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April 16, 2012
The Best of Coachella: Sunday, April 15
See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>
Dining
April 12, 2012
Fu-Fu Cuisine: Where Africa Meets the Caribbean
See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Fu-Fu Cuisine Is a Journey to Africa and the Caribbean
To eat at Fu-Fu Cuisine on Phoenix's west side, is a journey far from the sprawling Arizona desert. The new restaurant owned by Esther Mbaikambey, who was born in Nigeria and spent her high school years in Jamaica, offers a culinary journey to Africa and Caribbean.
News
April 5, 2012
Big Brain Awards 2012: Meet This Year's Finalists
To eat at Fu-Fu Cuisine on Phoenix's west side, is a journey far from the sprawling Arizona desert. The new restaurant owned by Esther Mbaikambey, who was born in Nigeria and spent her high school years in Jamaica, offers a culinary journey to Africa and Caribbean.
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April 4, 2012
Big Brain Finalist 2012: Esther Mbaikambey
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduc ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Where to Eat and Drink Near Maryvale Baseball Park
Milwaukee Brewers: Maryvale Baseball Park While the atmosphere at this stadium is decidedly fan-friendly and flowing with Miller beer, the food offerings are strictly no-frills. And with mostly chain and fast food restaurants within sight of the ballpark, fans should plan a short drive to pre- and ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Fu-Fu Cuisine Is Fun to Say and Eat, and Focuses on African and Caribbean Cuisine (Okay, There's Spaghetti and Meatballs, Too)
Get this: yassa chickenWhen a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, samp ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Parents Who Blamed 8-Year-Old For Getting Raped Granted Competency Hearings
Hemie (left) and Wedeh Dio blamed their 8-year-old daughter for getting raped.The parents of a 10-year-old girl -- who blamed their daughter for getting raped by a group of Liberian boys when she was only 8 -- have been granted competency hearings in their child abuse cases.The Liberian girl's br ... More >>
Film
November 10, 2011
Le Havre: A French Town Rallies to Protect an African Immigrant
Hemie (left) and Wedeh Dio blamed their 8-year-old daughter for getting raped.The parents of a 10-year-old girl -- who blamed their daughter for getting raped by a group of Liberian boys when she was only 8 -- have been granted competency hearings in their child abuse cases.The Liberian girl's br ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Seven Psychedelic Tunes to Get Psyched for Dead Meadow
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
X-Factor
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Immigrants Who Fight Deportation Are Packed Into Federal Gulags for Months or Years Before Their Cases Are Heard
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
Film
May 26, 2011
Cannes Outdoes Itself: Our Picks from the Strongest Festival in Years
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
Music
April 28, 2011
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars @ Chandler Center for the Arts
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Ask a Mexican on Staying Stuck on the Bottom Rungs
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Kofi O. Okyere
Dead MeadowDead Meadow's coming through town tonight with Drainbow and Strangers Family Band, so expect the Rhythm Room to get a little frizzle-fried by the band's psychedelicized rockers. Three Kings, the band's most recent release, drags listeners through a bluesy, backwards-glancing psych- ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Davila 666 Last Night at The Yucca Tap Room
Davila 666Yucca Tap RoomTuesday, March 22One of the great things about rock & roll is its lack of language barrier. I don't need to speak Nigerian to know that the Nigeria 70 comps rule -- don't need to learn Japanese in order to turn Boris up too loud -- or understand German to zone out to A ... More >>
Film
February 3, 2011
Sundance: Cults and Uncertain Futures Dominate the Festival
Davila 666Yucca Tap RoomTuesday, March 22One of the great things about rock & roll is its lack of language barrier. I don't need to speak Nigerian to know that the Nigeria 70 comps rule -- don't need to learn Japanese in order to turn Boris up too loud -- or understand German to zone out to A ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Market Research
Check out this body-parts-free zone
Music
December 2, 2010
Toubab Krewe @ Compound Grill
Check out this body-parts-free zone
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September 9, 2010
Travel Deal
It’s not always about a self-medicating journey
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September 2, 2010
Travel Deal
It’s not always about a self-medicating journey
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Cook Like an Iron Chef with Michael Symon Starts With Dissing The Food Network
Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
2010 World Cup
Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
2010 World Cup: USA vs. Ghana
Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Warrant Issued for Parents of Liberian Girl Raped by Group of Children Last Year
www.blogcdn.comHemie Dio and Wedeh Dio failed to show up to court yesterday.Nearly a year after a group of four Liberian boys raped an 8-year-old Liberian girl in a shed in the apartment complex where she lived, a bench warrant has been issued for the parents of the victim after they failed to sh ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
2010 World Cup
www.blogcdn.comHemie Dio and Wedeh Dio failed to show up to court yesterday.Nearly a year after a group of four Liberian boys raped an 8-year-old Liberian girl in a shed in the apartment complex where she lived, a bench warrant has been issued for the parents of the victim after they failed to sh ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo
www.blogcdn.comHemie Dio and Wedeh Dio failed to show up to court yesterday.Nearly a year after a group of four Liberian boys raped an 8-year-old Liberian girl in a shed in the apartment complex where she lived, a bench warrant has been issued for the parents of the victim after they failed to sh ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Nigerian-Like Scam Hits Our Inbox--We Run for Cover!
