Urbansouls - 2nd Edition by Osagyefo Sekou (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>urbansouls foreshadows the Ferguson uprising by offering keen insight on the social and cultural situation of the greater St. Louis region. Sekou reads the religious sensibilities of hip hop as a meaning-making activity for those who have been alienated from society's traditional institutions such as the church. Preface by Cornel West.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>urbansouls foreshadows the Ferguson uprising by offering keen insight on the social and cultural situation of the greater St. Louis region. Written while serving as a youth pastor and community center director in the late '90s, Sekou theorizes on race, class and gender. urbansouls reads the religious sensibilities of hip hop as a meaning-making activity for those who have been alienated from society's traditional institutions such as the church. The book is written for all those who are interested in the plight of youth. Theologians, public policy makers, youth workers, and social service providers will be presented with eyewitness account of the conditions that urban youth struggle with on a day-to-day basis, long before the killing of Michael Brown.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"<em>urbansouls</em> is the most eloquent meditation on the urban condition I've read. The incredibly young, dynamic Reverend Osagyefo Sekou rejects social science double-talk in favor of poetic, visionary language we associate with the African griots of the past and present. He is the best the Hip-Hop generation has to offer: a politically engaged critic brave enough to critique and embrace black urban culture simultaneously. What gives his essays such clarity is the fact that he writes from the soul--his own soul. He rightly identifies the soul of modern America: the city. Read it and weep...and laugh, and sing, and shout, and learn what the New Millennium has in store." </p><p>-- Robin D.G. Kelley, University of California-Los Angeles, and author of <em>Yo' Mama's DisFunksational: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America</em></p><p> </p><p>"Rev. Osagyefo Sekou's book <em>urbansouls</em> is both a proscription and a prescription for the ills of modern society. This book not only asks the question "Why" but offers the solution "How." It on the one hand condemns to death the "systemic violence waged against youth" and at the same time gives directions for the preparation of a remedy for the diseases that beset our environment. It is incisive, insightful, and inspiring." </p><p>-- Willie F. Wilson, Senior Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.</p><p> </p><p>"In order to transform America, <em>urbansouls</em> puts forth a new vision of humanity. Rev. Sekou weaves together observations from Hip-Hop culture, religion, and politics into a dynamic social analysis that speaks to contemporary issues challenging the African-American community." </p><p>-- Manning Marable, author of <em>Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention</em></p><p> </p><p>"At a time when African-American young people are preached at and locked up far more than they are listened to and talked with, <em>urbansouls</em> is a breath of fresh air. Rev. Sekou speaks truth and extends grace as he counts the costs of a society that offers poverty-level 'McJobs, ' crushed hopes, and drugs. He finds beauty and spirit in rap and other forms of creative resistance, but refuses to pretend that Hip-Hop culture has stepped outside of the larger society's avarice, homophobia, violence, and male supremacy. A profound call for what Sekou calls 'love' and 'self-criticism, ' <em>urbansouls</em> heals wth fire." </p><p>-- David Roediger, University of Kansas</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou is an emerging leader in the new Civil Rights Movement and an acclaimed activist, theologian, author, documentary filmmaker, and musician. Sekou was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at the time of Michael Brown Jr.'s killing, and traveled to Ferguson in mid-August 2014 on behalf of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the country's oldest interfaith peace organization, to organize alongside local and national groups. With the Deep Abiding Love Project, he has helped trained over five thousands activists in militant nonviolent civil disobedience through the United States. Born in St. Louis and raised in the rural Arkansas Delta, Sekou has studied at the New School, Union Theological Seminary, and Harvard University. He lectures widely, including at Princeton University, Harvard Divinity School, the University of Virginia, University of Paris IV - La Sorbonne, and Vanderbilt University. He is a former Professor of Preaching in the Graduate Theological Urban Studies Program at the Seminary Consortium of Urban Pastoral Education, Chicago. In May 2017, Sekou released his debut solo album, In Times Like These. Recorded at the storied Zebra Ranch Studio, a barn in Coldwater, Mississippi, the album features the six-time Grammy nominated North Mississippi Allstars.
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