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IDOL 

reading list

ARTICLES

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Nels Abbey on the relationship between White Jesus and White Supremacy:

 https://mediadiversified.org/2018/10/01/white-christ-must-fall/

ARTICLES

03/

David Tindall on Orisha worship in Trinidad and Tobago: 

https://www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-34/drums-and-colours#axzz5N8viOTUS

ARTICLES

04/

A brief psychological overview of celebrity worship syndrome: 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/in-excess/201307/celebrity-worship-syndrome

ARTICLES

05/

Mychal Denzel Smith on James Baldwin and Black public intellectuals: 

https://harpers.org/archive/2018/12/the-burden-of-the-black-public-intellectual/

ARTICLES

07/

A gorgeous thread of iconic moments in the life of Freddie Mercury: 

https://twitter.com/chadwckbose/status/1050301212854124545

ARTICLES

08/

Jared Brown on the need for positive Black representation: 

https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-children-need-positive-black-images/

ARTICLES

09/

Isaac Eloi on dating as a Black queer man:

http://azmagazine.co.uk/to-be-black-queer-and-dating-in-21st-century-britain/

ARTICLES

10/

A conversation between Jamal Gerald and Maddy Costa on some of the ideas within the show:

 http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/idols-superstitions-conversation-jamal-gerald-maddy-costa/

BOOKS

01/

The Altar of My Soul – Marta Moreno

BOOKS

02/

Slave to the Rhythm – Liz Jones

BOOKS

03/

Power of the Orishas: Santeria & The Worship of Saints – Migene Gonzalez Wippler

VIDEOS

01/

Nina Simone – That Blackness

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ClwX7oyXk

VIDEOS

02/

Chrissie – Lil Kim & White Washed BW | Becky with the Good Hair 

https://youtu.be/vXUwqj-kK7k

SONGS

01/

Vybz Kartel – It Bend Like Banana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKY6CPnnH3w

SONGS

04/

Lil’ Kim ft Lil’ Cease – Crush On You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWC79TcWWsI

SONGS

05/

Ella Andall – Homage to Sango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZc1etbHBX0

SONGS

06/

Ella Andall – They Heap Insults On Sango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_7GVt0sO4

SONGS

07/

Ella Andall – Ogun Baba Dey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2jeMCcRZs

SONGS

08/

Ella Andall – Wole Wole Ku Bani (song for Oshun)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xY9IO3M-gI

SONGS

09/

Ella Andall – Esu Wa Iyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emzmeQfGvd8

SONGS

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Beyoncé – Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RioOJ7dZxuw

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