Nina Simone: The Revolutionary High Priestess of Soul

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Rev Left Radio, Zoe Samudzi returns to the show to reflect on the life, art, politics, and legacy of the one and only Nina Simone.

Check out Zoe and her work here: http://www.zoesamudzi.com/

Follow Zoe on Twitter @ztsamudzi

Listen to Zoe's other appearances on Rev Left here:

- https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/critical-race-theory-and-black-liberation-w-zo-samudzi

- https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/black-feminism-and-queer-theory-w-zoe-samudzi

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0:00.0	Well, what's free to you?
0:04.0	What's free to me?
0:05.4	Yeah.
0:06.4	Same thing is to you.
0:07.4	You tell me.
0:08.4	No, you tell me.
0:09.4	No, no.
0:10.4	Is that a talk me for such a long time?
0:15.4	It's just a feeling.
0:17.6	It's just a feeling.
0:19.8	It's like how do you tell somebody how it feels to be in love?
0:22.9	How are you going to tell anybody who has not been in love?
0:26.2	How it feels to be in love?
0:27.5	You cannot do it to save your life.
0:29.8	You can describe things, but you can't tell them.
0:33.3	But you know it when it happens.
0:35.7	That's what I mean by free.
0:37.2	I've had a couple of times on stage when I really felt free.
0:40.7	And that's not me.
0:42.7	That's for free.
0:43.7	Really something else.
0:46.4	Like, oh, oh, oh, like, like, I'll tell you what freedom is to me.
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