ShowDiasporic Music
Broadcast TitleMarcus Garvey at 150 and the struggle for Jamaican independence!
Broadcast Date2012-11-11
Record Date2012-11-11
SummaryDiasporic Music is made in the West, but is not of the West. Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali provides an All-African mix of music and politics. Dr. Rupert Charles Lewis (author of Walter Rodney's Intellectual and Political Thought) will discuss Jamaica's Economy, 50 years of its independence, Marcus Garvey at 150 and the 2012 Olympics in London. Los Angeles Poet Helen Williams, will discuss her new book, "From Birth to Longevity" and we will end the show with a Musical Tribute to my mother Eliza Richmond.