“…a global highway for Afrik/can people…” ~ Fela Kuti via Jidenna’s Worth the Weight ft. Seun Kuti [WOKE HOP]

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https://youtu.be/DdeKOG22gNU?list=PLnKbEZAr8TUK9bYLQl-s1dOoTP903TJJl Jidenna – Worth the Weight ft. Seun Kuti   Afrispora has been [rimarily one human’s ‘tool’/vehicle’ to consistently  in inFORMal + FORMal ways SUPPORT +SUPPPLEMENT socio-cultural + sociopolitical happenings in typically progressive + pan-Afrik/can ways… #DrClayborneSayings TITLE: “…a global highway for Afrik/can people…” ~ Fela Kuti via Jidenna’s Worth the Weight ft. Seun Kuti

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REMEMBER TO REMEMBER” [YE TUMI ACADEMY]

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#DrDDClayborne at the University of Ghana in 1993 during my junior year of college as a UC San Diego as a UC exchange student
“Demonstrated Knowledge!” ~ Afrispora ~ “Connecting Those Connected” since 2005 via Afrispora

Better Than This – Dego & Kaidi Tatham + Omar Lye Fook + 2000Black +++ [LIFE ANTHEMS]

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Picture of Dontraneil Clayborne at age 20 at the University of Ghana, Legon in 1993…pre-Internet 😒😆🤷‍♂️😜😜✌👌🤔❤ Me pe Ghana na Ghanafo…the UC San Diego alumnus in the Gap outfit and black suede Vans chukka boots, that mildewed in the humidity of Accra, Ghana..a lot of leg though ha. FOR ME THESE TRACKS ARE TRANCE-INDUCING…YOU LIKE?

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STEADY LOUNGIN’ I + II + III = Superior Compilations by #DrDDClayborne of Afrispora [FOR HIRE]

4RealHOP, AAA - Triple 'A' Approach, Academic Freestyle, African-American, City Planning, Dr. Clayborne Sayings, Dr. DD Clayborne, Los Angeles, CA, mUSIC, Music, Post-Stroke 3-22-14), REPOSTABLES, SALUTE!, Wow!, Ye Tumi Academy, , ,

STEADY LOUNGIN’ I ~ DJs Twin Tables = Jeanette + Tanya STEADY LOUNGIN’ II ~ DJs Twin Tables = Tanya+ Jeanette STEADY LOUNGIN III ~ Rebirth of Don Dada aka Kwame Tumi = Dr. Dontraneil D. Clayborne + DJs Twin Tables’ Google Podcast Much love and respect to these cool sistahs who are dope DJs. 

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Hyperspace = SPATIAL HIP HOP [WOKE HOP]

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SO ON POINT! Trying to stumbled my way to Fulfilling a ‘Charge’ one of my academic~intellectual

From The New Negro Movement to ‘The New Negroes’ starring Open Mike Eagle & Baron Vaughn, simply brilliant! [ACADEMIC FREESTYLE]

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From The New Negro to The New Negroes ~ Alain Locke to MLK, Jr. to Michael Eagle + Baron Vaughn

Dr. Oop (Droop Capone) [SALUTE!]

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[UPDATED: Fe. 2019] I forget that my friend in real life is a fresh ass rapper and collabed on one of my favorite Life Anthems, like really though [OLD] …Long overdue, I just had an Aha Moment as I heard this dopest….wait Dr. Oop is my folks from way back on a personal note! “…Bobby

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Dang, bruh! RIP Mac Miller (Updated + Fixed 8/7/19) [SALUTE!]

