subject of racial differences in audience etiquette. By "etiquette" I mean understood rules and expectations for proper behavior.Some of the...
View ArticleExamples Of & Comments About The Children's Rhyme "I Like Coffee, I Like Tea,...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams provides examples of and commentary about the children's rhyme "I like coffee, I like tea, I like sitting on a black man's knee". That rhyme is also given as "Do...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Joyous Celebration Choir Featuring Nobathembu Mabeka -...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post showcases a video of a Joyous Celebration Choir (South Africa) featuring soloist Nobathembu Mabeka singing her composition "Ngiphete' Ungqo".Information...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Joyous Celebration Choir - "Hi Hanya Mahala", (video & lyrics)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post is Part I of a two part series on South Africa's Joyous Celebration choir and the Xitsonga (Shangaan) song "Hi Hanya Mahala. Part I of this series showcases...
View ArticleComments From Around The World About The Performance Of "Hi Hanya Mahala" By...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post is Part II of a two part series on South Africa's Joyous Celebration choir and the Xitsonga (Shangaan) song "Hi Hanya Mahala. This post showcases a video of...
View ArticleExcerpt From A 1997 Article About Isicathamiya Music (The Music Style...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post presents an excerpt from "Articles from the 1997 Festival of American FolklifeProgram Book. That article is entitled "Songs of the Night: Isicathamiya Choral...
View ArticlePossible Origins & Meanings Of Names From The 2018 Black Panther Movie
Edited by Azizi PowellThis pancocojams post presents information about the 2018 American movie Black Panther and suggest possible es origins and meanings for the names of various characters from that...
View ArticleDEM's Rendition Of The African American Spiritual "Hold On" with lyrics)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a rendition of the African American Spiritual "Hold On" by DEM.The lyrics to this arrangement and selected comments from this video's discussion thread are...
View ArticleA Sound File Of & Lyrics For A 1960s Prison Work Song Entitled "Jody"
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a filmed rendition of a late 1960s African American prison work song entitled "Jody".The lyrics to this version of this work song are included in this post...
View ArticleVersions Of Three Military Cadences About "Jody":: "Ain’t No Sense In Goin...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases versions of these three military cadences about "Jody":Background information and comments about the character "Jody" in military cadences are also included in...
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