<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Humanitarian Notes</title>
	<link>http://humanitariannotes.org</link>
	<description>Change through Music</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:25:48 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en-US</language>
	

	<item>
		<title>Big, overdue update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to level with you. This is a tough update to write. It&#8217;s an update that I&#8217;ve been almost writing for a week or so now. Finally going for it. No news of complete disaster or anything that traumatic. Just a rough couple of month for both Humanitarian Notes and me (can you believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/big-overdue-update/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=big-overdue-update</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Phew&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hearts and thoughts go out to everyone dealing with Sandy. I lucked out. In Brooklyn, but safe throughout. Still working on/waiting for life to normalize to some degree. Might be some time. Sounds like I might be able to leave Brooklyn tomorrow. Haven&#8217;t seen the island of Manhattan in a week, which would normally be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/phew/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=phew</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lucky Bastards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been posting much because I&#8217;ve had Stephanie helping on that end, which has been wonderful. Especially the most recent post&#8230; about the Africa Express&#8230; how cool is that? I know M3nsa was on some of it. And I know him. So that puts me only one step away from Sir Paul McCartney. Who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/lucky-bastards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lucky-bastards</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Musicians on Board the Africa Express</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A week-long train tour that began on September 3rd and ended on September 8th brought together a variety of live music performances featuring both African and Western based artists making stops in several major UK cities including Glasgow Bristol, and Manchester. Africa Express is a collaborative music project founded by Damon Albarn, the frontman of Blur and Gorrilaz who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/musicians-board-africa-express/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=musicians-board-africa-express</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Songs for Desert Refugees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When an eastern town in Mali was attacked on January 17th by armed rebel forces fighting for the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad or NMLA (a Toureg secessionist movement), it fueled the worst refugee crisis in the Southern Sahara. After the initial attack, the fighting spread to the northern region of Mali prompting thousands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/songs-desert-refugees/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=songs-desert-refugees</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Nneka in New York soon&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nigerian-German singer Nneka covers a wide range of music styles and African influences ranging from hip hop, soul, and reggae. She sings in both Igbo (her native Nigerian language) and English about the injustices of her country in the Niger Delta. Nneka’s music has been critically acclaimed and has won numerous awards including a MOBO Award in the UK [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/nneka-york-soon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nneka-york-soon</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>En Yay Sah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, veteran Sierra Leone bubu musician Janka Nabay released his first album in the U.S. with his band The Bubu Gang, entitled “En Yay Sah.” Nabay left his war torn country and relocated to Brooklyn, New York where he formed his band featuring members of locally based indie groups such as Gang Gang Dance, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/en-yay-sah/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=en-yay-sah</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Azonto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POST FROM STEPHANIE: Thanks for the introduction Dan! Very excited to come onboard and join the Humanitarian Notes team : ) For my first post, I’d like to get the word out on a new dance craze that has emerged from West Africa, specifically from a fishing community in Ghana, and has become increasingly popular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/azonto/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=azonto</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Good news (x2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, the obvious good news &#8211; New FOKN Bois video. And it&#8217;s very sweet. Get into it. Less obvious, but super good news for Humanitarian Notes, we have a  new blogger! I&#8217;ll keep blogging when I get a chance, but you can also expect to hear from Stephanie once a week or so. Why Stephanie? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/good-news-x2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=good-news-x2</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Let&#8217;s talk about shoes.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like fashion. But I also care about the world and injustice and all that stuff. The problem with a lot of fashion is that it&#8217;s not particularly good to the people who made it or to the earth. Lately I&#8217;ve been doing research into trying to buy clothing that treats everyone (earth included) well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://humanitariannotes.org/talk-shoes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=talk-shoes</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
<!-- This Quick Cache file was built for (  humanitariannotes.org/feed/rss/ ) in 0.30294 seconds, on May 22nd, 2013 at 6:07 pm UTC. -->
<!-- This Quick Cache file will automatically expire ( and be re-built automatically ) on May 22nd, 2013 at 7:07 pm UTC -->