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Introduction
The last segment of the August 11, 2025 episode of Jared Ball’s iMiXWHATiLiKE! on Black Liberation Media gives a preview of Shaka A. Shakur’s forthcoming book, Manifestations of Thought: The Cypher, When the Dragon Comes: Selected Prison Writings. Shaka’s first book, edited by Derek R. Ford and Tessa Kochert, will be published by 1804 Books next month.
In this segment, Dr. Ball, who received an advanced copy of the book after generously agreeing to endorse it, focuses on the editorial introduction and two appendices to the book: The New Afrikan Creed and The New Afrikan Declaration of Independence.
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About Jared Ball
Jared Ball is co-editor of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X and the author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power, which you can see him speak about here and read reviews of on Liberation School and Hood Communist.
Dr. Ball is a father, husband, and Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the founder and curator of imixwhatilike.org, a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting.
Featured image: Thumbnail of the August 13 episode of iMIXWHATiLIKE! Credit: Jared Ball.