4RealHOP, AAA - Triple 'A' Approach, Beat, Cellphone Blogs, Critical Thoughts, Dr. Clayborne Sayings, Salon Culture, SALUTE!, Tiny Desk Concert, Ye Tumi Academy

[SEEING HIM ON VIDEO AS A KID IS TRES SPECIAL!]Upset about needing to show proper respects in Reblogging for the wrong reason. Props since you popped on the tellie with my folks, Anderson .Paak…But when I heard/saw him flowing the “Hip 2 Da Game” track by Lord Finesse, I knew he was official hip hop

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Griot-Jester Lounge ~ 2018

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Jesters (comedic entertainers) are the Griots of the present + Who knew? http://www.thejesterlounge.com/About.html From DaveTrevor to Seth to Steven to Jimmy +++ Well done fellas, keep it up We need you all and much much much more! Dr. Clayborne

WELL DONE! ~ Boblo Boat to Boblo Island

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Love all I can perceive about this track! WELL DONE FELLAS!  #BrilliantBrothas #SmartSistas #Afrispora #BobloBoat #BobloIsland #JCole #RoyceDa59 Dr. Dontraneil Clayborne aka Don Dada aka Kwame Tumi

LIFE ANTHEMS! ~ Games Begin

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I love my friends! One of my MOSST MEANINGFUL favorite Life Anthems. Since, BUT Only for, this Post-Stroke Rehab period, AFRISPORA has turned into only a blog/vlog. Appreciate my real world and online folks that have ‘Held Me Down’ as I probably me first heard Q-Tip say in a verse. It radiated a MEANING then

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SALUTE! ~ Black Panther’s director: ‘Brotha Kofi’ Ryan Coogler

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Kofi is Ryan Coogler’s Akan Day Name. Like mine is Kwame (Saturday born), Kofi indicates that he was born on a Friday in 1986 in his case. Each day carries a variety of attributable spiritual (thus behavioral) traits. He is symbolically my/our folks now, so he gets a nickname as a term of endearment. Asante

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LIFE ANTHEMS! ~ Breathe – Something/StellaR

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The dopeness I feel listening to this, I have to share…how do it hit you Makes me wanna Freestyle dance EVERY TIME … become “Funky Pretzel”, my dancer name I just made up, ha All the best, Dr. Clayborne

YE TUMI ACADEMY ~ okayAfrica.com

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and Okayplayer.com from jump. Hope all is well.  Sonic heat thus far 1 track in an blogging. Yup, returning to that mid-2000s get down.  Collectively humanity Makes Progress #DrClayborneSayings #Afrispora http://www.okayafrica.com/african-music-songs-spoko-muthoni-tiwa/ All the best, Dr. Clayborne P.S. not that I have to tell you all but will, enjoy the vibes and please spread yours back

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LIFE ANTHEMS! ~ (How Could Anyone) Feel At Home

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Yeah Mike, appreciate you! Onward bredren…multiversal! #DrClayborneSayings #Afrispora # https://www.mellomusicgroup.com/collections/cassettes/products/open-mike-eagle-brick-body-kids-still-daydream-cassette?variant=2681464356894 “…ain’t never been to this planet.” LIFE ANTHEMS! ~ (How Could Anyone) Feel At Home Yup off with you cretins, I knew what Michael meant but had to look up the spellings https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cretin

FWD ~ Tech N9ne leads me to new Tupac…Asante

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  It’s ‘New” if you never ‘experienced it’ — hell and more evidence of QD3’s key role in the music ‘game’ from Sweden to the U.S. and beyond QD3 (Quincy Jones, Jr.)      

LIVE INSPIRED! ~ Blu Matic Beats

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IWOW what a find today…the joint “Ocean Breeze” even brought forth tears as I am dealing with some MAJOR life challenges that have me “off my square” as I have heard said but it was therapeutic to be thankful to be reflective and self-care via music as I have subconsciously and consciously been doing ALL

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YE TUMI ACADEMY ~ Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech

4RealHOP, AAA - Triple 'A' Approach, Academics, Africa, African-American, American, Art ('Sanaa'), Black history, British, Cellphone Blogs, Democracy Now!, Dr. Clayborne Sayings, European, Hip (H)opinion, History, News, Salon Culture, SALUTE!, watts Life!, WELP!, Ye Tumi Academy, , ,

Giving due honor and reflectiveness to my life and our lives… …his words TOO OFTEN seems to fit KWAME NKRUMAH & MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ETERNAL RESPECT!  Dr. Dontraneil Clayborne

SA-RA + TALIB KWELI + E. BADU [SALUTE!]

