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Hank Aaron: Baseball Legend Dies at 86

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(January 22,2015) Baseball legend Hank Aaron at the LBJ Presidential Library. (Photo: David Valdez/Flickr)
(January 22,2015) Baseball legend Hank Aaron at the LBJ Presidential Library. (Photo: David Valdez/Flickr)

The world is mourning the loss of baseball Hall of Fame legend Hank Aaron, who died in his sleep. The man known as the “home run king,” who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, was as much of a legend off the field as he was on the field. Aaron stared down racism, death threats and hateful rhetoric as he pursued Ruth’s record. Determined and undeterred, Aaron continued his march to greatness, becoming a baseball legend in the process. On April 8,1974, Aaron broke Ruth’s record, hitting his 715th home run at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Aaron, also known as “Hammer” or “Hammerin’ Hank,” spent most of his career with the Braves in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. At the young age of 23, the young man born and raised in Mobile, AL, led the Milwaukee Braves to the World Series championship in 1957 and never looked back. In 1982, Hank Aaron, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame following an outstanding career. He had a MLB career batting average of .305 which was higher than those of his contemporaries Willie Mays and  Mickey Mantle.

Citing baseball legend Jackie Robinson as his inspiration, Aaron also worked to ensure civil rights for everyone. Aaron played for one month in the Negro leagues as part of the Indianapolis Clowns before being drafted by the Milwaukee Braves. Having grown up in the segregated South and experienced the vitriol and racism in the North while chasing Ruth’s record, he understood the need for civil rights protections. Aaron campaigned for then-Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in Milwaukee in 1960 and is often credited with helping the Democratic candidate win the Wisconsin presidential primary. Although initially reluctant to return to the South, Aaron made the move with the Braves in 1966, becoming a luminary and major figure in Atlanta, “the city too busy to hate.”

Aaron also campaigned for then Governor Bill Clinton in 1992; Clinton credits Aaron for helping to deliver Georgia in the presidential election with a rally he organized on Clinton’s behalf. In 2001, former President Clinton presented Mr. Aaron with the Presidential Citizens Medal for “exemplary service to the nation.” Aaron and his wife Billye are philanthropists who support many causes including education and equal access to resources through the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation and community partnerships with organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. 

In 2017, the Billye Suber Aaron Pavilion officially opened at Morehouse School of Medicine’s campus on Westview Drive. The two-story addition to the Hugh M. Gloster Building, was the result of a $3 million donation from Aaron and a $3 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation.

Aaron is survived by his wife, Billye, and five children, Gaile, Hank Jr, Lary, Dorinda and Ceci. He was 86.

This post was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Follow Nsenga on Twitter @Ntellectual.

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Inauguration: Reflections of a Mother Watching Herstory

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Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first Black, South Asian and woman vice-president of the United States. (Photo: Screen shot)
Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first Black, South Asian and woman vice-president of the United States. (Photo: Screen shot)

The 2021 presidential inauguration was historic in many ways, one of which the inauguration of Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black, South Asian and woman Vice-President in the history of our young democracy. Jala Moore, a corporate sales leader and former award-winning broadcast journalist, shared her thoughts with TBW on the impact of the inauguration and what it means to mothers and girls to see someone who looks like them blaze a new trail in national politics for other women to follow. Moore, who is a wife and mother to an 11-year-old daughter shared her profound thoughts with us, which we now bring to you.

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Like many working mothers today, I took the day off to watch a day I knew would never be forgotten, which was a feat for a committed overachiever like me.  I called it a “self-care day” to justify in my own mind that corporate America could wait.  History, no herstory, no her story was being made.  Caffeinated, adorned with a strand of pearls, a Ralph Lauren cable knit sweater, Fashionova joggers (a Christmas gift from my husband who was tired of my COVID work wardrobe which consists of way too many pairs of leggings) and my black Chucks, I was ready to watch herstory.

I first noticed the mosaic of colors on the National Mall, the field of flags in place of the thousands who would have stood there to witness herstory. Then my eyes danced as I admired the perfectly appointed monochromatic ensembles of the women participating in the inauguration.  While monochromatic fashion plates caught my eye as I remembered my pre-COVID wardrobe, this was no fashion show.  No show at all.  The pomp and circumstance would make some think so, but this was herstory in the making.

