Writing, Escapism, DJing, Underground Culture, Africa, International Affairs, Music & Movies.
Why would I want to meet with someone? What the hell are you talking about? Look, leave me alone.
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Foreign Beggars, Prince, J Dilla, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest, CK Mann, Cassandra Wilson, The Roots, 4Hero, The Neptunes/N*E*R*D, wanlov, Nina Simone, John Mayer, Tiombe Lockhart, Led Zepellin, Foreign Beggars, Prince, J Dilla, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest, Cassandra Wilson, The Roots, 4Hero, N*E*R*D, wanlov, Nina Simone, John Mayer, Led Zepellin, Jazzanova, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Fela Kuti, D'Angelo, Madlib, Erykah Badu, Sade, Sting, Isaac Hayes, Roberta Flack, Eska, Coldplay, Bugz in the Attic, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nitin Sawhney, Mos Def/Blackstar, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, The Rebirth, J*Davey, Norah Jones...
Coming to America, Jump Tomorrow, City of God, Children of Men, Dogma, Fight Club, American History X, Heritage Africa, Mary Poppins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix Trilogy, Hero, Contact, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Descent, Superman, House Party, White Men Can't Jump...
My Name is Earl, Arrested Development, Dexter, Everybody Hates Chris, Nip/Tuck, Lost, 24, Scrubs, Heroes, CSI (except Miami), Talking Movies, Monkey Dust, South Park, Seinfeld, Cities of Gold, Alias, Ugly Betty, The X-Files, American Gothic, The Difference, Seinfeld, ER, Buffy, Weeds, Frasier, Chocky, Soul Deep, Afro Samurai...
Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, The Portable Promised Land, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Ghostwritten/Cloud Atlas, The Trials of Brother Jero, The Dilemma of a Ghost, The Northern Lights series, Black Gold of the Sun, The God Delusion, The Thursday Next Series...
My mother (who has thus far received an OBE, a joint Lifetime Achievement Award (with Gloria Steinem) from EQUALITY NOW, and inclusion on the 'Africa's Top 100 books of the 20th Century' shortlist for her book, 'Cutting the Rose'); my brother Metropolis (from Foreign Beggars), who is my rock; my old English teacher, Mrs. Mugadzaweta; Mandela & Malcolm; Kofi Annan (welcome home) & Kwame Nkrumah; Kofi Awoonor; my friends Charles (RIP), Benjamin Glickstein & Ahmed Akasha; Toure & Kwaku Sakyi Addo; Jacob Sam La Rose; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Parminder Nagra and Naomie Harris (not necessarily heroes, but I've watched them awhile & I'm feeling their trajectory); ?uestlove...