The recent article “Your Body is Teeming with Weed Receptors” in The Scientist about the human cannabinoid system is an excellent introduction to the current state of knowledge and research into this little-known aspect of human physiology that is far… Read More ›
James Ainsworth, interviewed on Weekend Edition with NPR’s Scott Simon. With COVID-19, we are finding that a microscopic virus can reshape our entire economy and change our relationship with Nature and even revive endangered species. Perhaps COVID-19 also offers our society certain positive societal opportunities in the face of its destruction.
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, in his Comedy Central Special, “Lost in Translation.” Trevor Noah is definitely riding high these days. With an improbable rise after surviving apartheid South Africa and a childhood of debilitating poverty in Soweto, within… Read More ›
The late, great, beautiful South African diva, Brenda Fassie. Brenda Fassie – who was once called “Madonna of the Townships” by Time magazine – was one of South Africa’s most renowned divas, as well as one of the country’s most… Read More ›
With her beautifully radiant smile – dancing as she sings – Nina Storey fills the stage with a musical vibrance that touches everyone in the audience. Back at home in Colorado, performing at the Soiled Dove in Denver, Nina seems… Read More ›
Our society is in the midst of a transformation with the use of CBD and cannabis medicine for the treatment of many different kinds of human ailments and illnesses. While many people are discovering and exploring the amazing healing potentials… Read More ›
“The CBD Market Is Booming. What do We Know About the Product?” A Podcast from Joshua Johnson and NPRs 1A There is a quiet revolution happening in American society regarding health, medical treatment and well-being. Its dimensions are staggering and… Read More ›
Mitch McConnell has certainly been a polarizing figure in national politics and one of the most powerful leaders in Washington. He has always been a shrewd partisan, skillfully wielding his political power on behalf of his fellow Republicans and to… Read More ›
We’ve reached a tipping point: after the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter and the movement for racial justice has become a global phenomenon. . This is an article I wrote about the Black Lives Matter movement for the… Read More ›
In “Yeoville in 2 Genres” the late actor, writer and producer John Matshikiza and others describe the multi-racial and multicultural community of Yeoville, in Johannesburg, South Africa and its changing history. In the early 90s, the eyes of the world… Read More ›
Hugh Masekela, April 4, 1939 – January 23, 2018. RIP the great Hugh Masekela. I’ve seen bra Hugh perform many times in South Africa and… Read More ›
Black Panther, a film based on the Marvel comic book series starring Chadwick Bosman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o premiers in February 2018. Afrofuturism is coming of Age. I was a part of the Afrofuturism listserve in the early 2000s… Read More ›
Gompo Community Arts Centre, Duncan Village, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Gompo is one of four Community Arts Centres that were initiated in 1996 through a series of business plans I developed for funding by the national Department of Arts,… Read More ›
Watching the devastation and pain of Hurricane Harvey in Houston and Irma in Florida this past year reminds me of a terrible cyclone in Mozambique in 2000, in which a pregnant African woman climbed a palm tree to escape flooding… Read More ›
Island of Spice 