In the natural way of a mother working her motherly super power – multi-tasking mastery– I checked Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, FaceTimed and connected any way I could to mothers.  Today was a victory for mothers of daughters in a way that reminds us of well…nothing.  When I heard our 46th President firmly state, “The world is watching.”  All I could think of was “Our daughters are watching.”  It’s the next generation of women who arguably will be most impacted by today’s events.  The glass ceiling has another hole, but I am not naïve.  There will be sharp edges as the woman making herstory elevates. The complexity of breaking barriers brought tears of joy and reflection to my eyes.

I cried for my maternal great grandmother, a domestic, who always expected excellence and would wave her cane if we got out of line and say, “Don’t act like kids from the back woods.”  Then I reflected on my maternal grandmother who taught us education matters and went back to school to get a master’s degree after raising 4 children.  I wiped tears of joy and pain for my mother who passed away last year and worked tirelessly to teach Americans regardless of political affiliation that women’s rights matter. 

Tonight, I along with other mothers of daughters go to bed with renewed hope.  Little black girls saw a woman who looks like them become the Vice President of the United States.  Little Asian girls know they can be who they want to be.  Little girls of Hispanic/Latinx decent could hear “Jenny from the Block” sing the melodic words, “This land is my land”, a land that many of them may have recently questioned was truly theirs based on the isolationist and xenophobic rhetoric we have endured. 

Our foremothers flashed through my mind; Harriett Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Shirley Chisholm, Rosa Parks and on and on and on.  My thoughts were then broken by a self-proclaimed skinny black girl named Amanda, who was literally poetry in motion, as she spoke of putting our differences aside and harmony for all.  I choked back tears. Tears from the fear of what the world would be for my daughter. Hope for what the world could be and now represents. No matter the party affiliation, herstory changed forever today and as a working mother with a dynamic daughter, I will be forever grateful.

As we reflect on this day, we heard a Biblical reference from the highest government seat in the land “Joy cometh in the morning.” A joyful morning it was.

This editorial was written by Jala Anderson Moore, a working mother, corporate sales leader and former award-winning broadcast journalist. Follow Jala on Twitter @ jalaanderson. 

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VP-Elect: AKA Declares Jan. 20 Kamala Harris Day

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Screen Grab: Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris
Screen Grab: Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated’s national president Dr. Glenda Glover has declared January 20, 2021 Kamala Harris Day. Twitter lit up as the official Twitter account of the nation’s first African-American Sorority for college women made the announcement Tuesday evening.

Born to Jamaican and Indian immigrant parents in Oakland, CA, Harris will be inaugurated as the United States’ first African-American, South Asian and woman vice-president in the nation’s history. Harris is a graduate of Howard University, a historically Black university where Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was founded in 1908.

Watch inauguration events here.

This post was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Follow Nsenga on Twitter @Ntellectual.

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#Inauguration2021: Where to Watch Inauguration Festivities

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President-elect and vice-president elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated Wednesday, January 20, 2021. (Photo: Google Images)
President-elect and vice-president elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated Wednesday, January 20, 2021. (Photo: Google Images)

Herstory is being made. President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurate tomorrow. Biden will become the nation’s 46th President and Harris will become the nation’s first African-American, South Asian and woman vice-president in the history of the United States. Due to the historic nature of this inauguration, many have taken the day off from work and others have built their schedules around watching. Harris’ historically Black Sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated has even declared January 20, Kamala Harris Day.

Check out the We Are One celebration happening now:

If you plan on watching the nation’s 59th Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday, January 20, then you can watch at bideninaugural.org/watch or on any of our social media channels: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch.

You can also watch the livestream via the following streaming services:

  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Microsoft Bing
  • NewsNOW from Fox
  • AT&T U-verse (Channel 212/1212 in SD/HD)
  • AT&T DIRECTV (Channel 201)

Accessible-stream listings are available at bideninaugural.org/accessibility.

This post was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., founder & editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire. Follow Nsenga on Twitter @Ntellectual.

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#MLKDAY: Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising Doc Airs Tonight

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Photo: World Channel

WORLD Channel is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day tonight with Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising, a look at two women fighting to protect voting rights for their community. Premiering tonight on-air and streaming, the film follows a mother-daughter activist duo in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood. When Wisconsin’s 2020 Primary, held during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in 16% of Black voters being disenfranchised in Milwaukee, Danell Cross and her daughter Melody McCurtis become determined to prevent this from happening again. Check out the trailer below:

Directed by Brad Lichtenstein and Miela Fetaw, Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising follows Cross and McCurtis as they go door to door in their community, working to help residents register to vote for the 2020 Presidential Election in the face of a growing pandemic and voter suppression efforts.

The film airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET. on WORLD Channel and worldchannel.org.

