Emmanuel Kembe was imprisoned in Sudan 1994 for performing revolutionary songs of love and peace. He was forced to leave his homeland and seek refuge in Durham, where he has continued to spread his messages of peace though music. Kembe talks with host David Crabtree about his musical heritage and his work as a political activist in Sudan. He will also play a few of his traditional and reggae songs of love and peace. More information can be found at kembemusic.com. (17:30)
Archive for April, 2006
Emmanuel Kembe
Friday, April 28th, 2006Drought Update
Friday, April 28th, 2006High Point Market
Friday, April 28th, 2006Ray Allegrezza, editor-in-chief of Furniture Today magazine, provides an update from this year’s spring International Home Furnishings Market, where organizers are clambering to keep buyers well-fed, well-rested and happily entertained so that they won’t spend their money at competing markets.
Wild Caught
Friday, April 28th, 2006Duke, Media, and Covering The Big Story
Thursday, April 27th, 2006The tidal wave of media attention that has descended on Duke University and Durham in the last six weeks shows no signs of letting up. Has the media coverage been fair to the accuser, and the accused? And why has this story captured such intense national attention? Host David Crabtree looks at media coverage of the Duke lacrosse alleged rape story with Ted Vaden, public editor at the News & Observer of Raleigh; Jeffrey Dvorkin, ombudsman at National Public Radio; Donald Shaw, professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Eric Umansky, who writes “Today’s Papers” at Slate.com. Listener Call-In. (59:00)