<p>Since the publication of W.E.B. Dubois' SOULS OF BLACK FOLK, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Afro-American literary community has been the focus of a starburst of creative activity. The 1920's & '30's saw Jean Toomer's CAIN & Sterling A. Brown's SOUTHERN ROAD in the United States. While in the Caribbean there was the emergence of The Negritude Literary Movement out of which came Aime Cesaire's widely acclaimed epic, RETURN TO MY NATIVE LAND. Mwatabu Okantah's long awaited epic work, POEM FOR THE LIVING & THE MEMORY OF CHEIKH ANTA DIOP, appears at a crucial juncture in Afro-American literary history. Its unrushed wholeness not only imparts the stature & dignity of black people, but links in a concentric manner the extraordinary achievements & events present in the souls, lives & visions of black folk. Okantah's own complexity of vision, broad range of historical knowledge & search for a mythic sense of place is evident throughout this sustained journey. How long have we waited for the majestic, grandiose, imposingly great story of the African sojourn to the United States & back to Africa. Poem For The Living brilliantly weaves back in time & space to the early Black civilizations along the Nile, across the Western plains of Africa, to the coastal regions of the U.S.A. where New World Africans continued & expanded cultural creativity & diversity. Adult & young readers seeking adventure, drama & a sustained eloquence & elegance similar to a well executed jazz solo will welcome this first major epic poem of African-America: Poem For The Living & The Memory of Cheikh Anta Diop.</p>

Poem for the Living: The Memory of Cheikh Anta Diop

Okantah, Mwatabu

PC Intl Pr

<p>This book captures & expands the blues ethos to include aspects of contemporary hip hop culture, especially rap aesthetics. Drawing upon oral interviews, observations & conversations with the subject, as well as extensive primary research, Spady reveals new dimensions of this remarkable dramatist, social historian, poet, teacher, literary, film & music critic, Larry Neal. The author follows the richly textured contours of Larry Neal's diverse life through the streets of Bill Cosby's Philadelphia during the 1950's & '60's. What did the black fugitives from the terroristic white South impart to Neal's generation? How did this Catholic, Lincoln University & the University of Pennsylvania educated intellectual/activist help to forge & interpret black consciousness during the 1960's? How did Larry Neal become the co-editor of BLACK FIRE along with Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones, the Commissioner on the Arts in Washington D.C., a Guggenheim Fellow, & the author of BLACK BOOGALOO? Larry Neal's political, social, religious, cultural & educational activities are vividly presented in a highly readable style, through semiotical association, critical historical assessments. It is a fusion of syntax, rhythm & music. Special Features include: Introduction & Photographs by Leandre Jackson, illustrations & index.</p>

Larry Neal: Liberated Black Philly Poet With a Blues Streak of Mellow Wisdom

Spady, James G.

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Poem for the Living: The Memory of Cheikh Anta Diop

Larry Neal: Liberated Black Philly Poet With a Blues Streak of Mellow Wisdom