examining the absurdity of life. (god I'm fuck'n prolific:) but seriously major in music, film, carpentry, minor in too many things to list...
my father (but with me as an adult), sun ra (at times I wish I was from his planet;), coltrane, mingus, fela kuti, nina simone (with a bottle of home-made areque), beethoven, assata shakur, garvey, amil cabral, frantz fanon, thomas sankara, malcolm, Nkrumah, king teodros, che, castro, chavez, zara yacob(17th century ethiopian philosopher), king leapold (with a very sharp knife in my hand. there are a couple of other people I would love to meet with similar circumstances;), ..... sorry most people I want to meet are dead, I am work'n on some live ones, so help me out;)
to many to list... hendrix, mingus, coltrane, nina, billy, etta, howlin wolf, suggie otis, otis redding, bird (charlie), miles, peter tosh, chick corea, cachaito lopez, cachao, willie colon, miriam mursal, odorob, bela flec and the flectones, victor wooten, chuck barry, barry white, white stripes, earth wind and fire, bob, bunny, steel pulse, rage against the machine, system of a down, habib koite, ali farka ture, salif keita, omnu sangare, galactic, lauryn hill, fugees, mos def, pharaohe Monch, mighty sparrow, lord kitchner, shadow, mulatu, mary armide, ceseria evora, fela kuti, daara j, jill scott, gil scott-heron, manu chao, cubanismo, ibrahim ferrer, compay segundo, sly and the family stone, bill weathers, santana, soul live, herbie hanckok, marcus miller, sun-ra, wayne shorter, culture, israel vibes, bessie smith, nirvana, p-funk, bootsy, war, marvin, benny morre, los van van, roy ayers, bad brains, kenna, MIA, res, fishbone, pink floyed, Osi bisa, jackie wilson, wilson pickette..... sorry no end in sight
In random order: spring summer autumn winter, children of heaven,lion of the desert, clock work orange, once were warriors, chameleon street, rashômon, ran, the magnificent seven, sankofa, madadayo, 8 1/2, la dolce vita, la strada, my life as a dog, utu, ran, the spook who sat by the door, life, xala, a king in new york (charlie chaplin, not be mistaken for king of new york), the hour of the furnace, to sleep with anger, the bad sleep well, apocalypse now, east of eden, a street car name desire, burn, bus 174, monsieur verdoux, rockers, smile orange, cautiva...
dil kemot behuala, solidad brother,yebedel fitsame, yetangut mestir, the unbearable lightness of being, immortal, isat wey abeba, wonjelegnaw dagna, one hundred years of solitude, wretched of the earth, a confedrecy of dunces, jitterbug perfume, skinny legs and all, love in the time of cholera, the god of small things, biography of malcolm, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, you shall know our velocity, motorcycle diaries, sememen, things fall apart, open veins of latin america, peoples history of the united states from 1492-present, invisible man, go tell it on the mountain, native son, king leapolds ghost, berari kiteloch, mehaliye mahaliy bekasanchis, kerin geremew, siddhartha, the prophet, ageazi, xala, zebet be-ilfitu, douglas's women, maru, assata, the alchemist, how europe underdeveloped africa, the black jacobins, the prophet, ....
fanon, sankara, che, cabral, machel, malcolm, assata, biko... turner, tousant, george jackson, araminta, of course this list includes all folk who resisted and fought back against crakers who always want to dominate...