We Are Sent Here by History' is a meditation on the fact of our coming extinction as a species. It is a reflection from the ruins, from the burning. A questioning of the steps to be taken in preparation for our transition individually and societally if the end is to be seen as anything but a tragic defeat. For those lives lost and cultures dismantled by centuries of western expansionism, capitalist thought and white supremist structural hegemony the end days have long been heralded as present with this world experienced as an embodiment of a living purgatory.
Track Listing:
1. They Who Must Die - Shabaka and The Ancestors
2. You've Been Called - Shabaka and The Ancestors
3. Go My Heart, Go to Heaven - Shabaka and The Ancestors
4. Behold, the Deceiver - Shabaka and The Ancestors
5. Run, the Darkness Will Pass - Shabaka and The Ancestors
6. The Coming of the Strange Ones - Shabaka and The Ancestors
7. Beasts Too Spoke of Suffering - Shabaka and The Ancestors
8. We Will Work (On Redefining Manhood) - Shabaka and The Ancestors
9. Til the Freedom Comes Home - Shabaka and The Ancestors
10. Finally, the Man Cried - Shabaka and The Ancestors
11. Teach Me How to Be Vulnerable - Shabaka and The Ancestors
Year of Production: 2020
