Editorial Notes
African Rhythms, Roots Culture
by Cheryl Sterling
AfroBeatJournal welcomes you to its second edition. We cannot begin this issue without giving thanks to our cohort and colleague, the artist, poet, and writer, Jacqueline Bishop, who served as the guest editor for this issue. Jacqueline, “you walked good.” And thank you to all the writers, poets, and artists, who so patiently waited for this issue to unfold.
Ayiti: UnCommon Beauty
by Donna Aza Weir-Soley
My beauty was never the common beauty of the pampered whore
Whoever seeks such beauty deserves whatever weakness that he finds.
Tepid and tasteless like watered down coffee.
Mother Ramsey
by Dadland Maye
Mother Ramsey
In 1925 when me was seven years old, a fiery sermon bout “Doing God’s Will No Matter What” rose up inside Bush Town Redemption Tabernacle in Portland.Multimedia
The Voices of Haiti: A Photo-Poetic Rendering
by Opal Palmer Adisa
Once Home
Tales of Jamaica: An Interview With Photographer Robin Farquharson
by Robin Farquharson
Tree Horse
African Rhythms, Roots, Culture - Randy Weston in conversation with Willard Jenkins.
by AfrobeatRadio
Randy Weston
Pau Ferro
by Sérgio Soares
Sérgio Soares