Dub Poet Yasus Afari to perform at One Love Poetry Fest in Europe (@YASUSAFARI @jam_yard)

one love poetry festThe “One Love Poetry Festival” is a Performance and Dub Poetry event promoted by Jam Yard with assistance from Line Hassall Thomsen in collaboration with Danish Poets from the Aarhus Poetry community.

They are inviting patrons to come out in “ONE LOVE” and experience professional Poets as they electrify the air with their spoken words! Topics will vary from global harmony to freedom of speech with an emphasis on being responsible. There will also be a live acoustic band.

The special guest for the night will be Jamaican Dub Poet Yasus Afari who will give a performance backed by percussion drums and a DJ set.

The event will be held at Atlas (located at Vester Alle 15, 8000 Aarhus) on April 16th. The venue will be transformed into a tropical relaxing atmosphere and patrons will be served up the world famous Blue Mountain Coffee with Caribbean finger foods.

They will be accepting a donation of 50kr from each patron

Canadian Poet Dwayne Morgan to release children’s book (@dwayne_morgan)

332158_304613556216017_1718980657_oPopular Canadian Poet Dwayne Morgan will be releasing his first children’s book this Sunday. The book is entitled “Before I Was Born” and it is about a fathers love for his daughter.  The official launch of the book will take place between 4 and 6:30pm on Sunday, February 15th inside Harlem Lounge, which is located at 67 Richmond Street East in Toronto, Ontario.

To hear the story, pre-order, and/or make a donation towards the project, please visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-before-i-was-born-children-s-book

POPE FRANCIS HIRES THE AUTHOR OF HARRY POTTER TO REWRITE THE BIBLE

10Pope Francis has hired famous and revered children’s author JK Rowling to rewrite the Bible. For those not familiar with JK Rowling, she is a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and have been the basis for a series of films which became the highest-grossing film series in history.

It is being reported that a source close to the pope said that the reason for rewriting the Bible is because “sales of the Jesus Christ action figure have dropped by over 200% in the last 10 years, they are in need of new, compelling and toy-friendly characters…like the dinosaur in Toy Story.”

MJ Magazine thought it important to share this story because according to Black Demographic dot com, 83% of Black Americans are Christians and the numbers increase dramatically in the Caribbean.

Nina Simone, the musical genius and Black Power icon (@NinaSimoneMusic)

2It is no secret that we here at MJ Magazine are huge fans, lovers and supporters of Nina Simone. For those not familiar with the name Nina Simone, she was a classically trained musical genius, chart-topping chanteuse, and Black Power icon. Ms Simone lived in a time when racial divide was the norm in America and other parts of the world. What we here at MJ Magazine and I suspect others around the globe most admired her for was her determination to maintain her natural, African way of thinking, looking and acting despite the enormous pressure she was under to conform.

Director Liz Garbus has put together a documentary entitled What Happened, Miss Simone? It is a collaboration between Netflix, Radical Media, and Moxie Firecracker Films. To find out when and where you can watch the documentary, follow the production team on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/whathappenedmisssimone