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Jonathan

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Strong black man on the rise

My Interests

Journalism, activism, community, leisure, hip-hop, jazz, good food, good people,photography, urban agriculture, and every place on the planet outside of the U.S.

I'd like to meet:

Mandela, Hugo Chavez, James Poyser, Gil Scott Heron, Arundhati Roy, Cheo Hodari Coker, Shuggie Otis, E-40, Knox Robinson, ?uesto, and definitely J-Dilla on the other side.

Music:

Hip-hop, jazz, afro-beat, be-bop, soul, ragga, dub, dancehall, lover's rock, soca, cumbia, samba, bossa-nova, tropicalia, hi-life, reggaeton, and lost 45's

Movies:

Amandla, City of God, Smoke, La Haine, Uptown Saturday Night, Do The Right Thing, Baraka, Shottaz, Rockers, Talk To Her, Carandiru, Nobody Knows, Water

Heroes:

My moms!!!!! Everybody else is pale in comparison. But if I had to think about it: Nelson Mandela, Grace Lee Boggs, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Marcus Garvey, Che Guevara, Fred Hampton, The Panther 21, Assata Shakur, Young Lords Party, and Karen Salazar