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June 22, 2007
Mutabaruka returns to Atlanta to deliver spoken word and poetry presentation
 In celebration of Black Music Month and Caribbean Heritage Month Internationally acclaimed dub poet, social critic, radio commentator, performer and actor, MUTABARUKA will present a 2 hour spoken word and poetry presentation on Saturday, June 23 at the Afrikan Djeli Cultural Center located 840 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd in the West End section of Atlanta at 8pm. New Orleans singer songwriter, Kelly Love Jones will open the program with her insightful, conscious raising acoustic blend. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15.00 at the door. Admission is free for students under 12 years old.
Mutabaruka, Jamaica's voice of the people and radio show host has a recording career spanning over 21 years with over 9 albums, two books and multiple contributions as a guest artist. His views on politics, religion and justice are insightful, powerful and controversial and stem largely from his Rastafarian world view. As one of Jamaica's leading artist, Mutabaruka is the leading exponent of the genre known as "dub poetry".
The form derived as a natural extension of the Jamaican oral tradition and poetry, combined with a musical backdrop of the islands well known reggae rhythms. However, to call Mutabaruka merely a "dub poet" belies his accomplishments in music production, radio, film and business. He has released nine albums to date focusing on social justice and human rights .
Mutabaruka starred as Shango in the widely acclaimed Haile Gerima film, SANKOFA. His most important contribution to Afro-Jamaica culture may be his weekly radio program, The Cutting Edge which airs weekly on IRIE FM in Jamaica.
One of the most toured Jamaican artistes, Mutabaruka did a stint as guest lecturer at the University of the West Indies during his assignment as Folk Philosopher in 2003/2004. This semester, Mutabaruka will be the artist is residence at Merritt College in Oakland California. The college, from which came the Black Panther Party revolutionary movement of the 1960s, will offer a course titled, "Black Poetry: Revolution With Words," taught by the controversial Rastafarian philosopher.
Posted by yardFlex at June 22, 2007 11:00 AM
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Posted by: portmore
on June 22, 2007 12:20 PM
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Posted by: Pele
on June 22, 2007 12:53 PM
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Consciousness is like a cross, garlic or holy water to our people; look how many comments there were for Mavadumbo and the Appliance crew; but Muta who bring you cutting edge, full of consciousness, is blanked out? What is wrong with our people?
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Posted by: PAYDAY
on June 22, 2007 03:31 PM
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TEK IT TO DEM MUTA. AN MI UDA LIKE YU CHAT BOUT DE GLAMMARIZATION OF PIRACY. WE AS CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN PEOPLES WERE DE VICTIMS OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION AN GREED. NOW DEM A MECK IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS NUTTIN BUT FUN AN GOOD TIMES. AN WE PICKNEY DEM WHO NUH NO DEM ANCESTRAL ASCENDANT STORY A SPEN DALLAZ PON SUMMIN WHA MURDERIZE, RAPE AN PLUNDER WE PEOPLE, HISTORY, LAN, PSYCHE AN ALL A WE NACHERAL RESOURCSS FE GINGERATION TOPA GINGERATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACK MI JUS GET FE SE THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND AND MI SICK TO MI STOMACH. FI ME, IT IS BASED PON DE SAME OL COLONIAL GAZE. IT NHO CLARIFY NOR EXPLAIN NUTTEN. IS SOMEBODY'S COLONIAL BLOW JOB.
DE BLACK WOMAN DEM WAS RIPE FE DE WITE DACKTA F OFF BUT DE WITE OOMAN WAS REPRESENTING WITE OOMANHOOD SO SHE DECENT AND UNREPROACHABLE. AN LATER ON AMIN AN IM MAN DEM A WATCH PORNO MOVIE BOUT WHITE OOMAN A GIVE BLOW JOB!! WITE MAN CAN GET BLACK OOMAN BUT BLACK MAN CAN ONLY WATCH MOVIE AND FANTASIZE. THIS TOO IS A BIG PART OF DE COLONIAL GAZE --SEX-- BLACK OOMAN READILY AVAILABLE TO WITE MAN. WITE OOMAN INACCESSABLE TO BLACK MAN ETC.
FORREST WHITTIKA(AMIN) WAS CALLED A CHILD BY DE WITE DAKTA, WHICH IS TYPICAL COLONIAL METHODOLOGY--INFANTALIZE DEM SUBJECTS (ONGLE SE DEM AS, AN TREAT DEM AS PICKNEY). DEN DE BLACK DAKTA SACRIFICE IM LIFE FE SAVE DE WITE DAKTA CAUS FI IM LIFE MORE VALUABLE!!!
