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A tour of "Bamako Sur Seine," the African neighborhoods of Paris. Filmed by Ayesha Wise (February 2024).

Alassane Aboulaye Dia speaks about his book "The Power of Peace and Love: An African Tale of Wisdom" in Bellingham, Washington (Village Books, Fairhaven) on December 4, 2023. Kelly Magee is the moderator,

Christopher Wise speaks on the poetry of Mahmud Darwish and Yehuda Amichai on the theme of the Law of Return vs. the Right of Return in Israel and Palestine in the context of the Fall 2023 conflict in Gaza. Wise's talk was given at the University of Arizona Law School to NILSA law students (Native & Indigenous Law Students Association) in Tucson, Arizona on November 7, 2023.

Robert Lashley reads from his poetry and fields questions at Western Washington University on October 24, 2023. Professor Alassane Abdoulaye Dia, a visiting faculty member in the English Department at WWU, hosts the event in his African American Literature course. Lashley is the author of "I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer," which is available from Demersal Publishing at demersalpublishing....

An interview with poet and novelist Robert Lashley about his debut novel, "I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer," conducted by Professor Alassane Abdoulaye Dia at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, on October 24, 2023. Sponsored by the English Department. Lashley's novel is available from Demersal Publishing at demersalpublishing.com/9798988180906

Images of a Tijaniyya rug shop in Fez, Morocco in March 2022, across the street from the Zawiya of Ahmad Al Tijani, founder of of the Tijaniyya Sufi order. Filmed and edited by Ayesha Wise.

Images from Jewish Morocco, March 2022. Filmed and edited by Ayesha Wise.

These are the tombs of the family of the Sultan Sulay Ahmad Mansour, who ruled in the era of the Sa'adian Dynasty during the mid-16th century. They are located in the Casbah of Marrakech, Morocco, near the Badia Palace. Sulay Ahmad was the Sultan who sent an army of renegade Christian mercenaries from Spain to attack the Songhay Dynasty of the Askiyas and subject the Songhay to his rule. He cla...

A brief film of the Badia Palace in the Casbah of Marrakech, Morocco. This palace was commissioned by Sultan Sulay Ahmad Mansour in the mid-16th century. Sulay Ahmad Mansour was the Sultan who commissioned an army of renegade Christians in Spain, led by the eunuch Jawdar, to destroy the Songhay Dynasty of the Askiyas. The renowned black Songhay Timbuktu scholar Ahmad Baba was brought here in ch...

A brief video of the haunts of Beat writers in Tangier, Morocco. Filmed and ended by Ayesha Wise in March 2022.

A brief film on the American Legation of Tangier, Morocco. The American Legation in Tangier is a National Historic Landmark that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was established in 1821 (Sultan Muhammad Ibn Abdullah recognized U.S. independence from Great Britain in 1777, making Morocco the first nation to formally acknowledge U.S. sovereignty.) The video features ...

This video features a brief discussion with an adept of Al Hajj Umar Tall in Fez, Morocco at the Zawiya of Ahmad Al Tijani. The discussion focuses on the experiences of Umarian Tijaniyya of Senegal in Fez, Morocco. Filmed and edited by Ayesha Wise in March 2022.

A brief film tour of the tomb of Ahmad Al Tijani at the Tijaniyya Zawiyya in Fez, Morocco. Ahmad Al Tijani is the founder of the Tijaniyya order. His tomb is a pilgrimage site for Tijaniyya Muslims of all nationalities, but especially Moroccans, Senegalese, Malians, Gambian, Burkinabè, Ivorian (and other Sahelian and Maghrebian origins). Filmed and edited by Ayesha Wise in March 2022.

Lobi Traore, Segou

Lobi Traoré, Bambara Blues

Sidiki Diabate and Ensemble, Batogoma

Bien Nal du Mali, Vol. 1

Umarian Tijaniyya Alwaar, Senegal 2008

Demba Moudou, Ali Farka Touré, Guidado Diallo, "Djimbala" [NE PAS ÉCOUTER APRÈS MINUIT!]

Entrevue avec El Hadjj Tall Sékou 1997: Yambo Ouologuem [français]

"El Hadji Sékou Oumar Tall," Lamine Conta & Molobali Traoré. [Mali Music]

Badini Karim dit Yegdyanga (Mossi, Burkina Faso Music)

Yambo Ouologuem, The Duty of Violence, Part Two

Yambo Ouologuem, The Duty of Violence, Part One

Mohamed Hamri & Joujouka

Kerouac In Tangier

Paul Bowles, Their Heads Are Green

Mohamed Choukri, For Bread Alone