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Songs were used as an archive for history in particular, histories of oppression. From the Negro Spirituals derived from Field Songs, sang by slaves who were working on cotton farms in the U.S., to KLFA ( Mau Mau) songs sang by detainees as they were transferred to detention camps and reserves, to Miriam Makeba, who ...
Zikism was Nigeria’s equivalent of Kusema na Kutenda, or amongst the KLFA (Mau Mau) Kuuga na gwika. Zikism was a philosophy created by Nnamdi “Zik” Azikiwe. His policy appealed to all including farmers – often the base of any peasant uprising that has seen revolutionary change, globally. Zikists, ...