Health and fitness, fiction and non-fiction literature -- especially the literature of the African Diaspora, live music, all music in general,film, art, dancing, and teaching.
I'd like to meet:
Those who enjoy chattin', philosophising, and conscious partying!A strong social and political conscience and a love/passion/obsession with music are pluses.In short: if you love Rasta, Malcolm X, Assata, and all Freedom fighters, holla!
Music:
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Coxson Dodd, all Studio One cuts, Toots and the Maytals, Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires, Lee Perry, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Black Uhuru, Third World, Steel Puslse, Burning Spear, Dread U-Roy, Yellowman, Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest, Luciano, Ziggy Marley, Morgan Heritage, Patra, Lady Saw, Ghetto Youth Crew, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Sean Paul, Supercat, Alpha Blondy, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Nas, the Roots, De la Soul, Outkast, Wu Tang Clan,Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Fugees, Dead Prez, Black Star, Rage Against the Machine, Yellowman, El Gneral, Biggie, Tupac, Beastie Boys, Erik B. and Rakim, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Salt N Pepa, MC Lyte, Heavy D., Brand Nubian, Aretha Franklin, Joan Armatrading, Sarah Vaughn, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Chaka Khan, Miles Davis, Sweet Honey in the Rock, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Steve Miller Band, the Eagles, Cat Stevens, Clapton, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Hall and Oates, Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, the Commodores, Barry Manilow, and so much more
Movies:
Brother Minister, The Matrix, The Way We Were, Dead Presidents, Half Nelson, STand and Deliver, Middle Passage, Finding Forrester, Glory, Braveheart, Amistad, Sounder, Nothing But a Man, Do the Right Thing, Love Jones, Laws of Gravity, Bowfinger, Happy Accidents,the Best Man, Jerry Maguire, Country Man, Love, Sex, and EAting the Bones, City of Angels, Love and Basketball, Casino Royale, Bourne Identities, the Big Chill, Rent (reminds me of my twenties) Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives, Sleeper, Bound by Honor, A Brother's Kiss, among others.
Television:
The Young and the Restless, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, Side Order of Life, Law and Order, ...
Books:
Autobiography of Malcolm X; Beloved; Mother Poem (Kamau Brathwaite); I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Conde)Blues People; The Souls of Black Folk; Black Skin, White Masks; When and Where I Enter; Women, Race, and Class to name a few.
Heroes:
My parents, My brother Nicky, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Harriet Tubman, Mackandal, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Paul Bogle, Toussaint L'Ouverture, David Walker, John Brown, Ida B. Wells, Marcus Garvey, Che Guevara, James Baldwin, Edward Said, Fannie Lou Hamer, Angela Davis, Walter Rodney, Frantz Fanon, Toni Morrison, Shirley Chisolm, Kamau Brathwaite, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, Hugo Chavez, Cedric Robinson, Leonard Peltier, and all of the ancestors.
