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Since our launch 1 YEAR ago, much has changed and we continue to explore this with CEO & Founder, Elias Mageto, our management team and other special guests. Here we will discuss the African Diaspora online space and how it has changed since we went "live" over a year ago as well as the future of Jamati, Diaspora Interactive Media (our parent company) and more. So, join us "Under The Jamati Tree" for exciting, inspiring, engaging and sometimes surprising tid-bits! Don't forget to call in and join the conversation!

Jamati sits down with Filmmaker Leonard Abrams to discuss: “Quilombo Country,” a documentary film shot in digital video, provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or begun from abandoned plantations. This type of community is known as a quilombo, from an Angolan word that means "encampment." As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today. Contrary to Brazil's national mythology, Brazil was a brutal and deadly place for slaves. But they didn't submit willingly. Thousands escaped, while others led political and militant movements that forced white farmers to leave. Largely unknown to the outside world, today these communities struggle to preserve a rich heritage born of resistance to oppression. “Quilombo Country” is narrated by Chuck D, the legendary poet, media commentator and leader of the iconic hip hop band Public Enemy.