uhuru afrika. ♪ >> 1960, you finish uhuru afrika.s after rosa parks, after everything was happening in africa, the independence movements. you wanted this album produced, would you have trouble. >> yes, but at the idea -- at the time, there was an idea of separating us from our people. i had a great muslim father. my father always said, look back. what he meant was, my ancestors throwback to the great civilizations of egypt. we come from royalty. for me, it has always been that way of thinking. who is louis armstrong's grandmother and grandfather? where did that music come from? i had to go to africa to understand where the music was created. our ancient ancestors knew that music came from the creator. it is a way to give people on earth some feeling. i got all that history, but it came from mom-and-pop. >> can you talk about african cookbook, and how you can about to write that album? >> i had heard african 6/8 rhythm. that rhythm, you can dance to it if you are a two or 90. ♪ i wanted the melody to represent the northern part of af