BLACK PEOPLE VICTIMIZE ALL UP AN DOWN IN DE MOVIE YET FORREST WITTIKA GET A OSCAR. DE OSCAR ONLY RECOGNIZE STEROTYPICAL IMAGES OF BLACKNESS. DENZEL GET ONE FE PORTRAY A CURRUPT CRIMINAL; HALLE GET ONE FE PORTRAY A DISFUNCTIONAL, OVER SEXED, CONFUSED, FRASTRATED BLACK HO; AN FORREST GET ONE FE PORTRAY A AFRICAN LEADER WHO WAS AS SIMPLE MINDED AS A CHILD AND AS SAVAGE AS THE BEAST AND CANIBAL/ANIMAL THAT CONTINENTAL AFRICANS HAVE OFTEN BEEN PORTRAYED AS.
AS MI SA MUTA TEKIT TO DEM, TEK IT TO DEM.
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Posted by: madald
on June 22, 2007 04:59 PM
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Muta chats a whole lot of tripe
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Posted by: stacy
on June 22, 2007 11:41 PM
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He has taugth me so much,with the cutting edge. I can now think clearly. MUCH RESPECT.
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Posted by: more fire
on June 23, 2007 06:25 AM
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Pele, .Notice how the yute dem anttenna stand up when them hear f..ry but drop when them hear a consciousness.Its the education system.Even the educated a try sound uneducated,'cause a di so called street knowledge a run di place now.di yute them affi wise up and know seh movado and kartel nah put food pon them table.Muta get whole heep a respect in a di university dem
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Posted by: Jermz
on June 23, 2007 01:37 PM
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Really love fi se dat muta a duh so much positive things through his poetry is a very positive sign. but alas it is true that we as younger generation do not usually have much respect and understanding for this type of thing
Alliance Mi Seh
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Posted by: ugyn
on June 26, 2007 03:48 AM
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Mutah Big I-spiration of true blak selfness Ratafari ....Tell dem da tchut papa.
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Posted by: Empress D
on June 26, 2007 10:00 PM
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What can I say...Many people in Jamaica don't realize what Muta has to offer, but the rest of the world can see it clearly. Muta is a true legend and his words and unique philosophy will live on forever!!
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Posted by: sunday
on June 27, 2007 10:58 PM
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Big up everybody this evening its good to hear that some people out there loves positivity. I move to the us recently and its too wanty wanty and glitta glitta. mi glad 2 hear muta a bring it too them:) GOD bless you all in Jesus name.
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Posted by: DJ NANNY B.UK1
on June 28, 2007 04:45 AM
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WELL THIS IS WHAT AM SAYING> AM GLAD MORE OF US HAVE NOTICE,THE MENTALITY OF OUR NATION.
AM OF TO PARIS TO DO A SHOW AND AT THE LAST MIN. I SAID LETS HAVE A LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS MORE NEWS OF THE IRIE FM WINNER NATASHA WHO LOVED THE MUSIC AND JAMAICA SO MUCH SHE CAME TO MAKE USE OF THE GOLDMINE WE HAVE IN JA AND LOST HER LIFE FOR WHAT OTHERS TAKE ON STAGE AND IN A NEGITIVE VIBES AND WANT TO OPEN UP BRAIN WITH GUNS WHILE HERE IN EUROPE ITS A DAILY POSITIVE FOOD TO OTHER NATION BRAIN.AFTO RUSH TO GET THE EURO STAR UNDER THE SEA NOW BUT ME NUH DONE MY COMMENT YET SO MUTA KEEP ON TOPPA THING UNTILL THE LOVE OF OUR ANCESTORS BRING I FOWARD TO THE FAMILY. WALK GOOD UNTILL THIS FRANCE TRIP YAH WHERE NATASHA WHO PASSEd TUNE IS NO1. THE GREAT KING OF AFRICA SPIRIT IS WITH US ALL SO KEEP IT POSITIVE. nannycandy@hotmail.co.uk
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Posted by: bright mhango
on November 16, 2007 10:22 AM
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mi love muta so much and i would like in this regard to call upon all other maniacs to write me and maybe we can be the next generation of poets. ma adress is mutafire@yahoo.co.uk
muta im no fear wen talking bot tings. luv jamaica and all black pple. am a malawian(africa) and all those who want to visit africa can use me. am a student journalist at a malawian university, i love u and fare well
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Posted by: Sakou X
on March 25, 2008 12:16 PM
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greetings,
I am honoured to have grown up and met what i can only describe as a man of god.
His works teaches, inspires and is medicine for all those who are wise(bitter at time but just what the doctor ordered)
God bless you blackman and you and your seed (god willing) go down as on who contributed to the establishment of freedom, justice and equality.
Sakou X
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Posted by: craig
on April 17, 2008 12:12 AM
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blessing with honor and great respect to you sir Muta for the years of hard work and dedication.nuff respect yuh ear sa and prevail in jah's path way.
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