"I don’t want to get too hyperbolic here, but this may be the wokest record ever reissued at UMe.

Short history lesson: In the 70s, Berry Gordy launched an imprint of Motown called Black Forum that released a series of Afrocentric records. Possibly the best of those is Nation Time. If you don’t know Amiri Baraka, you’re going to have do some homework (do yourself a favor and read Blues People). The dope thing about this record is that it actually has some heavy hitters on it: Idris Muhammad, Reggie Workman, Gwendolyn Guthrie, Gary Bartz, Lonnie Smith, and James Mtume all get busy on this one."

- Maxwell Dartey

TRACKLIST 

SIDE A

A1. CHANT
A2. ANSWERS
A3. ALL IN THE STREET
A4. COME SEE ABOUT ME
A5. PEACE IN PLACE
A6. BAD NEWS
A7. WHA'S GONNA HAPPEN

SIDE B

B1. KUTOA UMOLA
B2. COME BACK PHAROAH
B3. WHO WILL SURVIVE
B4. HOW AFRICANS
B5. MOVE
B6. THE SPIRIT OF CREATION
B7. IT'S NATION TIME
B8. PULL THE COVERS OFF
B9. PAMOJA TUTASHINDE