Door of Return Soundtrack
It was Akeelah’s destiny to open the door of return 1000 years after her Ashanti ancestors put the helpers inside. But she forgot. Now the helpers are free and are ravaging her dreams and Bridgetown. Akeelah must find a way to reconcile with her history, and unravel the web Anansi spins for the people. This is a soundtrack to this …
#4 Language Playlist
Its never enough to read about languages, its not even enough to hear them. You have to feel it. The languages of our people are vessels that carry centuries of memory. From Xhosa clicks that are strung into melodies by Makeba and Bongeziwe to the clash of Wolof used as a rallying cry by Youssou N’dour, our languages tell the …
Songs to get married to
This is a playlist that features songs about weddings, marriage, heartbreak, and love. These songs are some of the songs that inspired us, made us think, and made us cry as we were building this volume.
Playlist|Volume One.
Here are some song’s that we were listening to while we were making this volume. They reflect where our minds are at, what we are thinking through, feeling through, what we are hopeful for, and fearful of. Black Parade – I think this is Beyonce’s most important song. In between flooded (flooded), flooded (flooded), on my wrist, ow Ooh, goin’ …
