Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is the Philadelphia journalist convicted of shooting a police officer in 1982. Before Pennsylvania passed legislation banning journalists from visiting death row, Abu-Jamal recorded a series of essays on a variety of political and socio-political topics. The political Alternative Tentacles label compiled a handful of these essays -- all of which highlight Abu-Jamal's insightful ides and succinct use of language - into one very strong, extremely passionate Spoken Word album.