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Finally feeling vibey again after some life changes..why are folks ‘Extra’ when one has ‘life challenges’…Acceptable yet often though not always unwarranted and typically unnecessary… Such is life, give thanks for great like Sa-Ra to ‘revigorate’ my ‘cool’ …”…sticky situations..can I licky…Rosebuds” https://youtu.be/JpBvgK-2NtYYup overdue on the ‘new’ Afrispora.com … gradual getting some ESSENTIAL artistic vibes

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OPEN MIKE EAGLE (AFRISPORA TV)

4RealHOP, AAA - Triple 'A' Approach, Academics, African-American, Cellphone Blogs, Dr. Clayborne Sayings, SALUTE!, watts Life!, Ye Tumi Academy, , , , , , , , ,

Righteous Mike, Appreciate you…from the 4Real H.O.P. Institute to present. Cool, did not know, now I do. Glad I found these… #4RealHOP #Afrispora All the best old friend, Dr. Clayborne Another dope blog on my brother. !!!, Dr. Clayborne Santa Monica College + Los Angeles Southwest College + Afrispora.com + Youtube.com/Afrispora +instagram/Afrispora + Afrispora.bandcamp.com +

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FWD ~ Stay Inside with Earl Sweatshirt & Knxwledge

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What what so much more Afrispora-type content exists since 2014 when we had or 3rd artist showcase “Future Endeavors” at Kaos Networks on February 28, 2014 and the three week period following before I had an Endocarditis-related stroke Nutty how life works…vibe out and “Stay Connected!”

SALUTE! ~ Mndsgn

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Overdue!  I was an instant fan, so not the first post. Hate that I was rehabbing from Spring 2014 thrugh Winter 2015, literally right as a number of my favorite artists, some of whom aremusical artists that across the board are Dope, but the Ras G + Mndgn gigs had to be interstellar. Now it

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LIFE ANTHEMS ~ – “Somebody Else”

Academics, Africa, African-American, Black history, Critical Thoughts, Documentary Film, Dr. Clayborne Sayings, Films, Hip (H)opinion, History, Los Angeles, CA, Post-Stroke 3-22-14), Producer, Research & Development ( R & D), Research & Preparation, Salon Culture, SALUTE!, Television, Urban Planning, WELP!, , , , ,

This has been MY CUT….seems to be playing during some pivotal moments over the years…the artistic notations suggest to me that I SHOULD STAY WHO I AM yet evolve. Agreed though it is interesting. #DrClayborneSayings #Afrispora A recent PIVOTAL moment was giving a 1 hour “Brief African History Overview” to the production staff at the

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SALUTE! ~ Talib Kweli

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Paused this post MONTHS AGO…now this banger with my folks Anderson .Paak, cool Well no time like now… Respect, fan since Black Star and it was fresh seeing you deejay an after hours over on Washington in L.A. Great vibes my brother. Salute, Dr. Clayborne Thank you for your service in the all to real

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Afrorithms = Universe + Black + Golden + Giving x Algorithms + Rhythms [YE TUMI ACADEMY]

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‘Afrorithms’ – Dr. Dontraneil Clayborne just came to kNew ‘thoughts’ listening to yet again, 4hero … IJS —I have their vibrations via music ‘guiding’ me in my travels and grad-schooling until today. https://afrispora.com/2019/08/13/bob-mcadoo-lesser-known-beast-black-star-sports/ #BlackStarSports #Afrispora Music Therapy is real! #Afrispora #YeTumiAcademy  #DrClayborneSayings You know: ‘Afrik/can’ + Algorithms(4hero) + ? = Afrorithms #DrClayborneSayings “Africa Channel” presentation

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Verbal Anime by Herbaliser f Rakaa Iriscience [FWD]

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Super dopeness! FWD’sFWD’s( Finds While Diggin) tend to be impeccable moments when I stumbled upon epic art because I am flowing with the right vibes of my ‘mindspace’ at that moment of ‘discovery’ and this is surely the case this another installment from the Mar Vista Gardens (projects) z proof that “You are where you

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