Next Stage Arts Project

Next Stage will present a concert with Rev Sekou and the Freedom Fighters with a pre-talk with Rev Sekou around social justice and racial equality. Reverend Sekou is a noted activist, theologian, author, filmmaker, and musician. Born in St. Louis and raised in the rural Arkansas Delta, Rev. Sekou has become especially known for his musical activism and raw sound. His musical sound is a unique combination of North Mississippi Hill Country Music, Arkansas Delta Blues, Memphis Soul, and Pentecostal steel guitar. Alongside his musical discography, his writings and lecture topics include; Urbansouls: Meditations on Youth, Hip Hop, and Religion and The Task of the Artist in the Time of Monsters.