crystal wilkinson, good art, good literature,
inspired by all the black arts movement artists,
writers, singers and orisas, such as:
haki madhubuti, lucille clifton, ishmael reed, sun ra,
pedro bell, george clinton/funkadelic, romare bearden,
cheikh anta diop, dr. yosef ben-jochannan,
dr. john henrik clarke, bill traylor, jimi hendrix,
john lee hooker, junior kimbrough, olodumare, ptah,
chinua achebe, aaron douglas, jacob lawrence,
clementine hunter, esu elegbara, john biggers, palmer
hayden, archibald motley, horace pippin, w.h. johnson,
charles alston, sister gertrude morgan, loïs mailou jones,
alison & betty saar, raymond saunders, robert colescott,
jean-michel basquiat, fela kuti, isaac hayes, octavia
butler, aretha franklin, archie shepp, charles mingus,
thelonious monk, miles davis, nina simone, june jordan,
gwendolyn brooks, nikky finney, bell hooks, krs-one,
common, old ice cube, haiku d'etat, the coup,
- dammit, aint that anuff for now?
I'd like to meet:
old people with
new shit to say.
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Movies:
fresh, crouchin tiger, o brother whair art thou,
perfume, lemony snickett, pan's labyrinth,
city of god, motorcycle diaries, black snake moan,
summothershit...
Books:
anything by haki madhubuti, most things by ishmael reed,
crystal wilkinson, nikky finney, bell hooks (KENTUCKY REPRESENT!)
ruth ellen kocher, june jordan, lucille clifton...
