Shelfie with Akala

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6 жыл бұрын

Rapper, poet, political activist and now author, Akala, popped into his local Waterstones in Notting Hill to share some of his favourite books. As you might hope for from a man with such a wide-ranging cultural life his selections took in everything from psychiatric analysis to Nobel Prize-winning fiction by way of a science fiction classic. Enjoy.
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Books mentioned:
Dune bit.ly/2IdpcOm
The Wretched of the Earth bit.ly/2IxFJAb
Blindness bit.ly/2wAhc8G
Song of Solomon bit.ly/2Ia47od
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Пікірлер: 71

@simransidhu3444 6 жыл бұрын

Let them say that I lived in the time of Akala.

@Kuswasinnam 6 жыл бұрын

Simran Sidhu. 👊🏾

@alanbstard5584 6 жыл бұрын

Simran Sidhu His slang as changed? What happened to His bad boy Lingo.

@ME-ob6cl 4 жыл бұрын

@@alanbstard5584 he has spoke like this for years. he is a well educated person. he speaks like a bad man in his music. thats about it

@alanbstard5584 4 жыл бұрын

ME So He Acts like a Bad Man?

@velox5598 4 жыл бұрын

Akala, Lowkey, English Frank, Dave and Big Narstie are the kings of UK hip hop

@Capricorn152 4 жыл бұрын

He has such an amazing voice. Could listen to him talk for hours.

@Slynell1 6 жыл бұрын

anybody else just smile looking at all those books?

@trudytriad4574 4 жыл бұрын

It's heaven. I love libraries and book shops

@babycheese8106 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it's not the same unless you can smell them 😆

@Slynell1 3 жыл бұрын

@@babycheese8106 yes. You gotta get a good sniff of them 😂

@HaHaLooLoo 6 жыл бұрын

"by what alchemy is this achieved!?" LMAO i lOVEEE AKALA. I LOVE THIS MAN.

@tokilladaemon 6 жыл бұрын

Akala is THE MAN. So good live too

@KaiusKing 2 жыл бұрын

Natives is a great read! If you haven't already I recommend purchasing one ASAP! Real insight into how British history and empire have shaped the society we live in today! As well as, future predictions for the changing global political powers on the rise.

@Spittingink 6 жыл бұрын

Love this. As usual Akala inspires.

@ljmerritt7376 6 жыл бұрын

🙌That🙌Boy🙌Akala🙌

@vivalarevolution1384 6 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for the book 😀👍

@Sheba4474 4 жыл бұрын

We need you to come back with Great Reads,Book Check ,more Shelfies.... I am so here for it !!

@KaiusKing 2 жыл бұрын

All these books are going on my list

@yellowsun.1776 6 жыл бұрын

Reading this currently, amazing book smooth link between the personal and global, some of the stories I was familiar with from Akalas past interview but always fresh.

@ethanduckworth6634 Жыл бұрын

I do need to read Dune. I love the recent adaptation by Denis Villeneuve, and yes I do like the 80s one by Lynch. Thanks for giving Frank Herbert a shout out!!!

@Ashes3123 6 жыл бұрын

Blindness is definitely one of the best books I've read.

@thelaurels13 4 жыл бұрын

Akala is such a gent. Just finished reading his book Natives, really enjoyed it and it’s so well written. Akala communicates complex issues in a manner that’s convincing and accessible. I’d highly recommend reading his book. I’m definitely going to pick up the books he’s recommended in this clip. Not read any sci-if before, a bit like Akala, up until a couple of years ago I wasn’t really into fiction, but now I love it.

