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Bantu Village
Bantu Village is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by Monk Higgins recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1969.
Reception.
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.
Track listing.
1. "H.N.I.C." (Blue Mitchell, Dee Ervin, Monk Higgins) - 5:18
2. "Flat Backing" - 4:18
3. "Na Ta Ka" (Fred Robinson) - 3:56
4. "Heads Down" - 5:19
5.
three days of rioting in June 1969, after an Omaha police officer fatally shot teenager Vivian Strong in the Logan Fontenelle Public Housing Projects.
BANTU was also the target of a COINTELPRO investigation by the FBI.
See also.
- List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska
- African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska
Bibliography.
- Howard, A. M. (2006, Sep) "The Omaha Black Panther Party and BANTU: Exploitation or a Relationship of Mutual Convenience Paper presented at the annual meeting