James Baldwin, Cheikh Anta Diop, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, VS Naipaul
"Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; "Another Country" by James Baldwin; "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond; "The African Origin of Civilization" by Cheikh Anta Diop; "Notes from Underground" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; "Moon" by Tony Fletcher; "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Cycle World, Essence, Road Bike, Rolling Stone, Vibe
the Boondocks (the comic is WAY better than the TV show), Life in Hell, Love and Rockets (the graphic novel), Peanuts
Boston Legal, Californication, Dave Chappelle, George Lopez, Half & Half, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the L Word, Oz, Sons of Anarchy, the Sopranos, the Wire
World Beat, Metal, jazz (trad and avant-garde, but NOT the smooth variety), Funk, old school HipHop, Dancehall reggae, Roots reggae, 70's classic rock, 90's Alternative Rock
Boukman Eksperyans, Buena Vista Social Club, Cream, Eric Dolphy, Foo Fighters, Harriet Tubman (the band!!), Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, the Jam, (any of) the Marleys, Mingus, Meshell Ndege OCello, Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Public Enemy, the Roots, Sonic Youth, Steely Dan, Sevendust, Springsteen, Tones on Tail, Velvet Revolver, WuTang Clan.
Jerk chicken, jollof rice, red curry Thai vegetables