GROWTH,FAMILY, FREEDOM, LIBERATION, LOVE, SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT, REPATRIATION, REPERATIONS, THE YOUTH, ART, EDUCATION...PEOPLE WHO READ.People who smile.
Music
Jazz, Roots Reggae, Soul, Soca, World Music (all over) Hip Hop,(not the radio garbage that i really wouldn't put in the hip hop category) John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Hubert Laws, Nina Simone, FELA, Babatunde Olatunji, Miriam Makeba ,Myron Glasper, J. Redman, Billie holiday, Common, The Roots, MOS Def, DEAD PREZ, Amir Suliman,Ise Lyfe, Immortal Technique, Prince, Jill Scott, India Irie, BOB MARLEY, Peter Tosh, Steele Pulse,Lunar Heights, Ceelo Green, Chocolate Butterfly, Bloodsugar...come on now... can't name it all...i love great music, I have so many favorites and it changes constantly..so this should do for now
Movies
watch em
Television
watch it (occasionally)
Books
Read em (often)
Heroes
Hopefully YOU....
My MAMA!!!, Fannie Lou, Harriet Tubman, Assata, Yaa Asantewa, El hajj malik, MARCUS Garvey, Nkruma,Nat T., Jasiyah, Nina Simone, Ella Baker, me when i grow up, Uncle B, My Brother Jomo, The Youth, ALL the prophets and their wives, John Coltrane, my grandma...ok this could get long so let me get back to this later.
Ade! Peace, sis!
I need your help. Please check out my novel, Manjani. The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers called it "a revolutionary work well worth reading." Some places refuse to review it. You be the judge.
STORY SYNOPSIS:
Manjani Jackson is a mouthy New York teenager who believes her life’s purpose is to lead her “deaf, dumb, and blind” brothas and sistahs into The Revolution. On one of the worst days of her life, tragedy strikes, landing her at an all white school. Although she is working on getting along, the racist students make it impossible, and before long, the administration crosses the line, forcing Manjani into political action. Then one of her events gets out of hand, sending her on the run. Her journey leads to a place where bittersweet lessons about liberation are learned as her comrades turn against her. Only tough love, spiritual revelations, and self-determination will help her find her place in the struggle.
Hi, Ade... I want to personally invite you to the launch & signing affair for my new book, 'LITERARY ARCHITECTURE' next Saturday, 06 Dec 08, at Octane Lounge downtown. To view your invitation and rsvp, please click here. You can also get more of the book’s details at LiteraryArchitecture. com and/or check its MySpace page out here. We hope to see you and yours then.
