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Stephanie Mwandisi Gadlin

stephanie mwandisi gadlin is a Chicago-based writer who focuses on cultural and socio-political issues. In a past life she served as national press secretary to the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. e-Mail: [email protected]

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HIP HOP’S (UNSPOKEN) TEN COMMANDMENTS- RE-PRINT

By Stephanie Mwandisi Gadlin

Reprinted from Davey D’s FNV Newsletter Famed Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiongo once remarked: “…Language carries culture and culture carries, particularly through orature and literature, the entire body of values by which we perceive ourselves and our place in the world.” Interesting perspective. If language carries a people’s culture and therefore projects a people’s cultural…

Reprinted from Davey D's FNV Newsletter Famed Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiongo once remarked: "...Language carries culture and culture carries, particularly through orature and literature, the…

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