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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Comparing The Jimi Henndrix Experience and The Band of Gypsies: 1 of 2
The Jimmy Hendrix experience was formed in 1966 in London with two Brits - Mitch Mitchell (from Ealing) on Drums and Noel Redding (from Kent) on Bass and of course Hendrix on Guitar. The Band stormed the Rock scene and established Hendrix' reputation with seminal hits "Hey Joe", "Voodoo Child", "Cross Town Traffic", Foxy Lad... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History Vasily Chuikov: Hero of the Soviet Union: 1 of 1
Whats your image of the 2nd World War Soviet Soldier. Mine is that of an uncompromising, tough, determined, proud, ruthless, courageous and often simple individual, with a fondness for a wee drop of Vodka and an ironic sense of humour. A stereotype maybe, but one held by the Soviets themselves. One man in particular embodies... More..
Arts & Humanities > African History Biography: Tunji Sowande: Nigeria's Crown Court Judge and jazz drummer: 1 of 1
Tunji Sowande was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1912 to a fairly wealthy local family by standards his father being the Anglican Priest- Emmanuel Sowande, a pioneer of Church music in Lagos and contemporary of the distinguished classical composer and organist- Dr Ekundayo Phillips. His was a musical family, with his older brothe... More..
Entertainment > Musical Instruments History of the palmwine guitar: 1 of 1
This is going to be a hard one, being a scarcely researched and totally subjective topic- depending on whether you're Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian or Sierra Leonian. The Palmwine Guitar sound is a distinctive Folk sound, which originated in West Africa at the turn of the 20th century. As the story goes, the style emanated fr... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History Biography: Carl Gustav Von-Rosen- 20th Century Knight: 1 of 1
Count Carl Gustav Von Rosen was born in Sweden in 1909 and rather notoriously was Herman Goering's nephew (his aunt was married to Goering). Obviously of privileged background he started his professional career as a Pilot (largely influenced by Goering who was Head of the Luftwaffe and a WW1 Flying Ace) as part of a Flying C... More..
Arts & Humanities > African History Biography: Nigeria's Sir Louis Mbanefo: A study in courage and excellence: 1 of 1
There are few personalities who have shaped the course of the Legal profession in Nigeria, as Louis Mbanefo, it is however interesting that there is very little information on his life on the web and my intention is to provide some kind of composite record. Louis Mbanefo was born in Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria on the 13th of Ma... More..
Arts & Humanities > African History Biography: Nigeria's Taslim Elias: Colossus of the law: 1 of 1
Taslim Elias was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1914 and had his early education in local schools, graduating with A Levels in 1934, prior to this he had gotten married in 1932 to his life-long Partner. In 1934, he joined the Nigerian Railway and served in the Chief Accountant's Office for nine years. Whilst here he enrolled with... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Musician reviews: Denise Kaufman: 1 of 1
I borrowed a CD a couple of months ago from a work colleague, titled the 60's Garage collection, basically a collection of US Mod singles from the 60's (for the Ignorant, if you've ever heard the tracks "Louie Louie" and "Liar Liar"- alliterative character unintended- then you've heard Garage- not to be confused with the mod... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Chaplains who served duty in the World War era: Thrillseekers or idealists?: 2 of 2
The Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy Theodore Bayley Hardy was born on the 20th October, 1863 in Exeter. He was educated at home, then went on to the City of London School at nine, also London University.He was ordained a Deacon in the Church of England in December 1898, at the age of thirty-five, and ordained as Priest in St ... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Rude Boy- History of Jamaican music: 2 of 2
The name Rude boy has a number of possible origins: a. In Jamaica, the word Rude was akin to the modern colloquial term- "wicked" b. The term was also used in the conventional term for the anti-social conduct of the cadre who answered to the title. c. The term was also used in superlative terms to describe something really t... More..