Big up to Miss Wit for working out a pretty incredible deal on her site for the Zaire ‘74 shirt + SOUL POWER DVD! Read the movie description below and try telling me you don’t want to cop this instantly. The dudes at NO MAS are also bangin’ it.

SOUL POWER is a verite documentary, by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte chronicling the legendary festival Zaire 74, and made entirely using the original 1974 footage.

The dream child of musician/producer and life long friends Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine (Grazing In The Grass, Don’t Go Lose it Baby), this music festival became a reality when they convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with The Rumble in the Jungle,” the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

SOUL POWER highlights the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, Miriam Makeba, The Spinners among a host of others. These artists were inspired by this return to their African roots, as well as the enthusiasm of the Zairian audience, to give the performances of their lives. The concert has achieved mythological significance as the definitive Africa(n)-American musical event of the 20th Century.

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