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February 25. 2004 •W B lack H istory M onth M z X- Page B3 Focus Star Quality Of ten's ÉODOOGffifO photo by J anis M iglavs A mother o f a Bedik tribal chief in Western Clothes. Illustrations shared during Black History M onth Portland hip-hop and rap artists from the group Young F.A.M.E. prepare for the release o f their first CD ‘The Movement.’ continued fro m Front three-song edits for prom otion. M ason says Y oung F.A.M .E. stands above other groups because o f its industry sound. “ You put our CD in and it sounds like it was put together with bril liance. All the tracks, all the beats are a crisp, quality production,” he says. So far. Young F.A.M .E. has re corded The M ovem ent, a C D due for release in the next couple o f months, featuring the hit single, “Lostland,’’currently on the playlist during the S tarchile’s: The U nder ground, a hip-hop and rap show that airs each Sundays from 9 p.m. to midnight on Jammin 95.5. The C'D is directed tow ard a broad audience and also features “In Luv W it” and "G et M oney.” Young F.A.M .E. perform ed at the recent Poh-Hop hip-hop festi- by S ean P. N elson , T he P ortland O bserver val and was a leading act last month at the Crystal Ballroom . They per form each W ednesday night at the Icon. On W est Coast tours, the group has hooked up with popular artists such as Snoop Dog, Dog Pound, Bad Ass, Too Short, 112, G inuw ine and others. Their music is downloadable at w w w .s o u n d c lic k .c o m / youngfameus. For information about upcoming shows, call 503-449-8842. Badu Gives Birth to Neo-Soul Oscar Ads to Be ‘Tasteful’ M PROPERTIES FULL SERVICE REALTY Muvnrve LMTINO M MVKt MLS. 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Levitra-pusherMike Ditkawillbe benched during the Oscars. There will be no pharmaceutical ads at all during the show, ABC said. No up front cost Families Weddings Events Promotional Terence Keller Direct: 503.704.1154 Office: 503.282.2551 314 NE 19th Avenue Portland, OR 97232 sity in Sacram ento. He then stu d ied and p h o to graphed in India, Nepal, Sikkim , Japan, Latvia, Patagonia, Chile and A rgentina before beginning to ex am ine African tribal legends in The M ything Link Project in Senegal. He began by studying the Bassari and Bedik T ribes at the daw n o f the 21st Century. In 2(X) I he continued the project in the Onto River Valley in Ethiopia. The follow ing year he traveled to Nam ibia to continue his research with the H imba and Bushman, or San tribes. His photographs and legends constitute a unique departure from A m ericans preoccupied with a tra ditionally isolationist view point concerning the rest o f the world. “M ost A m ericans that I know aren 't in touch with other cultures. The tribes I visit are really remote and on the edge o f losing their traditional way o f life. When I heard the traditional m yths o f the elders. I was am azed at how much had really been lost,” M iglavs said. Kyles Photography 1 1 4+V 4 MILLENNIUM No Super Bowl free-for-all promised ( A P) — Don ’ t look for any flatu- lent horses or im potence cures during com m ercial breaks at the A cadem y Awards. The motion pic tu re ac ad e m y has an u n u su al hands-on policy to m onitor adver tising during the O scars, approv ing each com m ercial and enforcing a strict set o f rules regarding w hat can be shown. It will be nothing like the raucous Super Bowl free-for-all. “W e want the show to reflect, not a stuffiness, but a dignity ap propriate for film ’s highest honor,” M iglavs' work is an artistic en deavor to describe oral African legends w hich predate the an cient histories G reece, Persia, C hina and E g y p t. In one m yth, G aruso, an elder o f the Ethiopian Karo Tribe, re counts what he believes happens to another tribesm an after death in a legend entitled, Life After Death. Such ancient m yths in other Erykah Badu is credited with starting music's neo soul move ment, but she really doesn't like the term. (AP photo) (A P) — Singer Erykah Badu for m aking good music. m ight be cred ited w ith started “H ip-hop is not som ething we m usic’s neo-soul m ovem ent, but do, it’s som ething we live,” she she really doesn’t like the term. said. “It’s the way we dress, the “Neo-soul is just another label,” way we talk... everybody bobbing she said. “W e d on’t make up those to the same beat. It’s a culture, and labels. W ho know s w here they you have to find your ow n place in com e from ? Probably from som e that culture. Top 1 0 o rT o p 4 0 c a n ’t body w ho can m ake money by box dictate that. T hey can only dictate ing it and selling it.” w hat’s m arketable.” M any credit B adu’s aw ard-w in Badu, bom Erica W right, fol ning, chart-topping, five-time plati low ed up "B ad u iz m ” w ith the num 1997 debut album “Baduizm " Grammy-winning album, “M am a’s for helping spark the neo-soul m ove G un," and her most recent C D is ment. She ju st w ants to be known titled "W orldw ide U nderground.” A d v en tu re travel p h o to g ra pher Janis M iglavs is sharing his record o f the elders, witch doc tors, chiefs and sham ans o f tribes men in the darkest corners o f Af rica. The Sherw ood artist is the fea tured exhibit during Black History M onth at G allery 7126, inside the S ellw o o d M asonic C e n te r on Southeast M ilwaukie Avenue. T h e e x h ib itio n , e n title d , A fric a's U ndiscovered Myths. Images o f Endangered Cultures will run through Saturday, Feb. 28. cultures often evolved from stories that could actually have their ori gins in prehistoric tim es in Africa, Asia, North A m erica and Europe. They preceded any written form o f expression and may be the earliest form o f storytelling known to prim i tive man and passed down through generations. “They have no conceptual art. Everything is oral, all o f the stories are all oral and none o f it ever writ ten dow n," M iglavs said. He has studied about 55 tribes throughout the world as well as 15 in Africa. “The elders and the chiefs were really gracious, but it takes awhile to develop a rapport. I had to ex plain I was ju st there to learn, I w asn 't there to change anything,” M iglavs said. After immigrating from Germany in 1948, M iglavseam ed a Bachelor o f Arts in Sociology from the Uni versity o f C alifornia at Berkeley in 1969, Teaching Credentials in 1970, and a M aster o f Fine Arts D egree in 1972 from C alifornia State Uni ver- C ultures UPHOtSTUH CLEANING SOFA (under 6 f t ) LOVESEAT SECTIONAL $62.00 $40.00 $22.00 AND UP CHAIR OR RECLINER $25.00 AND UP THROW PILLOWS $5.00 EACH CALL FOR APPOINTMENTS (503) 281-3949