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Anthony Thomas

Anthony Thomas is the founder and CEO of Hip Hop Generation. He is a philosopher,organiser and entrepreneur. He is a director of London Citizens and the Black Londoners Forum.

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Music and Performance
Malcolm X and me
14 September 2007

In his final Faith Column on Hip Hop Anthony Thomas gives his personal testimony of how book he read at 14 changed his life

Music and Performance
The history of Hip Hop
13 September 2007

Hip Hop is the culmination of 'Black' thought, born centuries ago, out of the struggles of African slaves,civil rights activists, Black nationalists and reformists.

Music and Performance
The spirit and philosophy of Hip Hop
12 September 2007

Hip Hop has no bible - it is best thought about in the same way as radical western philosophical movements like existentialism and libertarianism

UK Politics
The vision of the Hip Hop generation
11 September 2007

Hip Hop is heir of slave rebellions, abolitionist, civil rights and Black Power movements and the single most significant ‘Black’ cultural phenomenon of the 21st Century

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