Rev. Sekou And The Seal Breakers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
July 10, 2018, Bob Boilen The horns burst, the voices wail and, as if about to launch into a sermon, this author, activist, intellectual, pastor and singer introduces himself: My name is Rev. Sekou and these are the Seal Breakers, now they from He points to his band and continues, but I was raised in in a little old place called Zent, Arkansas that s got about 11 houses and 35 people, and they d work from can tsee morning to can tsee night and then they d make their way to the juke joint. And then early Sunday morning they d make their way to the church As he stokes up the NPR crowd, mixing church preaching with jukejoint jiving, he adds, there s a lot of trouble in the land, but we ve got one question for you: Do you want to get free Say Yeah And then Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou tosses off his largebrimmed, black hat, shakes his dreadlocks and demands freedom with these words: We want freedom and we want it now Resist, is just the opener to one of the most rousing Tiny D
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