Corner Boy Jazz
The ruminations of fiction/cultural politics writer Sidik Fofana
Sidik Fofana
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Birthday
- February 25
- Title
- Writer
- Bio
- Sidik Fofana is a contributing writer for allhiphop.com, okayplayer.com,and the Source magazine. He serves as Literature Editor at seeingblack.com and currently lives in Harlem, NY.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Quote of the Day
January 28, 2012 11:46PM - I Was Mentioned in Best Music
Writing 2011!
January 08, 2012 11:46AM - Freedom: Short Stories
November 10, 2011 11:57PM - My National Book Award Winner
Prediction
October 30, 2011 11:43PM - Hip-Hop SAT Assimilation
October 30, 2011 11:36PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I've been tossing that
idea around that we're not as
rational
and complex as we
w…”
January 06, 2011 09:26PM - “Funny, funny, funny.
Touche.”
October 31, 2010 10:34AM - “Stick that on a postcard
and make some money!”
September 06, 2010 01:37AM - “beautiful
pictures...”
September 06, 2010 01:34AM - “utterly
brilliant.”
September 06, 2010 01:31AM
Sidik Fofana's Links
- New list
- Follow Me on Twitter!
- Corner Boy Jazz
JANUARY 28, 2012 11:46PM
Quote of the Day
"As the economy gets worse and
worse, we're gonna have better and better subway acts."
--Lindsay Strachan
JANUARY 8, 2012 11:46AM
I Was Mentioned in Best Music Writing 2011!
My article on Wyclef
running for president was listed in the "Notable Writing"
section of The Best Music Writing 2011. Imagine that! I'm flipping
through the book at B & N and bam, there's my name! Anyway, the
list was also included in the
Village Voice. I feel so honored.
…
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 11:57PM
Freedom: Short Stories
Writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali put me on to this great collection.
Some real good writers in it.
OCTOBER 30, 2011 11:43PM
My National Book Award Winner Prediction
Haven't read it yet, but I know it's about Hurricane Katrina and a poor family and a litter of prized pitbulls. You heard it here first.
OCTOBER 30, 2011 11:36PM
Hip-Hop SAT Assimilation
assimilation (n.) - the process of receiving
new facts or of responding to new situations in conformity with
what is already available to consciousness
"It's almost methodical, education is false assimilation..."
--Ras Kass, "Ordo Ab Chao" 1996
More Hip-Hop SAT Â
"It's almost methodical, education is false assimilation..."
--Ras Kass, "Ordo Ab Chao" 1996
More Hip-Hop SAT Â
OCTOBER 16, 2011 1:23AM
Rich People/Poor People
Poor People
Question: What are you wearing?
Rich People Question: Who are you wearing?
Rich People Question: Who are you wearing?
OCTOBER 10, 2011 6:15PM
I'm Introducing Mohammed Naseehu Ali
Hey Everybody,
This Friday, October 14th I'm introducing Ghanean writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali (The New Yorker, the New York Times, Essence) at KGB Bar in the village (85 E. 4th St). What am I gonna say?
This Friday, October 14th I'm introducing Ghanean writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali (The New Yorker, the New York Times, Essence) at KGB Bar in the village (85 E. 4th St). What am I gonna say?
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 8:44PM
Hip-Hop Thought of the Day #4
 "It's absolutely silly and unproductive to have a
funeral for the word 'nigga' when the actions continue"
-Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets on Nas's "Project Roach"
-Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets on Nas's "Project Roach"
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 11:24AM
Hip-Hop Thought of the Day #3
"Yo check her, she the nectar the bee gets close to"
Mos Def from Black Star's "Brown Skin Lady"
Hip-Hop Thoughts of the Day
Mos Def from Black Star's "Brown Skin Lady"
Hip-Hop Thoughts of the Day
AUGUST 27, 2011 3:14PM
Soul/Hip-Hop Thought of the Day #2
"No you won't naming no buildings after me to go down
dilapidated."
Erykah Badu, "A.D. 2000"
Erykah Badu, "A.D. 2000"
AUGUST 18, 2011 1:45PM
Memory of Love...Aminatta Forna
Representing my Sierra Leonean
people. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Check it
out.
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AUGUST 18, 2011 2:46AM
Sooo True...
In the words of Lindsay's cousin, Dr.
Strachan..."Chuck E. Cheese's is a casino". Think about
it. The tokens are chips, the games
are slots...lol.
AUGUST 11, 2011 2:12PM
Hip-Hop Thought of the Day (#1)
They tryin to blame this rap shit for all of our ills
Like I can stick you up with a mic
Like I can rape you with a verse or use a verb as a knife
Like before Kool Herc, everything was alright
Like y'all wasn't callin black women hoes befo' "Rappers Delight"
Sheeeit~! That's just… Read full post »
Like I can stick you up with a mic
Like I can rape you with a verse or use a verb as a knife
Like before Kool Herc, everything was alright
Like y'all wasn't callin black women hoes befo' "Rappers Delight"
Sheeeit~! That's just… Read full post »
AUGUST 8, 2011 12:52PM
Gun Hill Road
You should see Gun Hill Road. I saw it. It was good.
AUGUST 6, 2011 12:36AM
Hip-Hop SAT Word #3 Synthesize
synthesize v. to combine (a
number of things) into a coherent whole.io
"Marley Marl
synthesized it, I memorize it/ Eric B. made a cut,
then advertised it."
--Rakim, "My
Melody" Hip-Hop SAT
AUGUST 4, 2011 3:59PM
Epiphany Reading
I'm reading my short story
"Dangerous Deliveries" Tuesday evening at a cafe in the
village!
Poets and
Fiction Writers mix it up at the Writers Read Summer Reading on
Tuesday August 9th , 2011
AUGUST 2, 2011 5:39PM
White Girl With Crazy Flow
JUNE 22, 2011 1:40PM
Always Wondered... Question #2
JUNE 20, 2011 1:05PM
The Deektionary Word #2 Thiefstorm
thiefstorm (n.) the immediate group of people one automatically accuses of stealing something. (Derived from the English thief and brainstorm).
Example Sentence: When the college girl lost her cell phone at the house party, the black guy with the hoody was the first person in her thiefstorm.
The D… Read full post »
JUNE 1, 2011 5:23PM
Lauryn Hill Covers Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved"
Cannot deny this...
MAY 25, 2011 3:14PM
Always Wondered Question #1
What percent of insects die violently?
APRIL 25, 2011 7:31PM
Training for Gods
You are in the third day of the God
Workshop and already The Almighty is giving the class a pop quiz.
You kinda half-assed the first couple of days, nodding off during
the Powerpoint and drawing nude
cartoons in your notebook. You never wanted to be a god. You just died six… Read full post »
cartoons in your notebook. You never wanted to be a god. You just died six… Read full post »
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