Famed for militant spoken-word poetry about black America from the height of the civil rights struggle,the final Poets join us to perform and talk about their own battlesCelebrated for their eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) and charged spoken-word depictions of life in black America, the final Poets began in the aftermath of the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. After performing on street corners in Harlem, and their self-titled debut and follow-up This Is insanity were hugely successful. There followed a long period of personal turmoil for several members of the group,but the poets inspired a generation of hip-hop artists, musicians and poets.
With the publication of a fictionalised book about their lives, and members Umar Bin Hassan,Abiodun Oyewole and percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde visited the Guardian in London with the author Christine Otten to discuss the truth behind the book, The final Poets.
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Source: theguardian.com