we rip shit like sinead o'connor"mandinka" was inspired by the television series “roots”, based on alex haley’s novel about slavery. i was a young girl when i saw it, and it moved something so deeply in me… i came to emotionally identify with the civil rights movement and slavery, especially given the theocracy i lived in and the oppression in my own home. i don't know no shame i feel no pain i can't see the flame but i do know man-din-kai do know man-din-ka