Rev. Sekou And The Seal Breakers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

July 10, 2018 | Bob Boilen -- The horns burst, the voices wail and, as if about to launch into a sermon, this author, activist, intellectual, pastor and singer introduces himself: “My name is Rev. Sekou and these are the Seal Breakers, now they from Brooklyn.“ He points to his band and continues, “but I was raised in in a little old place called Zent, Arkansas that’s got about 11 houses and 35 people, and they’d work from can’t-see morning to can’t-see night and then they’d make their way to the juke joint. And then early Sunday morning they’d make their way to the church house.“ As he stokes up the NPR crowd, mixing church preaching with juke-joint jiving, he adds, “there’s a lot of trouble in the land, but we’ve got one question for you: Do you want to get free? Say Yeah!“ And then Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou tosses off his large-brimmed, black hat, shakes his dreadlocks and demands freedom with these words: “We want freedom and we want it now!“ “Resist,“ is just the opener to one of the most rousing Tiny D