Know Thyself An African American Poetic Journey
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Know Thyself An African American Poetic Journey
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Author : Dessie Bey
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-01-17
Know Thyself An African American Poetic Journey written by Dessie Bey and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-17 with Poetry categories.
An illuminatingly beautiful and timely oral history chronicling of the spiritual, intellectual, and artistic wisdom and expressions of African Americans. Creatively and purposely written for spiritual leaders, activists, students, and academicians, as well as creative and performing artists, readers will find this book an invaluable resource for examining and interpreting the rich storytelling traditions of Africa.
Black College Leadership In Pk 12 Education
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Author : Ivory A. Toldson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-05-09
Black College Leadership In Pk 12 Education written by Ivory A. Toldson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-09 with Education categories.
Black College Leadership in PK–12 Education amplifies the research and perspectives of HBCU leaders, including four HBCU education deans, on how HBCUs help school districts optimize education for Black preschool, elementary and secondary students.
The Crows Return
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Author : Lewis Colyar
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2016-06-25
The Crows Return written by Lewis Colyar and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-25 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A gifted writer and spoken word performer, he is the creator of a series of slave narratives, in commemoration and celebration of Juneteenth, The narratives have been presented in various venues throughout the region, including locations as far away as Kentucky, Youngstown, Ohio, public libraries (like the Carnegie), Wheeling WVA Community College and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading & Cultural Center in Pittsburgh PA, which houses The Langston Hugh Reference Library Section he initiated.
Within The Body Of The Poet
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Author : Malik Kalonji
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010-03
Within The Body Of The Poet written by Malik Kalonji and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with Poetry categories.
ONE OF THE GREATEST POETRY BOOK'S OF ALL TIME!!! In this timeless book you will enter the body of the poet. Now journey into the past and relive a man's life and words of love. Through his eyes you will discover every thing in life is simply poetry. readers find themselves face-to-face with a man on a quest to transform the world literally. Get inside of the mind of Malik Kalonji, learn from the collective poems and inspiring quotations.
Speak Easy 101
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Author : Dessie Bey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-19
Speak Easy 101 written by Dessie Bey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-19 with categories.
Speak Easy 101, Poems by Dessie Bey is an eclectic mix of poetry from a women's innate perspective. So much so chapters had to be used to give it rhyme and reason. A Woman's World; Emotions; Ways of the World; and Rhythm & Blues are a few chapters that escape the center of Dessie's soul just for the hell of it. There are poems that will make you laugh out loud and poems that will make you cry alone. All is all, it's a pleasurable read.
No Matter Where You Travel You Still Be Black
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Author : Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
No Matter Where You Travel You Still Be Black written by Houston A. Baker (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
Citizen
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Author : Claudia Rankine
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-07-02
Citizen written by Claudia Rankine and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-02 with Poetry categories.
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY In this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems, Claudia Rankine examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, and longer meditations on the violence - whether linguistic or physical - which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others. Awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in America after becoming the first book in the prize's history to be a finalist in both the poetry and criticism categories, Citizen weaves essays, images and poetry together to form a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in an ostensibly "post-race" society.
Muzic Can Be Found Anywhere A Poetic Journey For The Soul
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Author : corky hannon
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Muzic Can Be Found Anywhere A Poetic Journey For The Soul written by corky hannon and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Leaving Saturn
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Author : Major Jackson
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Leaving Saturn written by Major Jackson and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Poetry categories.
Leaving Saturn, chosen by Al Young as the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, is an ambitious and honest collection. Major Jackson, through both formal and free verse poems, renders visible the spirit of resilience, courage, and creativity he witnessed among his family, neighbors, and friends while growing up in Philadelphia. His poems hauntingly reflect urban decay and violence, yet at the same time they rejoice in the sustaining power of music and the potency of community. Jackson also honors artists who have served as models of resistance and maintained their own faith in the belief of the imagination to alter lives. The title poem, a dramatic monologue in the voice of the American jazz composer and bandleader Sun Ra, details such a humane program and serves as an admirable tribute to the tradition of African American art. Throughout, Jackson unflinchingly portrays our most devastated landscapes, yet with a vividness and compassion that expose the depth of his imaginative powers.
Man Know Thyself
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Author : Rick Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Man Know Thyself written by Rick Duncan and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with History categories.
‘Man, Know Thyself’ is perhaps one of the world’s oldest and most important sayings. This adage was originally coined by Imhotep the world’s first multi-genius and perhaps the greatest creative mortal individual who ever lived. Imhotep lived over five and a half thousand years ago from our present age. It must be said immediately that Imhotep was an African. He is among our first Notable Ancestors. Considering Imhotep’s instruction, it means that as individuals, as a family, collectively as a people, a community, a society or a nation, we should know ourselves; that is, who we are. This includes knowledge of who spawned us, where we have been and where we currently are. Knowing this, as our Notable Ancestor and Grandmaster Teacher (Baba) Dr John Henrik Clarke has said, will tell us who we are and where we must get to. Who we are is dependent on who we were. Who we were should determine who we should be. To emphasise the point, Marcus Garvey, another of our most important Notable Ancestors, frequently reiterated this advice when he reminded us that our first obligation is to know ourselves. He told us that we should make our knowledge about us so complete so as to make it impossible for others to take advantage of us. He told us that in order to know ourselves we must know who our Ancestors were and what they achieved. We would then realize who we are and what we are capable of achieving. This is the meaning of the African adage and Sankofa symbol of ‘looking back in order to go forward’. The importance of knowing our ancestors has been summed up in an old Native American saying that ‘It is the spirit of our ancestors that should guide our path’. There is a sense however that Africans have forgotten our ancestors. Because of this, there is no ‘spirit’ to guide us and so Africans are lost and confused. The roots of African spirituality and culture have been made redundant. Yet as Dr Clarke points out, the unbilicord that tied Africans to our spiritual and cultural roots have only been stretched. It has never been broken. It is for Africans to come to this realization and to rediscover the spirit of our ancestors. This volume lists some of our Notable Ancestors in the hope that knowledge about them and their achievements will aid some of us in understanding where we have been, who we presently are and consequently who we must become. Ultimately, it is hoped that we may use this knowledge to reconnect with the spirit of our Ancestors and let them be our guide. This volume is based on the ‘truth’ about Africans and therefore correcting what is ‘told’ about us. This ‘corrective knowledge’ of us is important because as Imhotep said; ‘Know the truth and the truth shall set you free’. This means being free to interpret our own story and to define who we are. This is crucial because although ‘history’ is a witness to the truths, ‘history’ has been ‘stolen’ by others who have hidden the truths about us. ‘History’ has never been true or kind to Africans and therefore it cannot tell us about us. Yet as Peter Tosh intimated, we cannot come to a consciousness of ourselves, of who we are, if we do not know the truths about us. ‘History’ has been described as the ‘Queen’ of the academic subjects. So important is History that it is said that ‘whoever controls history, controls the future’. In one sense education in general and history in particular is about teaching us who we are. History teaches who we are so as to help us to know where we belong in our community (or society). Africans cannot know where we belong in society however, because our story has been told by ‘others’ (those who ‘own history’). Africans are therefore unaware of who we are because what is ‘known’ about us is not the truth about us. The story of Africans, the oldest people on earth, like the history of the world, is taught by ‘others’. Yet these others came into the world thousands of years after Africans had already established great civ