MK Asante

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• Book Deal for Buck

  

  I'm excited to announce that my new book, Buck, will be published by Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau. Buck is a coming-of-age memoir and will be released in 2013.

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• Interview + Profile on CNN

  

  I was recently featured on CNN's African Voices. In the interview with Isha Sesay, I talk about my work and personal journey. To watch the full interview and profile: click Here. To watch the quick fire Q + A: click Here. To watch the Spoken Word: click Here.

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• Key to the City of Dallas, Texas

  

  I'm honored to have received the Key to the City of Dallas, TX after a recent screening of The Black Candle. Thanks to the people of Dallas, Friendship West Baptist Church, and to deputy mayor pro tem Dwaine Caraway.

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• American Documentary Showcase Film

  

  I'm featured in a new documentary about the American Documentary Showcase. In it, I discuss my recent experiences in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe as a filmmaker and film expert with the program. To watch the film, Click Here.

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• Motherland Wins 2 Awards

  

  Motherland, a feature documentary I recently produced, won Board of Director's Best Documentary at the 2010 Pan African Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2010 Zanibar International Film Festival. Click Here to Visit Official Movie Site

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• Zimbabwe with American Documentary Showcase

  

  On my way to Zim in August with the American Documentary Showcase, a co-operative grant program of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Department of State of the United States of America and The University Film and Video Association. Click Here for More Info on AMDOCS

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• Tenure and Promotion at MSU

  

  I received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Morgan State University. I'm in the Department of English and Language Arts and teach creative writing, film, and hip hop courses. Morgan is a dynamic institution and I'm appreciative of their support.

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• Italian Translation of It's Bigger Than Hip Hop

  

  It's Bigger Than Hip Hop has been translated into Italian. Language is sometimes a barrier, but this translation is a bridge. The book is retitled Post Hip Hop: Un Nuovo Linguaggio and is available throughout Italy or can be ordered online.

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• The Black Candle TV Premiere

  

  Please tune-in to catch my latest film, The Black Candle, narrated by Maya Angelou, make its TV Premiere. The film will air on Saturday, December 26th, at NOON on TV ONE. For more info about the film or to order the DVD, check out the Official Movie Website

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• The Black Candle Wins Best Documentary at AWDFF

  

  The Black Candle received the Best Documentary prize at the 2009 Africa World Documentary Film Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.

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