This post was curated by Nsenga K. Burton, founder & editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire. Follow Nsenga on Twitter @Ntellectual.

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Insurrection – Are We Living Up to Our Pledge?

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NB: Last week’s insurrection at the United States Capitol has led many to ponder just who we are as a nation and where we are headed? During what could only be called our nation’s downward spiral these past four years, journalists and members of the media have been demonized, admonished and scapegoated for a culture of “alternative facts” or what we call at TBW, outright lying, which is at the root of this turmoil.

Fox 40 Television Reporter/Anchor Sonseeahray Tonsall posted an insightful and reflective piece about the insurrection that I want to share with TBW readers. Please find Ms. Tonsall’s remarks, which originally appeared on Facebook (1/14/2021), below:

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ONE WEEK….

One nation under God….indivisible….

Really?

Are we?

We are not living up to our pledge.

We are not living up to a lot of what we’re supposed to be as Americans. It’s not like we haven’t missed the mark before… but the ways some of us chose to abandon who we’re supposed to be on January 6th…is stunning, saddening and sickening.

As a journalist… I’m pretty professional at not sharing my opinion. My job is to share what those involved in any given story have to say, what their feelings are…. but here…. in a space that’s supposed to be for me and my friends…. I have to say…. something. This…. is about PRINCIPLE – not any party.

For four years….there has been a campaign to obliterate objective fact in this country, to obliterate objective fact in the American experience. This is a slippery slope no matter who might create it. It’s a place we all should be unwilling to go.

In the case of our most recent past, it started with doctored descriptions of inauguration crowds and gave birth to “alternative facts.”

Alternative facts were then, will always be, and have always been….INCORRECT ASSERTIONS.

People laughed at the tossing around of a phrase like ‘alternative facts,’ said the words don’t matter. It’s just talk… it doesn’t mean anything. The words always matter….they always mean something. They’re a window and a warning.

The domestic terrorists who breached our nation’s Capitol believe in a set of ‘alternative facts’ about the 2020 Presidential election.

It’s a set of ‘alternative facts’ that’s been laundered through courts all across this country… to no avail. It’s a set of ‘alternative facts’ that has been repeated at the highest levels of our government… but while repetition can give something the feel of truth… it never gives it the substance of it. We have all seen the deadly, destructive evidence of those who fervently believe those ‘alternative facts’ anyway.

We’ve largely shrugged it all off as a people – but again – the words have always mattered.

Last week…the leader of the free world told his supporters to march on the Capitol. Other speakers at a rally protesting the results of an election repeatedly verified as legitimate… told the crowds to do whatever was necessary to fight for ‘freedom’ and ‘integrity’ in order to back the leader they believe in. How could anyone be surprised about the horror that later unfolded?

For four years a cadre of electeds and appointeds have let situations with similar origins go unchecked.

The Capitol attack was the foul blossom of that ugly seed.

For four years…. behavior destructive to the democracy, a lack of true patriotism, and a crisis of conscience have pervaded.

And I, unlike some, would NOT have suborned all this out of a party I ‘liked.’

No matter WHO might be about such ill-conceived actions… I would want them stopped – this is about our COUNTRY!

I’ve heard so many people commenting about how unprepared the Capitol police were.

If you’re legit asking that question… you to have to legitimately ask why.

2019 provided many stark and devastating examples of white privilege and disregard for black and brown lives.

I can see no other reason for the limited, delayed and seemingly deficient police response to protestors transforming into violent rioters than that.

Per the top picture I’ve posted here… it’s easy to see it was no trouble to assemble a hybrid force of national guard, city police and federal troops in riot gear to line up near the the Capitol and stand at the ready for an advertised peaceful protest by Black Lives Matter on June 2nd. For many in control of organizing response to such situations… there is an assumed complexion of culpability. On January 6th… they either didn’t believe anyone who looks like them could do something all that awful…or they were bullied into inaction by the fact that these were friends of the person in charge. Neither stance made for a good result.

It is the same principle so sadly at work in so much unnecessary loss of life and so many protests over the last year.

It’s the same pathetic principal heartbroken family after heartbroken family, activist after activist, has tried to stress to legions who willingly refuse to see.

There is so much work to do to heal our America within our borders and how it functions beyond, so much work to do to truly honor the laws we have and peacefully change them if we want something else.

This country’s greatness comes in being able to stop looking at the tally board and come together in compassionate compromise.

The task is gargantuan at this moment…but we’re up to it… don’t you think?

