SPARTACUS R.

Spartacus R. is a Wordsmith of the highest calibre. He shines brilliantly with his latest literary offering, a Naked Truth novel entitled "The Maãt Mystery: in Search of the Missing Link" published October 1997.

"The Maãt Mystery"
(ISBN: 1-870819-03-9; Price: £4.99 ($8.99) Email, £10.99 paperback, 416 pages) A journey of discovery through the human mindscape, plumbing the depths of individual and collective depravity, degradation and self-destruction and scaling the heights of supreme enlightenment. ... a pilgrimage through time and space, spanning three continents: Europe, North America and Africa.

Spartacus is available for readings from "The Maãt Mystery" and his other books and for talks and workshops on a wide range of subjects including: 'Religion and Spirituality', 'Violence and Power', 'The Five Stages of the Healing Process', 'Population Control', 'Towards 2000',  'Leadership and Self-determination' and 'COINTELPRO UK'.

Spartacus R. came to prominence in the early 70s as the founder and driving force of the first internationally famous African Rock band, Osibisa, at the forefront of the genre now called World Music.

After Osibisa, Spartacus recorded the seminal acoustic masterpiece, "Africa I See"
one of four successful, self-penned solo albums released on his own Zara Music Records label. With an acoustic guitar, ankle bells and some face paint, Spartacus R. travelled the world playing to audiences of 3 to 300,000 people in Africa, America, Australia, Europe, Japan.

An outspoken Musician, Poet, Author, Columnist, Talk Show Host, Seer and TruthSayer, Spartacus R. is one of the most highly respected of writers in the UK. Many of his contemporaries, including the late Bernie Grant, MP, have attested to his "honesty and integrity". As a Human Rights Activist and Teacher, Spartacus has shared platforms with some of the world's most celebrated speakers, including Jesse Jackson who dubbed him the "African", and Paul Boateng, MP.


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Editor and Publisher of Global Africa Pocket News (GAP News), the innovative pocket-sized, news analysis magazine, which filled a wide gap in the African (Black) community, setting new journalistic standards others still find difficult to reach.

"Violation:

a look at non-physical violence in relationships" (ISBN: 1-870819-02-0; Price: £7.99; 208 pages, paperback) a unique, insightful book with a fresh, new perspective on the issue of Violence in general and Domestic Violence in particular.

"Towards 2000" a prophetic pamphlet Spartacus wrote after an assassination attempt in the USA. Kwame Ture later wrote: "I must admit, at our discussion, [in 1983] I could not have envisioned writing to you in 1990 saying you were correct."

"Love and Life" (ISBN: 1-870819-01-2) some of his finest poems, songs and thoughts.

"The Human Value" (ISBN: 1-870819-00-4). Liberation philosophy. Occupation as an educational strategy for liberation.

"Global Eyes" an extremely popular weekly column in the Caribbean Times now continuing as an online column.


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