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People have been asking me for a list of music recommends so here goes, its
a mix of classic stuff with some fairly recent bits, some of which you've
probably heard others maybe not but all albums I find very inspiring

Amadou and Miriam-Dimanche à Bamako
Sacred Spirit-Culture Clash
Wu Tang Forever
Buckethead-Electric Tears
Led Zepplin-Led Zepplin 4
Muddy Waters-Electric Mud
Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
The Disposable Heroes of Hip-Hoprisy-Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury
Saul Williams-Saul Williams
The Dead Weather-Whorehound
Curtis Mayfield-Superfly
Gil Scott Heron-Spirits
GZA-Liquid Swords
Killa Bees-The Swarm
Freedom Rhythm and Sound (Revolutionary Jazz Compilation)
Miles Davis-kind Of Blue
Ornette Coleman-The shape Of Jazz to Come
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt
Nas-The Lost tapes
The Mars Volta-Deloused in The Crematorium
Gravediggaz-The Pick The Sickle The Shovel
Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold us Back
Dennis Brown-Promise Land

This is by no means an exhaustive list, just a beginning.

Among all the signing and dancing that organizations that claim to represent
'black' culture are bound to put on this month it's easy to forget why Black
History Month was started in the first place. It can also be easy to get
caught up in that word 'black' and forget that this a part of the history of
humanity as a whole.

Hope you enjoy

CHEIKH ANTA DIOP
The African Origin Or Civilization Myth Or Reality?
Civilization Or Barbarism
Pre Colonial Black Africa

IVAN VAN SERTIMA
They Came Before Columbus
The Golden Age Of The Moors
Blacks in Science (ancient and modern)
Egypt Child Of Africa
Egypt Revisited
African Presence In Early Europe
African Presence In Early Asia
Black Women In Antiquity

UESCO General histories of Africa Vol2-G. Mokhtar

Black Athena-Martin Bernal
Africa In History-Basil Davidson
The Ruins of Empires-C.F Volney

Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome- Dr Joy Leary
Remembering The Dismembered Continent-Ayi Kwei Armah
The Destruction Of Black Civilization-Chancellor Williams
Before The Slave Trade-Robin Walker (Picture Book)
When We Ruled-Robin Walker
Brazil Mixture or Massacre?-Abdias Do Nascimento

From Columbus To Castro-Eric Williams
The Black Jacobins-C.L.R James

BLACK BRITAIN:
Ancient And Modern Britons-David Mac Ritchie
Staying Power-Peter Fryer
There Ain't no black in The Union Jack-Paul Gilroy

Omar Rodriguez is a genius

Feeling generous today so we'll give this away hopefully this will cheer
someone up with they grey weather.

The Guitar is played by my good friend and incredible musician Aziz Ibrahim.

Its still a work in progress but we thought it worth sharing anyway