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Assatta Shakur and Pauline Lumumba
Host Davey D spoke with Pan African organizer Obi Egbuna Jr. and activist and cultural producer Russell Shoatz III about Kotelemela Bolingo, a two-album musical project honoring Assata Shakur and Pauline Opango Lumumba. Meaning “resistance with love” in Lingala, the collection features 30 songs across six genres. Egbuna explained that the project emerged from the Assata Shakur Cuba Defense Campaign and is also intended to support approximately 4,000 Cuban doctors serving throughout Africa. The guests highlighted Cuba’s often-overlooked contributions to African liberation, education and public…
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