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This post was written by Sonseeahray Tonsall, television reporter/anchor at Fox 40 News. Follow Sonseeahray on Instagram or Twitter @tonsalltv. 
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Black Southern Voters Wield Political Power in GA Runoffs

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CNN’s John Blake discusses the political power Black Southerners wielded in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election and the Georgia Senate run-offs. Black Southerners including recent transplants are changing the political landscape of the deep South and wielding a power denied their parents and grandparents. The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton is featured in the article. Check it out.

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Nsenga Burton grew up in a military family that liked to travel and went everywhere from New York City and Washington, D.C., to the Caribbean.

There was one place, though, that her mother dreaded visiting: the Deep South.
Her mother saw it as a forbidding land of lynch mobs and “Whites Only” signs, where Black people went missing just for trying to vote. Burton’s mother grew up in segregated Virginia and was so mistrustful of the South she once dissuaded her daughter from vacationing in Atlanta and encouraged her to visit the Bahamas instead.
“My mother sent me out of the country before she sent me to the Deep South,” Burton says.
Burton, who is 48, just got a little payback. After moving to Atlanta from Maryland six years ago, she became part of a crucial bloc of Black voters who helped Democrats seize control of the US Senate. They mobilized in record numbers to elect the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Black man from Savannah, and Jon Ossoff, a Jewish man from Atlanta.
Burton thought of all the Black people like her who migrated from elsewhere to Georgia to reclaim political power that was taken away from their parents and grandparents, who fled the Jim Crow South in fear.
“It’s poetic justice,” says Burton, a cultural critic and founder of The Burton Wire, which produces stories on race, class, and gender. “The descendants of the people who were pushed out of the South, who had no power, who knew they could go missing if they tried to vote, have returned and they’re making it work for them. It’s been a long time coming.”
The stunning election results in Georgia have rightly been attributed to the relentless work of voting-rights organizers such as Stacey Abrams, the former gubernatorial candidate whose group, Fair Fight, is credited with registering 800,000 new voters in Georgia.
But those victories also happened because of a series of personal decisions made years ago by little-known transplants like Burton. They are part of what’s called “The New Great Migration,” and without them, Warnock and Ossoff wouldn’t have stood a chance.
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2020: The Year Black Voters Said, ‘Hold Up!’

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Photo: Politico

Politico’s Teresa Wiltz discusses the cultural expression of Black joy as a part of the momentum behind the historic impact of Black voters in the 2020 election. The Burton Wire’s Nsenga K. Burton is quoted in the article. Check it out.

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Joy is an essential component of protest, said Nelini Stamp, director of the Joy to the Polls, a nonpartisan, national project that organizes performances for voters at polling places. (It was a “Joy to the Polls” DJ who played the Cha Cha Slide in Philly.) “It always comes out when people are in dire situations, 2020 being a dire situation,” Stamp said. “When there’s a lot of pressure and a lot of economic hardship, music and joy always resurfaces. It’s a radical act.”

Stamp, a political activist, got the inspiration for “Joy to the Polls” after seeing a roving Bad Bunny outdoor concert. Stamp was worried about potential voter suppression tactics and overly long lines at precincts, especially in Black neighborhoods. The idea was to bring a little happiness to voters and deescalate any tension while they waited.

“People were feeling down and out and out of luck,” Stamp said. “We wanted to use a different motivation other than anger.”

For the presidential election, Joy to the Polls set up “pop-up activations” around the country, showing up at polling stations with DJs spinning tunes and mini concerts ranging from Patti Smith to Busta Rhymes. They’re continuing the practice for the Georgia runoffs, with 80 pop-ups around the state, featuring appearances by America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, K. Michelle, as well as rappers Mulatto, Rick Ross and Moneybagg Yo.

Marrying music with a movement has long roots in the Black community, from the gospel song-turned-civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” to “The Bigger Picture,” rapper Lil Baby’s song about Black Lives Matter protests. As the poet Toi Derricotte once wrote, Black joy is an act of resistance.

“Black joy is an essential part of Black cultural expression,” said Nsenga Burton, a film and media professor at Emory University. “2020 shows that Black people continue to choose happiness and joy in the face of great adversity. And that can never be taken away from us.”

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Read the entire article at POLITICO.

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Capitol Coup: Black Women Targeted by Racist Trump Mobs

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The internet is ablaze with news stories about Wednesday’s (1/6/21) failed coup attempt by President Trump and his loyalists to overturn the U.S. Presidential election by breaching the federal Capitol building by force. The strategy to interrupt the Congressional vote to certify the 2020 U.S. Presidential election results failed. Five people including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, 42, were killed during the breach. FBI authorities are still in the process of identifying and arresting the Trump loyalists.

