Ten unrepentant songs in the spirit of undefeatinatitude for Comrade Thabo
(selected by NE) live on PASS radio
[display_podcast]Sleepless night 1:
01 Horace Andy “In the light (dub)”
02 Kgafela oa Magogodi “Mmatswello”
03 Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach “Mendacity”
04 Jane Cortez & Ornette Coleman “No Simple Explanations”
05 Fela Anikulapo Kuti “Mr Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss”
06 Curtis Mayfield “(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Going To Go”
07 Funsho Ogundipe & Ayetoro “Everybody Wan Be Oga”
08 IG Culture “B Free”
09 Bob Marley “Zimbabwe”
10 Gil Scott Heron “A poem for Jose Campos Torrez”
11 Lesego Rampolokeng “Crab Attack”
Honourable mention: Mandoza (feat Mdu) “50/50”
Sleepless night 2:
01 Zim Nqgawana “Long Waltz to Freedom”
02 Poet &the Roots (aka LKJ) “Five Nights of Bleeding”
03 Kgafela oa Magogodi “Freedom is failing (because we raise ugly people too)”
04 D’Angelo “(Watch’em all stand in line for a slice of the) Devil’s Pie”
05 Franklin Boukaka (feat Manu Dibango) “Les Immortels”
06 Bisso Na Bisso “Dans la peau d’un chef”
07 Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Homeless”
08 Gil Scott-Heron “The Vulture”
09 Dorando “Didn’t I (treat you right, do the best I could, give you everything?)”
Honorable mention: De La Soul “Stakes Is High”