Salifu Mack

Journalist, writer, producer, educator, and digital strategist living and learning between the swamps of New Orleans and Charleston.

DIGITAL MEDIA FIELD WORK - Video

WRITING

Hood Communist • 6th July 2023

More Than Meets the Silk Press: Kamala Harris and U.S. Imperialism

Few people know about the quietly destructive role she’s been playing in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Hood Communist • 10th November 2022

Identity Without Responsibility

None of the confusion created by living in the core of the US empire is ever going to change the fact that Africa is our homeland.

Hood Communist • 14th July 2022

Out of the Clouds: Remarks on 'anti-Blackness' in Cuba

Africans in Cuba do not see themselves as people who need to be saved by people who don’t understand their predicament.

Hood Communist • 26th August 2021

Understanding Exploitation through the "Saweetie Meal"

At every step, Black figureheads betray the agenda for self-determination for all Africans by confusing their individual progress with collective progress.

DIGITAL MEDIA FIELD WORK - Audio

Gimlet • 17th September 2018

Saving Grace | The Nod

Autumn loves to play The Sims. The life simulation game gives the 15-year-old an escape from her difficult home life. But after something terrible happens, the line between the game and real life starts to blur.

Gimlet • 24th November 2021

My Somebody | Resistance

Kelly never saw herself as a ride or die. But that all changed when her partner Keith Davis Jr. was locked up.

Gimlet • 31st March 2021

Geechee World Order | Resistance

In the low country of South Carolina the Gullah Geechee are engaged in a fight to preserve their land and determine their destiny.

Gimlet • 11th September 2019

The DJ Uncle Al Experience | Mogul

On September 10th 2001, Miami lost a local legend: DJ Uncle Al. In this episode, we hang at home with DJ Walshy Fire of Major Lazer, and he breaks down why Al was so special. It’s a tale of perseverance, positivity, pirate radio, and songs about Santa Claus.

Gimlet • 10th July 2018

An Oral History of Knuck If You Buck | The Nod

We reunite members of Crime Mob to get the inside story of Knuck If You Buck, the club anthem that defined the crunk era and took them from high school kids to rap legends.