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Member Since: 2/17/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/mbrecordsinc
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My Life Influences

Mama ku Tanin - My feisty : mother and my calm dad : !: : :

Being born in a loving, united and respected family, and having my : 4 brothers and 2 sisters as my best friends! The desolate village of Palonkon on the Island of Fogo, Cape Verde, where I was born and raised till the age of 14!:

Every singly stone, hill and valley of Palonkon
: The summer rains
The farming - tilling the land with a simple hoe - morning to sundown during
The rainy season
The hot wind storms of October
The : fetching of hay
The fetching of fire wood
The fetching of water with the mule under the scorching summer sun
The blue skies and the infinite horizon all about me
The morning sunrise on Pontu Artu
The mystical sunsets!
The pitch dark nights
The moonlit nights, sitting on the cistern by the house, listening to music
The mighty mountains surrounding my village

Learning about the existence of God at the age of 6
Learning that one day I would come to Merca (America)!
Coming to America (the unknown)

My Musical Influences

T raditional Bandera Music (Bandera Festivals - chants/rhythms of Fogo) :
David Zé, Antonio Paulino, Urbano do Castro, Os Bongos, Os Kiezos,
Jovens do Prenda, Skah Shah 1, D.P. Express, : Les Freres Dejean,
All Jarreau & Lionel Richie :

My Reading List

The Egyptian Book of The Dead (The Papyrus of Ani) - E. A. Wallis Budge
Osires & The Egyptian Resurrection - E. A. Wallis Budge
The African Origin of Civilization by Cheikh Anta Diop
Civilization or Barbarism by Cheikh Anta Diop
The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams
The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Some
: The Crises of the Negro Intellectual by Harold Cruise
Plural but Equal by Harold Cruise
Unity and Struggle by Amilcar Cabral
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Different Drums by Michael Wood
The Isis Papers by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing:
Africa in History by Basil Davidson
The African Genius by Basil Davidson
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington : :
English 3200:
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: My Travels :

Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, South Africa, Portugal,
Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, : Haiti, Guadeloupe, United States, Canada, Portugal, France, The Netherlands, etc

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Djon Mendes
Record Label: MB Records, Inc.
Type of Label: Indie