Following the failed coup attempt, social media has been documenting the actions of Trump loyalists and supporters including the violent attack of a 25-year-old Black woman by Trump loyalists. The terrifying attack happened in Los Angeles, CA when the Black woman who was walking down a downtown Los Angeles street, was surrounded by an angry mob of 40 Trump loyalists who were participating in a “Stop the Steal” rally. The black woman identified by media outlets as Berlinda Nibo, refused to remove her face mask.

The Trump crowd kept demanding she take off her face mask and began following her and yelling racial and sexist epithets including the n-word and b-word. Nibo yelled back and gave them her middle finger and was confronted by a male member of the group who demanded she remove her face mask. When Berlinda refused to remove her face mask again, the man clawed and smacked her in the face. The Cut is reporting the incident occurred with a LAPD police officer standing across the street, who failed to intervene in the vicious attack, despite calls from onlookers for the officer to help the woman.

The Trump mob then started pushing the victim and a woman Trump loyalist attacked her,  snatching off her wig in the process. When Nibo tried to fight back, the men began beating her with metal flag poles while the woman Trump loyalist continued to beat her.

The victim was repeatedly beaten and pepper sprayed until a man attending the Trump rally physically picked up Nibo and escorted her to safety from the group. He told her, “You’re okay. I’m getting you out of here. These people are trying to kill you.” Nibo who says he grabbed her so hard she had red marks across her chest, credits him with saving her life.

Watch a CBS News report of the incident below (WARNING: Violent images; some captured by photojournalist Raquel Nataliccio)

In a separate incident, a Black-woman owned café in Oak Park, IL was targeted by racists who threw a brick at her establishment and left a racist note with racial epithets at the door. Watch an ABC 7 Chicago news story about the incident:

Following the incident, hundreds of messages and support were posted to the front of the café which often serves as a meeting spot for the local political crowd. Police are investigating the incident at L!VE Café as a hate crime.

Since President Trump has taken office, scores of violent incidents by Trump loyalists have taken place in the United States, much of the violence against BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color). In August 2019, The Guardian compiled a database of 52 threats or acts of violence committed by Trump supporters since he took office. Many of the threats of violence were against Black women members of Congress included Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Maxine Waters, and then Senator Kamala Harris (now U.S. Vice-President-Elect). Many of the physical attacks were against Muslim women of color.

Currently, thirteen of the domestic terrorists have been charged in federal court and approximately 40 have been charged in Superior Court. Charges against participants of the failed coup who breached the Capitol include “picketing the Capitol,” “disorderly conduct,” “knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority,” and “violent entry.” None have been charged with Capital murder against Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher inside of the Capitol during the failed coup or any charges related to the pursuit of a Black Capitol police officer who was threatened with violence and was seen on video running for his safety.

Women of color in general and Black women specifically need to take heed, be alert and careful when leaving safe spaces. Nibo was walking to her home when the young woman encountered the violent mob of Trump loyalists. Based on The Guardian’s report and documented video violence by citizen journalists, a pattern of threats and mob violence against Black women in the Trump era has clearly been established and buoyed by a failure to punish white violent mob participants with charges that would potentially deter future attacks. In some cases, the Black women victims themselves are charged by police instead of the perpetrator.

Coupled with the United States’ long history of mob violence against Black and Indigenous women, it appears threats and violence against Black women by angry White mobs loyal to White supremacists and their ideology is here to stay.

This post was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., founder & editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire. Follow Nsenga on Twitter @Ntellectual or @TheBurtonWire.

Disney & Kugali: Partnership will Bring African Stories to Audiences

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The internet is ablaze over the news that Disney will partner with Kugali, a Nigerian comic and animation company, to create an animated series set on the continent. Iwájú will be a long-form series “steeped in science fiction” based in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria, Disney says.

BBC reports:

Ibrahim, along with Nigerians Ziki Nelson and Tolu Olowofoyeku, created the company Kugali to tell “stories inspired by African culture using comic books, art and augmented reality” according to their website. “This show will combine Disney’s magic and animation expertise with Kugali’s fire and storytelling authenticity,” Nelson said.

In January 2019, Kugali created a stir by announcing the company would “kick  Disney’s arse” in terms of content creation and storytelling.

Iwájú, means “the future” in Yoruba. Here’s to a great partnership and future for Kumagli and Disney.

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