Roots and Resistance in Hakka Diaspora
Roots and Resistance in the Hakka Chinese Diaspora by Wayne Yeh. Posted July 23, 2018. 葉氏家族以客家人文精神為支柱 The Hakka Spirit is the Pillar of the Yap Clan 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 No matter how tall a tree grows, its leaves will fall back to their roots There is a Chinese saying: 「有陽光的地方就有華人，有華人的地方就有客家人」Wherever the sun shines, there are Chinese people.…
The Pledge of Black Asian Allegiance
By Eddie Wong. Posted July 23, 20918. The following seven minute video clip from Jon Jang’s four part musical composition “The Pledge of Black Asian Allegiance” features Dr. Amanda Kemp and the Jon Jangtet: Jon Jang (pianist/composer), Gary Brown (bass), Deszon X. Claiborne (drums), Hitomi Oba (saxophone), and Nick DePinna (trombone). The composition focuses on…
East Wind Rising
by Eddie Wong. Posted Aug. 8, 2018. Wind. Sometimes it’s a cool, gentle ocean breeze. Sometimes it’s a fierce blast of heat. Whether it is hot or cold, wind is simply energy moving through space and time. East Wind ezine is like the wind. We are a new energy gathering strength from our past to…