We Are Sent Here by History

by Shabaka and the Ancestors

We Are Sent Here by History cover art

A powerful and politically charged album conceived as a single, continuous sonic poem. Recorded in South Africa with a band of brilliant Johannesburg-based musicians, the album is a deep exploration of spiritual jazz and its connections to the African diaspora. The music is intense, meditative, and ritualistic, featuring fiery improvisations, powerful spoken-word vocals, and deep, churning polyrhythms. It's a profound statement on history, identity, and the end of the world as we know it.

Genres

  • Spiritual Jazz
  • Afro-Jazz

Tracklist

  1. They Who Must Die
  2. You've Been Called
  3. Go My Heart, Go to Heaven
  4. Behold, the Deceiver
  5. Run, the Darkness Will Pass
  6. The Coming of the Strange Ones