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Why Nina Simone Was Always Ahead of Her Time

A recently unearthed live version of “Blues for Mama,” written by Simone and Abbey Lincoln in the 1960s, took on domestic abuse in a momentous way.

Salamishah Tillet
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Black People, Domestic Violence, Jazz, Lincoln, Abbey, Newport Jazz Festival, Nineteen Hundred Sixties, Simone, Nina
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