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Africanism, released 2025 on Africa Seven, pairs The Last Poets with drum tracks Tony Allen recorded before his death in 2020, later built out with a full band including saxophonist Courtney Pine, pianist Joe Armon-Jones and multi-instrumentalist Kaidi Tatham. After the pandemic, surviving members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan selected poems from the group's first two albums and set them against Allen's polyrhythms, the funky basslines and squealing sax solos never crowding out the Poets' voices. Formed in the late 1960s under the influence of South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, the group's Black Arts Movement-era verses, with lines like "you'll know it's revolution because there won't be no commercials," land with the same force decades on.
Media Condition: Mint (M) Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Brand new and still factory sealed. Unplayed.
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Label: Africa Seven | ASVN071 | UK & France
Released: 2024
Barcode: 5055373561493
Track List:
A1. This Is Madness A2. Two Little Boys A3. Just Because A4. New York, New York B1. Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution B2. When The Revolution Comes B3. Related To What B4. Gash Man
