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Mark Lomax II
Jan 10, 2019
Mark Lomax's 12-album cycle 400: An Afrikan Epic represents nearly three years of work and encompasses over eight hours of music. And many more hours of music and reading went into its creation. In the lead-up to 400 dropping digitally on January 23 and the January 26 concert featuring selections from the cycle at the Lincoln Theatre, Lomax shares a list of the sources he looked to for inspiration. Below, you'll find a Spotify playlist with hours of incredible music from artists such as Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Rokia Traore, and Public Enemy. It's followed by links to additional music available elsewhere and a reading list of great books and writers.
David S. Ware, Planetary Unknown Hamza El Din, Escalay Pharaoh Sanders, Black Unity Public Enemy, Nothing is Quick in the Desert KRS-One, The World is Mind Kidd Jordan, On Fire Anthony Davis, X: The Life and Times of Malcom X Cecil Taylor, The Great Paris Concert
A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality by Cheikh Anta Diop Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America by Lerone Bennett The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist The Color of Money. Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran White Fragility: Why Its so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen E. Fields & Barbara J. Fields How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society by Manning Marable The books of Octavia Butler The books of Toni Morrison The books of James Baldwin Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Americas Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing: The Study Guide by Dr. Joy DeGruy Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Kwame Ture and Charles V. Hamilton
Mark Lomax photo: Kevin Ward