@andrealegg2527 2 жыл бұрын

Well, i read his book 'nations' and there are a few lies (or ignorance on his part) in there. I wish the editor actually fact checked the book

@owenk8216 6 жыл бұрын

Yes dune! has always been my fav sci-fi

@alexandrayellop1685 6 жыл бұрын

jeez akala, making me wanna call in sick for the next couple weeks with this booklist haha

@callumwaddell5145 6 жыл бұрын

Hope to see this in my local library soon ;)

@user-ti1lg4bd6y 6 жыл бұрын

Big up need more shelfies not selfies

@sylviewheeler6237 3 жыл бұрын

I bought your book last week ., I’m reading it at the moment . I’ve been following you for a few months now . All the information you have offered has really honestly changed my vision of life . Thank you so much for being there !

@andrealegg2527 2 жыл бұрын

There are quite a lot of lies (or might be ignorance) in his book

@AsiaMinor12 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrealegg2527 such as?

@riccccccardo 6 жыл бұрын

I love this guy!

@cleopatraanthony5195 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds intresting, pre-ordering now.

@mountainman6172 6 жыл бұрын

Shelfie - I like it. This was an intriguing ep.

@rastaman39 6 жыл бұрын

Big ups 💯

@DJ_Shenanigan00 5 жыл бұрын

would of been nice if it was in his own library would love to see it

@leejay1101 6 жыл бұрын

Most influential of the 20th century seems a bit extreme. George Orwell, the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein(a summary of his work), a day in the life of Ivan denisovich by aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

@gchild123 5 жыл бұрын

no suprise he is heavy book reader

@Truth2power5848 5 жыл бұрын

LB Rudz thick people don’t read clever people do

@AidenAidens 6 жыл бұрын

Akala is the truth 👊

@Blacktolite 6 жыл бұрын

Is there a audio book version on audible??? I hope so.

@zshnz 6 жыл бұрын

Ratso Rizzo yes there should be, I saw him recording it a while ago

@jfc4798 6 жыл бұрын

www.audible.co.uk/pd/Non-fiction/Natives-Audiobook/B076HWB9HG?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=TKRWAW62S6AYCKFV4ZMN&

@sporo2000 6 жыл бұрын

In the case of Toni Morrison I think I have one or two more than you. Her books are one area I can can honestly boast on having one up on Akala.

@lepremierpierre8819 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes fiction is realer than real life 👌🏾

@Osman-mj5rf 4 жыл бұрын

Warrior akala 💯

@leesimone2 5 жыл бұрын

Dune is great.

@tonygns2182 5 жыл бұрын

Akala - Read Your History in The KJV 1611 Bible with apocrypha Deuteronomy 28:68 and also add these to your collection from babylon to timbuktu, lost tribe and promised land, Chicago's Authentic Founder, flavius josephus complete works, The willie lynch letter, Russian Icons Book by Vladimir Ivanov... Check out IUIC collection books as well...

@silversurfer5026 2 жыл бұрын

Did this guy ever meet his father if so what was his name ?

@DeadleeDan 6 жыл бұрын

😎

@martinvalentine9228 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, something I disagree with Akala about! Douglas Adams hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is the best science fiction novel ever writtem............

@faithgrace241 4 жыл бұрын

Jah bruv he'll provide play sfe

@rjg4851 6 жыл бұрын

Kingslee James 'Saying "mankind" is sexist' Daley. “Wer” or “Wǣpmann” was used to refer to “male human”. It survives somewhat in words like “werewolf”, which literally means “man wolf”. Women at the time were referred to as “Wif” or “Wīfmann“, meaning “female human”. The latter evolved into the word “woman”, but retained its original meaning. The word “wif”eventually evolved into “wife”. The word ‘men’, meaning “to think” or “to have a cognitive mind”, was gender neutral and connected to “man”, which meant “the thinker”. So we can see how “man” originally referred to all humans. Mankind was gender neutral. Akala is smart, but as you can see is orientated to automatically take up arms against the conventional or perceived 'opressed', even when there's nothing to it.

@kasimhussain93 6 жыл бұрын

I like him amd what he represents but so many times he just blabs off the topic using intelligent choice of words to sound more clever i remember a speech and he just never said what the his point was just stated loads of facts and then moved on to the next topic