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Dec 2023
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revolution, then, is a faith-based pract...

Ismatu Gwendolyn
About this episode

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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