liberation. writing resistance. revolutionary yoga. my honorable ancestors.
I'd like to meet:
black activist-traveler-yogis. and /or discontented yet bombastic burgeoning scholars sown from wildseeds. and/or artistic african peoples, however defined. and/or those wit baobab hair-dos.
Music:
fela anikulapo kuti, robert nesta marley, thelonious monk, miles davis, tricky, black uhuru, burning spear, blksonshine, salif keita, sizzla, gregory issacs, dennis brown, fertile ground, cassandra wilson, alice and john coltrane, meshell ndegecello, digable planets, badu, les nubians, boukman eksperyans, midnite, zapmama, ceseria evora, alpha blondy, orchestra baobab, oliver mtukudzi, linton kwesi johnson, miriam makeba, tabou combo, magou, jhelisa, the abyssinians, gil scott heron and brian jackson, busi mhlongo, nina simone, billie holiday, jimi hendrix, tracey chapman, omar, d'angelo, stevie wonder, bongo maffin, martin luther. . .
Movies:
the price of forgiveness, sankofa, faat kine, city of god, wend kunni, abrouna, daughters of the dust, the agronomist, life and debt, ceddo, the motorcycle diaries, brightness . . .
Television:
telepathic vision: faith ringgold, frida kahlo, jean-michel basquiat, diego rivera, renee stout, ras kwaku, selamewit mekonen, githinji, eessu, yeslioness, yinka shonibare, seydou keita, baye gaye, prospere pierre-louis, elizabeth catlett, wifredo lam, winston patrick, edourard duval-carrie, jileen diop, vincent van gogh, tayo adamolekun, ras terms, mati klarwein, margo humphery, edythe boone, marie johnson calloway. . .
Books:
writers: yvonne vera, ousmane sembene, toni morrison, ama ata aidoo, ayi kwei armah, walter rodney, carole boyce davies, aime cesaire, maryse conde, jamaica kincaid, dambudzo marechera, sonia sanchez, jayne cortez, edwidge danticat, franz fanon, leon damas, derek walcott, kamau brathwaite, kwame dawes, nikki finney, buchi emecheta, chinua achebe, ngugi wa thi'ongo, bessie head, dennis brutus, michele cliff, jacques roumain, tsitsi dangarembga, efua sutherland, mariama ba, nawal el saadawi, bell hooks, ntozake shange, angela davis, amiri baraka, etheridge knight, jay wright, yusef komunyakaa, gloria anzaldua, junot diaz, elizabeth nunez, wole soyinka, malidoma some, robin d.g. kelley, w.e.b. dubois, james baldwin, zora neale hurston, jean toomer, gwendolyn brooks, toni cade bambara, june jordan, octavia butler, audre lorde, earl lovelace, c.l.r. james, ben okri . . .
Heroes:
boukman, harriet tubman, ama ata aidoo, wangari maathai, ngugi wa thiong'o, walter rodney, ayi kwei armah, assata shakur, franz fanon, nehanda, malcolm x, robert nesta, shirley chisolm, huey newton, kwame nkurmah, patrice lumumba, thomas sankara, che guervera, ida b wells, fannie lou hammer, steve biko, mumia abu jamal, winnie mandela, mau mau, marcus and amy j. garvey, fela kuti and his mama!
