I first heard Kunta Kinte Dub by The Revolutionaries while watching the British TV series Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen, who is easily one of the most important British filmmakers and visual artists of his generation. I grew up with roots reggae playing at home alongside other Afro-descendant sounds—it was always there, a constant background. That music shaped the atmosphere of my house, my childhood, my sense of rhythm. This scene in the show’s episode Lovers Rock stayed with me. The cine