revolution, then, is a faith-based practice.
Description
a letter to my daughter on the religion of revolution.
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Jazz of the Episode:
The Jordan River Song x Emahoy Tsege Marian Gebru
Whisky Story Time x Alabaster DePlume
Spring Yaounde x Wynton Marsalis
Lena’s Song x The Sweet Enoughs
You Go To My Head x Frank Sinatra
Tenkou Why Feel Sorry x Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Easy Living x Clifford Brown
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