Скачать или смотреть A Conversation with Bakari Kitwana

The Words Beats & Life Alternative Winter Break focuses on providing youth an alternative way to for students to spend their Academic Breaks by exploring the experiences of professional Creatives.

We know him for his journalism in the form of books like The Hip-Hop Generation, Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop and Sweat The Technique. We also know him for his organizing and activism in the form of things like the Hip-Hop Political Convention and Rap Sessions. Tonight we will learn more about the roots and growth of the man over the course of the beginning of his life and the lives of some of his family. We frame this conversation as a snapshot of his journey to becoming one of the most important writers alive today.

This episode is hosted by Mazi Mutafa.

1:25- Commercial
3:05- Intro with host
3:44- Intro with guest
5:46- Family
12:22- Creativity
17:05- Early influences
28:26- College
41:08- Early career
48:16- Break
48:34- Writing first book
54:25- Current projects
1:01:51- Advice to younger self
1:03:50- Conclusion
1:06:22- Commercial