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My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must re-define ourselves and our lives, in our own terms.

Source: What 'Jazz' Means to Me, in The Black Scholar, Summer 1972.
-- Max Roach, (Jan 10 1925-2007), US jazz drummer; He was one of the greatest jazz drummers; he refused to record in the U.S., 1970-76, in protest against the economic explotation of musicians.

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