Just about everyone we know who routinely plays around on the Net -- which is just about everyone -- has gotten a Nigerian scam letter. You gotta know the deal: Someone has $30 million awaiting them in a Swiss bank, or something, but only if you fork over $3,000 or so to the cause. ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Arizona Republic Disqualifies Best Local Band Candidates Without Comment, Crowns Jimmy Eat World
The Arizona Republic's website, AZCentral.com runs an annual "Reader's Choice" contest which everyone should know by now is a huge farce.Editors have, for example, allowed the nomination of two canceled music festivals in the "Best Music Festival" category. So, yeah, it's a joke and everyone shou ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
African Chocolate: "Like Sucking on a Cocoa Seed . . ."
For the past few weeks, I've been deprived of seeing one of my dear friends, who packed up and headed to London and Ghana for three whole weeks. (Lucky, lucky lucky!) Although London intrigues me -- and I'm dying to see my friend's photos of the city -- I'm particularly anxious to hear about his ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Huun-Huur-Tu and Carmen Rizzo Bring An Ecclectic and Avant-Garde Mix To Scottsdale
If you thought the newly opened Musical Instrument Museum was diverse in its selection of exotic instruments from around the world (where Nigerian hausa trumpets and a Burmese saung guak harp are housed in the same building as Eric Clapton's stratocasters), try checking out the multifaceted l ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
War Born
West African music ensemble brings it all together
Blogs
April 30, 2010
The World's Most Unfortunate Food Packaging
Different cultures, different languages, different tastes. Somewhere along the line, things are going to go wrong when it comes to packaging our foodstuffs for the rest of the world to see. We've captured the top five most unfortunate in today's post. 5.) Shitto Hotly Spiced Pepper Sauce: Ghan ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2010
Hot Links: Cappie Pondexter, Snakes, and Gang Rape
A 15-year-old Liberian boy pleaded guilty in a juvenile court to his role in the July, 2009 gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl. The teenager pleaded to charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, and one count of attempted sexual misconduct with a minor ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2010
Hot Links: Gas Leaks, Rabbi Arrested, and Chateau on Central
A gas leak has prompted the evacuation of about 20 homes in the area of Doubletree Ranch and Scottsdale Roads. No injuries have been reported and Southwest Gas has been notified, but Scottsdale Road is closed at Doubletree Ranch in both directions. Traffic is being diverted southbound at Mountain ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Big Brothers
Mixed-race ensemble play authentic afro-pop
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April 30, 2009
Flesh Trade
Tired of Inc.? Try Ink.
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February 5, 2009
The Check Is in the E-mail
Hilarious true tale lifts C-list actor out of obscurity
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January 22, 2009
Go Quest, Young Men
Movie follows truth-seeking dudes on a mission
Blogs
January 6, 2009
Bantu Bistro Brings West African Cuisine to Central Phoenix
It's only been open for two weeks, but Bantu Bistro has already gained some repeat customers in Central Phoenix. Located in the 7th Avenue spot that formerly housed Melrose Cafe (4447 N. 7th Ave., at Campbell; 602-604-2489), the eatery brings something new to the local dining scene: West A ... More >>
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October 25, 2007
A Hard Day's Day
It's only been open for two weeks, but Bantu Bistro has already gained some repeat customers in Central Phoenix. Located in the 7th Avenue spot that formerly housed Melrose Cafe (4447 N. 7th Ave., at Campbell; 602-604-2489), the eatery brings something new to the local dining scene: West A ... More >>
Film
April 13, 2006
Diary of a Fat Black Woman
Mo'Nique gets her groove on
Calendar
October 2, 2003
Pound for Pound
Drummers of West Africa bring the beat to the Dodge
Dining
April 3, 2003
War Rations
Portions aplenty are Basis for contentment
Music
July 25, 2002
Various Artists
Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)
Dining
June 15, 1994
TO SKEWER, WITH LOVE
Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)
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May 12, 1993
THAI SCORE
Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)
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