| Description |
xxix, 424 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
To make a poet Black -- What is Africa to me? -- The rocking loom of history -- Like walking out of shadow -- If we must die -- This man shall be remembered -- A rock against the wind -- Is she our sister? -- Don't it make you want to cry? -- Whose children are these? -- They are all of me -- Oh, singing tree! -- Oh, my soul is in the whirlwind! -- Dear lovely death -- I dream a world. |
| Summary |
A literary portrait of contrasting visions and styles covers the key issues important to the African-American experience, including poetry on slavery, the South, protest and resistance, music and religion, spirituality, sexuality and love, and the idea of Africa. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- African American authors.
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Rampersad, Arnold.
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Herbold, Hilary, 1962-
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| ISBN |
0195125630 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780195125634 |
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