i borrowed some books from my library ("Kwame Nkrumah: the father of African nationalism" and "The New Jim Crow") but i haven't had time to read them :/
also recently i've been getting more looks from people in public. i was already getting looked at before (in a predominantly white area), but after wearing my durag daily i get way more looks and double-takes and it's kinda irritating. like bro stop looking at me
lastly anyone has any personal recommendations for soul and R&B? i really like "My Place" (Nelly) and i wanna listen to more of that type of music
The closest I get to rnb anymore is The Weeknd honestly; ever since R. Kelly caught a prison sentence that pretty much wiped out most of the rnb I was raised on
Dawn FM was an entrancing album as far as I was concerned; but it also resonates a lot harder if you're caught up on Abel's older work because there's a whole narrative arc that sounds like 'toxic RnB boyfriend achieves the fame he always wanted and now has to recover and grow from it' here
i borrowed some books from my library ("Kwame Nkrumah: the father of African nationalism" and "The New Jim Crow") but i haven't had time to read them :/
also recently i've been getting more looks from people in public. i was already getting looked at before (in a predominantly white area), but after wearing my durag daily i get way more looks and double-takes and it's kinda irritating. like bro stop looking at me
lastly anyone has any personal recommendations for soul and R&B? i really like "My Place" (Nelly) and i wanna listen to more of that type of music
The closest I get to rnb anymore is The Weeknd honestly; ever since R. Kelly caught a prison sentence that pretty much wiped out most of the rnb I was raised on
thanks! any album recommendations?
Dawn FM was an entrancing album as far as I was concerned; but it also resonates a lot harder if you're caught up on Abel's older work because there's a whole narrative arc that sounds like 'toxic RnB boyfriend achieves the fame he always wanted and now has to recover and grow from it' here
okay, i'll give it a listen. thx again
Kwame Nkrumah's Soviet biography is great too!
Really gets you up to speed on the person!
https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/kwame-nkrumah/
oh thanks! i'll add it to my list of books to read
awesome!