The Displaced African » DNA http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com African's personal development blog Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 2006-2007 masmilele@thedisplacedafrican.com (The Displaced African) masmilele@thedisplacedafrican.com (The Displaced African) posts Just another WordPress weblog The Displaced African The Displaced African masmilele@thedisplacedafrican.com No no http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg The Displaced African http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com 144 144 Interview with Political Activist, Speaker and Soulfege Band Member: Derrick Ashong (Part 2) http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/07/interview-with-political-activist-speaker-and-soulfege-band-member-derrick-ashong-part-2/ http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/07/interview-with-political-activist-speaker-and-soulfege-band-member-derrick-ashong-part-2/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:04:57 +0000 Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=465

The Podcast

Things Covered

1) Some of the work that Derrick is doing in Accra

2) How did Soulfege get started?

3) Information about the evolution of the Soulfege band

4) Talks about their new album coming out July 15th 2008: Take Back the Mic

5) How the music industry has reacted to Soulfege in the age of gangsta rap?

6) Where you can get their new record?

7) How can you support Soulfege
8) Discussion about the famous Obama video

9) Why does Derrick Ashong support Barrack Obama?

10) Words of advice for someone who is about to immigrate to the States

Websites mentioned

1) www.facebook.com/soulfege

2) Pick up their record at the Itunes store: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/

3) The Obama video:

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The Interview

Things Covered

1) Brief snapshot of the earlier years in Derrick Ashong’s life

2) The relationship between Africans and African Americans

3) Derrick’s relationship with African Americans and Caucasians in his final years of high school.

4) How Derrick ended up in Harvard

5) Derrick’s experience as a major in African American studies

6) Most important insight that Derrick learned about Africans and African Americans after years of study

7) How did he end up becoming a professional public speaker

8) Who does he speak to as a professional speaker? What does he speak about?

9) What intrinsic values does Africa have?

10) Great take on the tribal disparities in Africa

11) Why don’t more African youth participate in the development of Africa and its diaspora in a meaningful way?

12) Are we African immigrants doing enough?

Important Websites

1) Soulfege website: www.soulfege.com

2) Soulfege Facebook page: www.facebook.com/soulfege

3) Derrick Ashong’s famous Obama video:

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